COMOROS VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,354	3	356	+ 998
Coronary Heart Disease	2	783	4	349	+ 434
Lung Disease	3	305	17	83	+ 222
Diabetes Mellitus	4	288	9	136	+ 152
Road Traffic Accidents	5	251	6	226	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	249	23	46	+ 203
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	237	1	594	- 358
Kidney Disease	8	215	14	101	+ 114
Liver Cancer	9	213	28	29	+ 184
Liver Disease	10	203	8	160	+ 44
Lung Cancers	11	181	60	1	+ 180
Hypertension	12	169	12	115	+ 54
Falls	13	131	32	26	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	14	129	45	11	+ 118
Tuberculosis	15	80	19	79	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	70	39	19	+ 52
Asthma	17	69	21	49	+ 20
Suicide	18	62	24	46	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	19	61	5	328	- 268
Oral Cancer	20	60	41	15	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	21	60	10	131	- 71
Breast Cancer	22	53	33	23	+ 30
Other Injuries	23	47	16	90	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	24	46	31	26	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	25	45	44	11	+ 34
Drownings	26	43	25	35	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	27	42	76	0	+ 42
Leukemia	28	42	57	3	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	37	2	363	- 326
Lymphomas	30	25	37	19	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	31	20	13	104	- 84
Birth Trauma	32	20	7	211	- 191
Oesophagus Cancer	33	19	26	34	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	34	18	36	19	- 2
Prostate Cancer	35	16	27	33	- 17
Violence	36	15	20	63	- 48
Measles	37	15	78	0	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	15	47	10	+ 4
Encephalitis	39	13	54	4	+ 9
Skin Disease	40	13	48	9	+ 4
Drug Use	41	12	49	7	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	42	10	55	3	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	8	34	21	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	44	8	82	0	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	45	8	46	10	- 3
Alcohol	46	7	51	6	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	47	7	56	3	+ 4
Poisonings	48	7	35	20	- 13
Maternal Conditions	49	7	22	47	- 40
Pertussis	50	6	18	80	- 74
Meningitis	51	5	11	115	- 110
Fires	52	5	30	27	- 22
Epilepsy	53	5	40	17	- 12
Skin Cancers	54	4	42	12	- 8
Hepatitis B	55	3	52	5	- 2
Syphilis	56	3	38	19	- 16
Other Neoplasms	57	3	59	1	+ 2
Tetanus	58	2	43	12	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	58	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	2	50	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	+ 0
Dengue	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	63	1	15	96	- 95
Hepatitis C	64	1	61	1	- 0
War	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	53	4	- 4
Malaria	67	0	29	29	- 29
Ascariasis	68	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.