TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,678	12	196	+ 1,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	917	10	205	+ 712
Coronary Heart Disease	3	763	1	1,476	- 712
Stroke	4	715	3	822	- 107
Diabetes Mellitus	5	704	2	1,275	- 572
Tuberculosis	6	512	43	22	+ 490
Violence	7	490	4	549	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	369	45	18	+ 351
Kidney Disease	9	357	5	439	- 83
Suicide	10	321	17	121	+ 200
Road Traffic Accidents	11	303	15	130	+ 173
Hypertension	12	298	11	201	+ 97
Lung Disease	13	277	16	129	+ 148
Liver Disease	14	210	14	136	+ 74
Lung Cancers	15	180	8	217	- 38
Low Birth Weight	16	146	23	83	+ 63
Other Injuries	17	140	30	61	+ 79
Asthma	18	139	35	40	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	19	137	18	119	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	20	130	21	97	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	21	126	25	72	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	109	9	215	- 106
Breast Cancer	23	106	7	258	- 153
Prostate Cancer	24	102	6	330	- 228
Congenital Anomalies	25	101	22	93	+ 8
Meningitis	26	85	52	9	+ 76
Fires	27	84	48	16	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	84	13	196	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	29	81	41	24	+ 57
Birth Trauma	30	70	40	25	+ 45
Lymphomas	31	66	20	111	- 46
Drownings	32	56	39	31	+ 25
Liver Cancer	33	56	28	66	- 10
Malnutrition	34	55	47	17	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	35	47	19	114	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	44	31	52	- 8
Epilepsy	37	44	37	32	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	38	40	50	10	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	39	36	26	69	- 33
Leukemia	40	34	29	62	- 28
Oral Cancer	41	33	38	31	+ 2
Falls	42	33	33	43	- 10
Pertussis	43	27	67	0	+ 27
Syphilis	44	26	61	0	+ 26
Skin Disease	45	26	36	39	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	25	32	51	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	24	49	11	+ 12
Skin Cancers	48	23	57	4	+ 19
Alcohol	49	23	42	23	- 0
Poisonings	50	23	59	1	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	51	22	24	80	- 58
Bladder Cancer	52	19	34	41	- 21
Drug Use	53	18	44	19	- 1
Uterin Cancer	54	12	27	68	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	9	53	8	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	6	56	4	+ 2
Measles	57	6	76	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	6	51	10	- 4
Encephalitis	59	5	54	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	5	64	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	3	60	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	2	+ 0
Malaria	63	2	72	0	+ 2
War	64	2	46	17	- 15
Tetanus	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

South Africa

Trinidad/Tob.

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.