ZAMBIA VS UZBEKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UZBEKISTAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,710	10	4,432	+ 35,278
Stroke	2	12,264	3	7,948	+ 4,316
Liver Disease	3	5,449	9	4,501	+ 949
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,534	14	2,395	+ 1,139
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,605	2	9,517	- 6,912
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,194	11	3,654	- 1,460
Kidney Disease	7	1,784	18	1,760	+ 24
Hypertension	8	1,588	13	2,616	- 1,028
Suicide	9	1,511	20	1,303	+ 209
Low Birth Weight	10	1,353	8	4,857	- 3,504
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,320	12	3,146	- 1,826
Stomach Cancer	12	1,215	42	206	+ 1,008
Lung Cancers	13	1,150	41	226	+ 924
Lung Disease	14	1,131	21	1,273	- 142
Breast Cancer	15	1,037	35	366	+ 671
Birth Trauma	16	1,004	7	5,062	- 4,057
Tuberculosis	17	879	6	5,941	- 5,062
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	828	29	590	+ 238
Other Injuries	19	810	19	1,729	- 918
Liver Cancer	20	680	46	177	+ 503
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	670	45	190	+ 480
Drownings	22	653	27	689	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	580	43	203	+ 377
Asthma	24	525	26	741	- 216
Cervical Cancer	25	478	17	1,799	- 1,320
Epilepsy	26	467	38	332	+ 135
Falls	27	428	28	596	- 168
HIV/AIDS	28	408	1	17,234	- 16,827
Pancreas Cancer	29	381	62	42	+ 339
Oral Cancer	30	381	48	155	+ 226
Oesophagus Cancer	31	361	36	359	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	350	40	246	+ 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	341	5	6,275	- 5,934
Lymphomas	34	334	31	548	- 214
Leukemia	35	323	39	261	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	36	321	47	164	+ 157
Fires	37	309	32	546	- 237
Violence	38	276	23	1,153	- 877
Inflammatory/Heart	39	241	33	501	- 260
Encephalitis	40	236	59	70	+ 166
Prostate Cancer	41	192	30	561	- 369
Endocrine Disorders	42	189	37	354	- 165
Ovary Cancer	43	182	57	82	+ 100
Poisonings	44	158	34	456	- 298
Upper Respiratory	45	157	60	68	+ 89
Drug Use	46	153	53	122	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	47	130	64	30	+ 101
Maternal Conditions	48	123	22	1,188	- 1,065
Bladder Cancer	49	114	50	132	- 17
Skin Cancers	50	93	54	108	- 15
Meningitis	51	75	16	1,976	- 1,901
Alcohol	52	62	49	140	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	54	63	30	+ 25
Hepatitis B	54	52	55	104	- 52
Skin Disease	55	21	52	126	- 105
Appendicitis	56	17	56	84	- 67
Other Neoplasms	57	16	65	20	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	58	14	67	13	+ 0
Tetanus	59	10	44	190	- 180
Malnutrition	60	8	15	2,303	- 2,295
Leishmaniasis	61	3	58	72	- 70
War	62	2	69	6	- 4
Pertussis	63	1	25	743	- 741
Diphtheria	64	1	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	65	1	71	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	18	- 17
Syphilis	67	0	24	885	- 884
Ascariasis	68	0	68	9	- 8
Measles	69	0	61	48	- 48
Dengue	70	0	74	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	79	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Uzbekistan

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.