ZIMBABWE VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,693	3	8,493	+ 15,200
Stroke	2	10,180	5	5,126	+ 5,054
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,149	2	10,779	- 5,630
Liver Disease	4	3,403	17	1,941	+ 1,461
Hypertension	5	2,839	24	1,146	+ 1,693
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,667	9	3,344	- 676
Low Birth Weight	7	2,578	7	4,038	- 1,460
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,410	4	6,037	- 3,627
Birth Trauma	9	2,097	8	3,405	- 1,309
Lung Disease	10	1,943	23	1,163	+ 779
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,789	11	2,217	- 429
Stomach Cancer	12	1,243	33	559	+ 685
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,211	6	4,595	- 3,383
Tuberculosis	14	1,209	16	1,999	- 790
Drownings	15	957	27	956	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	16	896	29	801	+ 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	854	31	768	+ 87
Epilepsy	18	704	39	508	+ 196
Kidney Disease	19	674	12	2,214	- 1,540
Suicide	20	658	13	2,069	- 1,410
Falls	21	610	41	465	+ 145
Meningitis	22	561	22	1,325	- 764
Fires	23	524	30	793	- 268
Lung Cancers	24	504	43	286	+ 218
HIV/AIDS	25	482	1	19,988	- 19,506
Pertussis	26	479	42	419	+ 60
Other Injuries	27	474	20	1,656	- 1,181
Asthma	28	455	21	1,531	- 1,076
Parkinson's Disease	29	419	46	226	+ 194
Liver Cancer	30	390	38	510	- 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	366	36	542	- 176
Lymphomas	32	366	26	960	- 593
Breast Cancer	33	355	28	839	- 484
Endocrine Disorders	34	336	34	553	- 217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	333	40	505	- 172
Violence	36	280	18	1,916	- 1,636
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	266	35	548	- 282
Alcohol	38	209	61	48	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	39	189	14	2,023	- 1,834
Uterin Cancer	40	183	50	182	+ 1
Oral Cancer	41	177	49	208	- 30
Leukemia	42	174	45	244	- 69
Pancreas Cancer	43	160	47	217	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	44	129	25	1,047	- 918
Maternal Conditions	45	104	19	1,749	- 1,645
Ovary Cancer	46	98	51	173	- 75
Upper Respiratory	47	91	59	65	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	48	85	54	125	- 40
Hepatitis B	49	66	60	57	+ 10
Poisonings	50	64	37	515	- 451
Skin Cancers	51	60	44	264	- 204
Prostate Cancer	52	54	32	628	- 574
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	46	64	26	+ 19
Encephalitis	54	45	56	117	- 72
Drug Use	55	35	48	213	- 177
Syphilis	56	34	55	124	- 91
Tetanus	57	33	57	102	- 69
Appendicitis	58	29	58	66	- 37
Skin Disease	59	15	52	173	- 158
Hepatitis C	60	13	66	14	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	12	62	37	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	67	14	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	6	77	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	64	4	10	2,396	- 2,392
Chlamydia	65	2	69	3	- 1
War	66	2	65	26	- 24
Diphtheria	67	1	72	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	70	2	- 1
Dengue	69	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Measles	71	0	63	30	- 30
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Schistosomiasis	76	0	53	172	- 172
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Tajikistan

Zimbabwe

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.