TRINIDAD/TOB. VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	572	12	196	+ 376
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	544	10	205	+ 338
Malaria	3	454	72	0	+ 454
Tuberculosis	4	423	43	22	+ 402
Road Traffic Accidents	5	377	15	130	+ 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	367	45	18	+ 349
Stroke	7	353	3	822	- 470
Birth Trauma	8	315	40	25	+ 290
Coronary Heart Disease	9	276	1	1,476	- 1,200
Low Birth Weight	10	254	23	83	+ 171
Congenital Anomalies	11	204	22	93	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	12	143	50	10	+ 132
Liver Disease	13	138	14	136	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	14	134	21	97	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	15	130	2	1,275	- 1,145
Malnutrition	16	116	47	17	+ 100
Hypertension	17	109	11	201	- 92
Violence	18	98	4	549	- 451
Kidney Disease	19	95	5	439	- 344
Other Injuries	20	89	30	61	+ 28
Meningitis	21	67	52	9	+ 57
Lung Disease	22	64	16	129	- 66
Pertussis	23	58	67	0	+ 58
Suicide	24	52	17	121	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	25	47	41	24	+ 23
Syphilis	26	44	61	0	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	43	9	215	- 172
Prostate Cancer	28	38	6	330	- 292
Endocrine Disorders	29	37	18	119	- 82
Asthma	30	36	35	40	- 5
Oral Cancer	31	34	38	31	+ 3
Drownings	32	34	39	31	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	33	13	196	- 163
Falls	34	32	33	43	- 11
Fires	35	30	48	16	+ 13
Liver Cancer	36	30	28	66	- 36
Breast Cancer	37	27	7	258	- 231
Inflammatory/Heart	38	26	25	72	- 46
Stomach Cancer	39	25	26	69	- 44
Poisonings	40	24	59	1	+ 23
Lymphomas	41	17	20	111	- 95
Skin Cancers	42	16	57	4	+ 11
Epilepsy	43	15	37	32	- 17
Bladder Cancer	44	14	34	41	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	45	11	32	51	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	10	31	52	- 42
Leukemia	47	9	29	62	- 54
Drug Use	48	8	44	19	- 10
Tetanus	49	8	65	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	8	49	11	- 3
Schistosomiasis	51	8	71	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	8	36	39	- 31
Ovary Cancer	53	7	24	80	- 73
Upper Respiratory	54	6	64	0	+ 6
Measles	55	6	76	0	+ 6
Alcohol	56	6	42	23	- 17
Uterin Cancer	57	5	27	68	- 63
Appendicitis	58	5	56	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	4	54	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	4	60	0	+ 3
Lung Cancers	61	3	8	217	- 214
Pancreas Cancer	62	3	19	114	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	53	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	1	51	10	- 9
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	62	0	+ 1
War	67	1	46	17	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	58	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Tanzania

Trinidad/Tob.

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.