NEW ZEALAND VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,787	1	5,095	- 1,308
Stroke	2	3,711	3	2,378	+ 1,333
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,310	7	920	+ 1,390
Kidney Disease	4	1,980	17	432	+ 1,548
Liver Cancer	5	1,763	24	288	+ 1,475
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,687	2	3,032	- 1,345
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,656	16	458	+ 1,198
Lung Cancers	8	1,646	4	1,873	- 228
Lung Disease	9	1,438	5	1,815	- 377
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,386	8	769	+ 617
Liver Disease	11	1,299	32	158	+ 1,141
HIV/AIDS	12	1,028	57	10	+ 1,017
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	731	6	1,495	- 763
Tuberculosis	14	705	52	17	+ 688
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	507	37	81	+ 426
Suicide	16	454	15	528	- 75
Breast Cancer	17	447	10	737	- 290
Falls	18	399	11	627	- 227
Cervical Cancer	19	377	41	61	+ 316
Oral Cancer	20	366	31	164	+ 203
Other Injuries	21	359	28	218	+ 141
Lymphomas	22	335	13	608	- 273
Parkinson's Disease	23	317	19	353	- 36
Asthma	24	309	36	91	+ 218
Drownings	25	292	44	54	+ 238
Leukemia	26	288	18	391	- 103
Stomach Cancer	27	255	22	323	- 68
Skin Disease	28	249	34	118	+ 131
Oesophagus Cancer	29	233	25	279	- 46
Prostate Cancer	30	222	9	739	- 516
Violence	31	219	42	57	+ 162
Inflammatory/Heart	32	212	23	313	- 100
Pancreas Cancer	33	176	14	543	- 367
Hypertension	34	161	20	327	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	35	156	30	176	- 20
Ovary Cancer	36	148	29	207	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	37	139	21	325	- 185
Bladder Cancer	38	133	26	267	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	124	39	70	+ 54
Low Birth Weight	40	114	38	78	+ 36
Skin Cancers	41	84	12	612	- 528
Malnutrition	42	71	55	14	+ 57
Meningitis	43	69	59	9	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	44	64	33	145	- 81
Drug Use	45	59	40	69	- 11
Encephalitis	46	53	66	1	+ 53
Epilepsy	47	51	43	55	- 4
Fires	48	46	53	17	+ 29
Alcohol	49	40	45	51	- 11
Birth Trauma	50	39	54	15	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	32	35	113	- 80
Maternal Conditions	52	17	63	5	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	14	46	47	- 33
Other Neoplasms	54	14	27	245	- 231
Dengue	55	13	75	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	56	11	56	14	- 3
Poisonings	57	10	58	9	+ 0
Tetanus	58	9	69	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	8	62	6	+ 3
War	60	6	68	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	47	43	- 37
Pertussis	62	6	65	1	+ 5
Measles	63	4	82	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	3	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	4	- 2
Malaria	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	48	30	- 29
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	82	0	49	24	- 24
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Thailand

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.