NEW ZEALAND VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,096	57	10	+ 2,086
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,991	7	920	+ 1,071
Malaria	3	1,665	78	0	+ 1,665
Tuberculosis	4	1,551	52	17	+ 1,534
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,381	16	458	+ 923
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,345	37	81	+ 1,265
Stroke	7	1,292	3	2,378	- 1,086
Birth Trauma	8	1,154	54	15	+ 1,140
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,011	1	5,095	- 4,084
Low Birth Weight	10	931	38	78	+ 853
Congenital Anomalies	11	749	30	176	+ 574
Maternal Conditions	12	523	63	5	+ 518
Liver Disease	13	504	32	158	+ 346
Cervical Cancer	14	491	41	61	+ 431
Diabetes Mellitus	15	478	8	769	- 291
Malnutrition	16	426	55	14	+ 412
Hypertension	17	398	20	327	+ 72
Violence	18	361	42	57	+ 303
Kidney Disease	19	348	17	432	- 84
Other Injuries	20	327	28	218	+ 109
Meningitis	21	244	59	9	+ 235
Lung Disease	22	233	5	1,815	- 1,581
Pertussis	23	212	65	1	+ 211
Suicide	24	189	15	528	- 339
Oesophagus Cancer	25	172	25	279	- 107
Syphilis	26	162	70	0	+ 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	157	2	3,032	- 2,875
Prostate Cancer	28	139	9	739	- 600
Endocrine Disorders	29	136	21	325	- 189
Asthma	30	130	36	91	+ 39
Oral Cancer	31	126	31	164	- 38
Drownings	32	126	44	54	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	120	6	1,495	- 1,375
Falls	34	117	11	627	- 509
Fires	35	109	53	17	+ 92
Liver Cancer	36	108	24	288	- 180
Breast Cancer	37	98	10	737	- 638
Inflammatory/Heart	38	94	23	313	- 219
Stomach Cancer	39	91	22	323	- 232
Poisonings	40	89	58	9	+ 80
Lymphomas	41	62	13	608	- 547
Skin Cancers	42	57	12	612	- 555
Epilepsy	43	54	43	55	- 1
Bladder Cancer	44	51	26	267	- 216
Parkinson's Disease	45	39	19	353	- 314
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	35	39	70	- 35
Leukemia	47	32	18	391	- 359
Drug Use	48	31	40	69	- 38
Tetanus	49	31	69	0	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	31	35	113	- 82
Schistosomiasis	51	28	77	0	+ 28
Skin Disease	52	28	34	118	- 90
Ovary Cancer	53	26	29	207	- 181
Upper Respiratory	54	23	64	4	+ 19
Measles	55	23	82	0	+ 23
Alcohol	56	21	45	51	- 31
Uterin Cancer	57	17	33	145	- 128
Appendicitis	58	17	62	6	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	15	66	1	+ 14
Hepatitis B	60	13	56	14	- 1
Lung Cancers	61	12	4	1,873	- 1,861
Pancreas Cancer	62	12	14	543	- 531
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	46	47	- 41
Other Neoplasms	64	4	27	245	- 241
Ascariasis	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	3	48	30	- 27
War	67	2	68	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	47	43	- 41
Otitis Media	69	1	67	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	22	- 22
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Tanzania

New Zealand

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.