SLOVENIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,499	70	0	+ 2,499
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,365	13	412	+ 954
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,136	1	3,617	- 2,481
Stroke	4	1,065	2	1,977	- 912
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,048	18	340	+ 708
Tuberculosis	6	762	46	15	+ 748
Violence	7	729	42	19	+ 710
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	550	52	4	+ 546
Kidney Disease	9	531	28	143	+ 388
Suicide	10	478	14	411	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	11	452	31	105	+ 347
Hypertension	12	444	4	881	- 437
Lung Disease	13	413	7	675	- 262
Liver Disease	14	313	12	429	- 116
Lung Cancers	15	267	3	1,261	- 993
Low Birth Weight	16	217	43	17	+ 200
Other Injuries	17	209	23	203	+ 6
Asthma	18	207	45	16	+ 191
Endocrine Disorders	19	204	33	93	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	20	193	36	60	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	21	188	20	239	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	162	16	375	- 213
Breast Cancer	23	157	9	484	- 327
Prostate Cancer	24	152	10	476	- 324
Congenital Anomalies	25	151	38	49	+ 102
Meningitis	26	127	50	5	+ 122
Fires	27	126	48	8	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	124	5	743	- 618
Oesophagus Cancer	29	121	32	93	+ 28
Birth Trauma	30	104	57	1	+ 103
Lymphomas	31	98	11	465	- 367
Drownings	32	83	44	17	+ 67
Liver Cancer	33	83	19	285	- 202
Malnutrition	34	83	64	0	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	35	70	15	409	- 340
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	66	37	55	+ 11
Epilepsy	37	65	35	62	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	38	59	56	1	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	39	53	17	341	- 287
Leukemia	40	51	21	225	- 175
Oral Cancer	41	49	27	145	- 96
Falls	42	49	6	708	- 659
Pertussis	43	40	66	0	+ 40
Syphilis	44	39	55	2	+ 37
Skin Disease	45	38	49	5	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	46	37	24	196	- 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	35	26	151	- 116
Skin Cancers	48	34	25	191	- 156
Alcohol	49	34	8	511	- 477
Poisonings	50	34	51	4	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	51	33	29	122	- 89
Bladder Cancer	52	29	22	211	- 183
Drug Use	53	27	41	24	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	54	18	30	106	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	13	40	30	- 17
Appendicitis	56	10	54	2	+ 7
Measles	57	9	76	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	9	34	69	- 60
Encephalitis	59	8	65	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	8	63	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	5	58	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	39	35	- 31
Malaria	63	3	81	0	+ 3
War	64	2	61	0	+ 2
Tetanus	65	1	59	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	47	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	60	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

South Africa

Slovenia

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.