MONTENEGRO VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	715	73	0	+ 715
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	390	12	81	+ 309
Coronary Heart Disease	3	325	2	1,748	- 1,423
Stroke	4	305	1	2,208	- 1,903
Diabetes Mellitus	5	300	6	174	+ 126
Tuberculosis	6	218	51	1	+ 217
Violence	7	208	29	18	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	157	56	1	+ 157
Kidney Disease	9	152	7	147	+ 4
Suicide	10	137	8	132	+ 5
Road Traffic Accidents	11	129	21	48	+ 81
Hypertension	12	127	18	55	+ 71
Lung Disease	13	118	11	90	+ 28
Liver Disease	14	89	17	57	+ 33
Lung Cancers	15	76	3	340	- 263
Low Birth Weight	16	62	43	5	+ 57
Other Injuries	17	60	23	29	+ 31
Asthma	18	59	46	4	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	19	58	40	7	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	20	55	27	20	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	21	54	4	311	- 258
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	46	5	227	- 180
Breast Cancer	23	45	9	127	- 82
Prostate Cancer	24	43	13	75	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	25	43	45	4	+ 40
Meningitis	26	36	49	1	+ 35
Fires	27	36	32	14	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	36	10	113	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	29	35	30	17	+ 18
Birth Trauma	30	30	41	6	+ 24
Lymphomas	31	28	24	27	+ 1
Drownings	32	24	36	11	+ 13
Liver Cancer	33	24	20	50	- 27
Malnutrition	34	24	53	1	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	35	20	16	64	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	19	26	21	- 2
Epilepsy	37	19	42	6	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	38	17	58	0	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	39	15	19	50	- 35
Leukemia	40	15	25	23	- 9
Oral Cancer	41	14	37	10	+ 4
Falls	42	14	14	67	- 53
Pertussis	43	11	55	1	+ 11
Syphilis	44	11	59	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	45	11	54	1	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	11	15	66	- 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	34	13	- 3
Skin Cancers	48	10	35	12	- 2
Alcohol	49	10	38	9	+ 0
Poisonings	50	10	44	4	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	51	9	28	19	- 9
Bladder Cancer	52	8	22	35	- 27
Drug Use	53	8	31	14	- 6
Uterin Cancer	54	5	33	14	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	48	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	3	52	1	+ 2
Measles	57	3	67	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	58	3	47	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	2	50	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	2	60	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	1	61	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	39	8	- 6
Malaria	63	1	70	0	+ 1
War	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	57	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	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 MONTENEGRO

South Africa

Montenegro

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.