MADAGASCAR VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,963	25	1,341	+ 10,622
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,363	2	14,605	- 3,241
Malaria	3	9,499	9	5,507	+ 3,992
Tuberculosis	4	8,849	4	11,606	- 2,757
Road Traffic Accidents	5	7,882	7	7,880	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,678	5	11,085	- 3,407
Stroke	7	7,376	1	17,964	- 10,589
Birth Trauma	8	6,586	11	5,347	+ 1,239
Coronary Heart Disease	9	5,769	3	12,388	- 6,619
Low Birth Weight	10	5,314	10	5,353	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,274	15	3,380	+ 894
Maternal Conditions	12	2,984	18	2,776	+ 208
Liver Disease	13	2,875	12	4,803	- 1,928
Cervical Cancer	14	2,804	17	3,028	- 223
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,727	16	3,278	- 551
Malnutrition	16	2,434	13	4,236	- 1,802
Hypertension	17	2,274	8	6,208	- 3,934
Violence	18	2,058	23	1,749	+ 309
Kidney Disease	19	1,985	22	2,202	- 217
Other Injuries	20	1,864	21	2,359	- 495
Meningitis	21	1,392	20	2,391	- 999
Lung Disease	22	1,332	14	3,957	- 2,625
Pertussis	23	1,211	41	519	+ 692
Suicide	24	1,080	24	1,476	- 395
Oesophagus Cancer	25	981	27	1,080	- 99
Syphilis	26	923	33	680	+ 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	894	26	1,120	- 226
Prostate Cancer	28	794	29	996	- 202
Endocrine Disorders	29	776	44	463	+ 313
Asthma	30	742	19	2,507	- 1,765
Oral Cancer	31	719	32	697	+ 22
Drownings	32	717	31	825	- 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	684	39	606	+ 79
Falls	34	669	36	653	+ 16
Fires	35	622	35	661	- 40
Liver Cancer	36	617	30	933	- 316
Breast Cancer	37	561	37	629	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	38	536	28	1,046	- 511
Stomach Cancer	39	520	47	368	+ 152
Poisonings	40	511	40	571	- 60
Lymphomas	41	352	34	675	- 323
Skin Cancers	42	325	43	467	- 142
Epilepsy	43	309	46	385	- 76
Bladder Cancer	44	291	48	286	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	45	224	49	266	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	202	42	495	- 293
Leukemia	47	182	45	401	- 219
Drug Use	48	176	62	58	+ 118
Tetanus	49	175	52	186	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	175	38	627	- 452
Schistosomiasis	51	162	50	260	- 98
Skin Disease	52	157	51	187	- 30
Ovary Cancer	53	147	57	135	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	54	130	63	49	+ 82
Measles	55	129	6	9,172	- 9,043
Alcohol	56	118	53	161	- 43
Uterin Cancer	57	95	59	95	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	95	56	147	- 52
Encephalitis	59	87	60	94	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	73	58	98	- 25
Lung Cancers	61	69	55	147	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	62	69	61	80	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	35	64	47	- 12
Other Neoplasms	64	25	65	24	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	24	70	5	+ 19
Hepatitis C	66	17	67	16	+ 2
War	67	13	54	155	- 142
Multiple Sclerosis	68	12	66	18	- 6
Otitis Media	69	7	68	10	- 3
Diphtheria	70	5	71	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	4	69	7	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Tanzania

Madagascar

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.