CENTRAL AFRICA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,865	7	2,900	+ 1,965
Violence	2	3,279	17	1,009	+ 2,270
Stroke	3	2,194	5	3,284	- 1,090
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,021	15	1,141	+ 880
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,012	10	1,790	+ 222
HIV/AIDS	6	1,354	4	3,753	- 2,398
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,300	1	5,231	- 3,931
Kidney Disease	8	1,073	21	710	+ 362
Hypertension	9	939	12	1,252	- 313
Lung Disease	10	931	18	956	- 25
Lung Cancers	11	705	55	47	+ 658
Low Birth Weight	12	558	8	2,228	- 1,669
Prostate Cancer	13	515	38	156	+ 359
Congenital Anomalies	14	515	19	776	- 261
Breast Cancer	15	463	26	344	+ 119
Liver Disease	16	423	14	1,153	- 730
Stomach Cancer	17	393	49	65	+ 328
Other Neoplasms	18	392	70	5	+ 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	368	45	116	+ 252
Cervical Cancer	20	359	32	230	+ 129
Other Injuries	21	306	23	621	- 314
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	246	3	4,684	- 4,438
Lymphomas	23	226	42	119	+ 107
Birth Trauma	24	197	9	2,192	- 1,995
Pancreas Cancer	25	196	60	37	+ 159
Liver Cancer	26	186	44	117	+ 69
Leukemia	27	182	47	88	+ 94
Falls	28	156	36	181	- 25
Chagas disease	29	149	79	0	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	30	137	25	423	- 286
Tuberculosis	31	135	2	4,704	- 4,569
Malnutrition	32	114	22	691	- 577
Inflammatory/Heart	33	108	30	270	- 162
Suicide	34	106	24	585	- 479
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	103	33	204	- 100
Ovary Cancer	36	102	50	64	+ 38
Skin Cancers	37	100	58	43	+ 57
Oral Cancer	38	98	46	91	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	39	76	13	1,174	- 1,098
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	76	27	317	- 242
Epilepsy	41	74	43	119	- 45
Malaria	42	73	6	3,279	- 3,207
Drownings	43	70	34	202	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	44	67	53	48	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	45	66	64	23	+ 43
Asthma	46	56	20	761	- 705
Uterin Cancer	47	56	65	20	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	48	46	48	67	- 22
Meningitis	49	45	16	1,015	- 969
Drug Use	50	41	57	44	- 3
War	51	33	28	314	- 280
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	33	66	15	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	27	80	0	+ 27
Fires	54	26	39	142	- 116
Anemia	55	23	84	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	56	18	51	62	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	14	35	194	- 179
Poisonings	58	12	40	134	- 122
Dengue	59	12	74	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	72	4	+ 5
Encephalitis	61	7	62	28	- 21
Alcohol	62	6	52	62	- 56
Hepatitis B	63	5	61	33	- 28
Pertussis	64	5	31	265	- 261
Hepatitis C	65	4	69	6	- 2
Skin Disease	66	3	54	48	- 45
Syphilis	67	3	41	120	- 117
Tetanus	68	1	29	280	- 279
Schizophrenia	69	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	71	5	- 4
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	81	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	46	- 45
Upper Respiratory	74	0	63	24	- 24
Otitis Media	75	0	68	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	76	0	37	169	- 169
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	79	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	73	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	59	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Venezuela

Central Africa

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.