MONGOLIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,909	49	21	+ 3,888
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,136	11	410	+ 1,726
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,778	1	5,202	- 3,424
Stroke	4	1,666	2	4,401	- 2,734
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,639	27	145	+ 1,494
Tuberculosis	6	1,193	14	327	+ 865
Violence	7	1,140	22	197	+ 943
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	860	36	66	+ 794
Kidney Disease	9	831	12	408	+ 423
Suicide	10	748	8	577	+ 171
Road Traffic Accidents	11	707	5	679	+ 28
Hypertension	12	694	21	199	+ 496
Lung Disease	13	646	15	327	+ 319
Liver Disease	14	489	4	1,723	- 1,233
Lung Cancers	15	418	10	411	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	16	339	20	204	+ 136
Other Injuries	17	327	9	442	- 116
Asthma	18	324	29	112	+ 211
Endocrine Disorders	19	320	35	69	+ 250
Cervical Cancer	20	302	25	155	+ 146
Inflammatory/Heart	21	294	16	263	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	254	19	243	+ 11
Breast Cancer	23	246	38	61	+ 185
Prostate Cancer	24	237	52	18	+ 219
Congenital Anomalies	25	236	17	262	- 26
Meningitis	26	199	48	21	+ 177
Fires	27	196	31	94	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	195	32	93	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	29	189	13	366	- 176
Birth Trauma	30	163	24	160	+ 3
Lymphomas	31	153	42	43	+ 110
Drownings	32	130	26	151	- 21
Liver Cancer	33	129	3	1,834	- 1,705
Malnutrition	34	129	64	0	+ 129
Pancreas Cancer	35	109	30	94	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	103	23	192	- 89
Epilepsy	37	102	34	80	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	38	92	40	49	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	39	83	6	617	- 534
Leukemia	40	79	46	30	+ 50
Oral Cancer	41	76	37	61	+ 15
Falls	42	76	18	244	- 168
Pertussis	43	62	53	15	+ 47
Syphilis	44	61	44	34	+ 27
Skin Disease	45	60	51	18	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	46	58	39	55	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	55	28	129	- 74
Skin Cancers	48	54	54	13	+ 41
Alcohol	49	54	7	582	- 529
Poisonings	50	53	33	89	- 36
Ovary Cancer	51	52	41	45	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	52	45	50	19	+ 26
Drug Use	53	42	45	33	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	54	28	57	7	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	20	56	8	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	15	47	25	- 11
Measles	57	15	69	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	58	14	58	3	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	13	43	40	- 28
Upper Respiratory	60	12	61	1	+ 11
Hepatitis B	61	8	55	10	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	59	3	+ 3
Malaria	63	4	79	0	+ 4
War	64	4	63	0	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	60	2	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	2	78	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	62	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

South Africa

Mongolia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.