ESTONIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	485	39	40	+ 445
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	461	6	349	+ 112
Malaria	3	385	73	0	+ 385
Tuberculosis	4	359	47	16	+ 342
Road Traffic Accidents	5	319	35	59	+ 260
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	311	53	8	+ 303
Stroke	7	299	3	1,116	- 817
Birth Trauma	8	267	57	5	+ 262
Coronary Heart Disease	9	234	1	3,009	- 2,775
Low Birth Weight	10	215	55	7	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	11	173	43	25	+ 148
Maternal Conditions	12	121	61	1	+ 120
Liver Disease	13	117	7	328	- 212
Cervical Cancer	14	114	32	68	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	15	111	19	146	- 36
Malnutrition	16	99	79	0	+ 99
Hypertension	17	92	2	2,700	- 2,608
Violence	18	83	42	28	+ 55
Kidney Disease	19	80	17	176	- 96
Other Injuries	20	76	20	141	- 66
Meningitis	21	56	54	7	+ 49
Lung Disease	22	54	13	229	- 175
Pertussis	23	49	83	0	+ 49
Suicide	24	44	16	197	- 154
Oesophagus Cancer	25	40	27	99	- 59
Syphilis	26	37	62	1	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	36	12	229	- 193
Prostate Cancer	28	32	8	298	- 266
Endocrine Disorders	29	31	33	66	- 34
Asthma	30	30	44	24	+ 6
Oral Cancer	31	29	25	110	- 81
Drownings	32	29	40	30	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	28	5	527	- 499
Falls	34	27	24	119	- 91
Fires	35	25	38	41	- 16
Liver Cancer	36	25	26	107	- 82
Breast Cancer	37	23	11	260	- 237
Inflammatory/Heart	38	22	14	217	- 195
Stomach Cancer	39	21	9	290	- 269
Poisonings	40	21	52	8	+ 12
Lymphomas	41	14	15	213	- 199
Skin Cancers	42	13	30	79	- 66
Epilepsy	43	13	37	45	- 32
Bladder Cancer	44	12	21	126	- 114
Parkinson's Disease	45	9	29	82	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	8	36	55	- 47
Leukemia	47	7	22	126	- 118
Drug Use	48	7	31	75	- 68
Tetanus	49	7	81	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	7	45	22	- 14
Schistosomiasis	51	7	72	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	6	41	29	- 22
Ovary Cancer	53	6	28	87	- 81
Upper Respiratory	54	5	66	0	+ 5
Measles	55	5	84	0	+ 5
Alcohol	56	5	18	148	- 144
Uterin Cancer	57	4	34	60	- 56
Appendicitis	58	4	59	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	4	63	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	65	0	+ 3
Lung Cancers	61	3	4	657	- 654
Pancreas Cancer	62	3	10	268	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	46	17	- 16
Other Neoplasms	64	1	23	123	- 122
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	58	4	- 3
War	67	1	64	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	48	16	- 16
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	49	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.