ZAMBIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,710	10	4,432	+ 26,278
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	17,468	29	590	+ 16,878
Lung Disease	3	11,884	21	1,273	+ 10,611
Stroke	4	9,642	3	7,948	+ 1,694
Lung Cancers	5	9,460	41	226	+ 9,234
Kidney Disease	6	5,222	18	1,760	+ 3,462
Drug Use	7	4,527	53	122	+ 4,405
Hypertension	8	4,012	13	2,616	+ 1,396
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,760	43	203	+ 3,558
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,736	14	2,395	+ 1,341
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,669	2	9,517	- 5,848
Suicide	12	3,230	20	1,303	+ 1,927
Breast Cancer	13	2,960	35	366	+ 2,594
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,858	37	354	+ 2,504
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,694	62	42	+ 2,652
Liver Disease	16	2,640	9	4,501	- 1,861
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,536	11	3,654	- 1,118
Falls	18	2,458	28	596	+ 1,862
Lymphomas	19	2,450	31	548	+ 1,902
Prostate Cancer	20	2,166	30	561	+ 1,605
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,098	47	164	+ 1,934
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,979	33	501	+ 1,477
Liver Cancer	23	1,646	46	177	+ 1,469
Leukemia	24	1,640	39	261	+ 1,379
Other Injuries	25	1,581	19	1,729	- 147
Bladder Cancer	26	1,193	50	132	+ 1,062
Violence	27	1,154	23	1,153	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,084	36	359	+ 726
Other Neoplasms	29	1,079	65	20	+ 1,059
Alcohol	30	892	49	140	+ 752
Ovary Cancer	31	887	57	82	+ 805
Skin Cancers	32	870	54	108	+ 762
Stomach Cancer	33	795	42	206	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	34	715	12	3,146	- 2,430
Oral Cancer	35	703	48	155	+ 548
Uterin Cancer	36	612	64	30	+ 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	605	5	6,275	- 5,670
Cervical Cancer	38	425	17	1,799	- 1,374
Low Birth Weight	39	421	8	4,857	- 4,436
Malnutrition	40	411	15	2,303	- 1,891
Hepatitis C	41	346	66	18	+ 328
HIV/AIDS	42	344	1	17,234	- 16,890
Skin Disease	43	329	52	126	+ 203
Multiple Sclerosis	44	308	67	13	+ 294
Drownings	45	248	27	689	- 441
Asthma	46	232	26	741	- 509
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	222	45	190	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	211	40	246	- 35
Fires	49	194	32	546	- 353
Epilepsy	50	192	38	332	- 140
Anemia	51	189	83	0	+ 189
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	150	63	30	+ 120
Poisonings	53	102	34	456	- 354
Birth Trauma	54	75	7	5,062	- 4,987
War	55	73	69	6	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	56	47	22	1,188	- 1,141
Schizophrenia	57	44	81	0	+ 44
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	41	84	0	+ 41
Hepatitis B	59	37	55	104	- 67
Meningitis	60	37	16	1,976	- 1,939
Osteoarthritis	61	35	85	0	+ 35
Tuberculosis	62	33	6	5,941	- 5,908
Appendicitis	63	26	56	84	- 58
Oral conditions	64	17	86	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	65	14	60	68	- 54
Syphilis	66	3	24	885	- 882
Otitis Media	67	2	70	5	- 3
Encephalitis	68	2	59	70	- 69
Pertussis	69	1	25	743	- 742
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	44	190	- 190
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	128	- 128
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	74	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
Measles	80	0	61	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

United States

Zambia

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.