NEW ZEALAND VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,148	57	10	+ 6,137
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,359	7	920	+ 2,439
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,796	1	5,095	- 2,300
Stroke	4	2,621	3	2,378	+ 243
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,578	8	769	+ 1,809
Tuberculosis	6	1,876	52	17	+ 1,858
Violence	7	1,793	42	57	+ 1,736
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,353	37	81	+ 1,272
Kidney Disease	9	1,307	17	432	+ 875
Suicide	10	1,176	15	528	+ 648
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,111	16	458	+ 653
Hypertension	12	1,092	20	327	+ 765
Lung Disease	13	1,016	5	1,815	- 799
Liver Disease	14	770	32	158	+ 612
Lung Cancers	15	658	4	1,873	- 1,215
Low Birth Weight	16	534	38	78	+ 455
Other Injuries	17	514	28	218	+ 295
Asthma	18	509	36	91	+ 419
Endocrine Disorders	19	503	21	325	+ 178
Cervical Cancer	20	474	41	61	+ 414
Inflammatory/Heart	21	462	23	313	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	399	2	3,032	- 2,632
Breast Cancer	23	387	10	737	- 350
Prostate Cancer	24	373	9	739	- 365
Congenital Anomalies	25	371	30	176	+ 196
Meningitis	26	313	59	9	+ 304
Fires	27	309	53	17	+ 292
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	306	6	1,495	- 1,188
Oesophagus Cancer	29	298	25	279	+ 19
Birth Trauma	30	256	54	15	+ 242
Lymphomas	31	241	13	608	- 368
Drownings	32	205	44	54	+ 151
Liver Cancer	33	204	24	288	- 84
Malnutrition	34	203	55	14	+ 189
Pancreas Cancer	35	171	14	543	- 371
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	162	39	70	+ 92
Epilepsy	37	160	43	55	+ 105
Maternal Conditions	38	145	63	5	+ 140
Stomach Cancer	39	131	22	323	- 192
Leukemia	40	125	18	391	- 266
Oral Cancer	41	120	31	164	- 44
Falls	42	119	11	627	- 507
Pertussis	43	98	65	1	+ 97
Syphilis	44	96	70	0	+ 96
Skin Disease	45	94	34	118	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	46	92	19	353	- 261
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	87	35	113	- 26
Skin Cancers	48	85	12	612	- 527
Alcohol	49	84	45	51	+ 33
Poisonings	50	83	58	9	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	51	81	29	207	- 126
Bladder Cancer	52	71	26	267	- 196
Drug Use	53	66	40	69	- 3
Uterin Cancer	54	44	33	145	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	32	46	47	- 15
Appendicitis	56	23	62	6	+ 18
Measles	57	23	82	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	58	23	27	245	- 222
Encephalitis	59	20	66	1	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	60	19	64	4	+ 15
Hepatitis B	61	12	56	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	47	43	- 34
Malaria	63	7	78	0	+ 7
War	64	6	68	1	+ 5
Tetanus	65	3	69	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	66	3	77	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	22	- 22
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

South Africa

New Zealand

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.