ZAMBIA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,733	10	4,432	+ 24,302
Stroke	2	12,346	3	7,948	+ 4,398
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,245	2	9,517	- 3,272
Liver Disease	4	4,127	9	4,501	- 374
Hypertension	5	3,443	13	2,616	+ 827
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,235	14	2,395	+ 840
Low Birth Weight	7	3,127	8	4,857	- 1,730
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,923	11	3,654	- 731
Birth Trauma	9	2,543	7	5,062	- 2,519
Lung Disease	10	2,356	21	1,273	+ 1,083
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,169	12	3,146	- 977
Stomach Cancer	12	1,508	42	206	+ 1,301
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,469	5	6,275	- 4,807
Tuberculosis	14	1,466	6	5,941	- 4,475
Drownings	15	1,160	27	689	+ 472
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,086	36	359	+ 727
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,036	29	590	+ 446
Epilepsy	18	853	38	332	+ 521
Kidney Disease	19	817	18	1,760	- 943
Suicide	20	798	20	1,303	- 504
Falls	21	740	28	596	+ 143
Meningitis	22	680	16	1,976	- 1,296
Fires	23	636	32	546	+ 90
Lung Cancers	24	611	41	226	+ 385
HIV/AIDS	25	584	1	17,234	- 16,650
Pertussis	26	580	25	743	- 162
Other Injuries	27	575	19	1,729	- 1,153
Asthma	28	552	26	741	- 189
Parkinson's Disease	29	509	47	164	+ 345
Liver Cancer	30	473	46	177	+ 296
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	444	45	190	+ 255
Lymphomas	32	444	31	548	- 104
Breast Cancer	33	431	35	366	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	34	407	37	354	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	404	43	203	+ 201
Violence	36	340	23	1,153	- 814
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	323	40	246	+ 77
Alcohol	38	254	49	140	+ 114
Cervical Cancer	39	229	17	1,799	- 1,570
Uterin Cancer	40	222	64	30	+ 192
Oral Cancer	41	215	48	155	+ 60
Leukemia	42	212	39	261	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	43	194	62	42	+ 152
Inflammatory/Heart	44	157	33	501	- 344
Maternal Conditions	45	126	22	1,188	- 1,062
Ovary Cancer	46	119	57	82	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	47	110	60	68	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	48	103	50	132	- 29
Hepatitis B	49	81	55	104	- 24
Poisonings	50	77	34	456	- 379
Skin Cancers	51	73	54	108	- 35
Prostate Cancer	52	66	30	561	- 496
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	55	63	30	+ 25
Encephalitis	54	55	59	70	- 15
Drug Use	55	43	53	122	- 80
Syphilis	56	41	24	885	- 844
Tetanus	57	40	44	190	- 150
Appendicitis	58	35	56	84	- 49
Skin Disease	59	18	52	126	- 107
Hepatitis C	60	16	66	18	- 2
Other Neoplasms	61	15	65	20	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	67	13	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	8	58	72	- 65
Malnutrition	64	5	15	2,303	- 2,297
Chlamydia	65	3	71	3	- 1
War	66	2	69	6	- 4
Diphtheria	67	1	73	3	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	68	9	- 8
Dengue	69	0	74	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Measles	71	0	61	48	- 48
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	128	- 128
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Tajikistan

Zambia

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.