NEW ZEALAND VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,761	3	2,378	+ 5,383
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,487	1	5,095	- 608
Lung Disease	3	1,751	5	1,815	- 64
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,652	8	769	+ 884
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,438	16	458	+ 980
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,430	2	3,032	- 1,601
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,358	7	920	+ 438
Kidney Disease	8	1,232	17	432	+ 800
Liver Cancer	9	1,220	24	288	+ 932
Liver Disease	10	1,166	32	158	+ 1,009
Lung Cancers	11	1,039	4	1,873	- 834
Hypertension	12	970	20	327	+ 643
Falls	13	753	11	627	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	14	739	22	323	+ 416
Tuberculosis	15	461	52	17	+ 444
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	403	6	1,495	- 1,092
Asthma	17	398	36	91	+ 307
Suicide	18	354	15	528	- 175
Low Birth Weight	19	348	38	78	+ 270
Oral Cancer	20	346	31	164	+ 182
Congenital Anomalies	21	345	30	176	+ 169
Breast Cancer	22	302	10	737	- 435
Other Injuries	23	270	28	218	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	24	261	23	313	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	25	261	19	353	- 93
Drownings	26	249	44	54	+ 194
HIV/AIDS	27	244	57	10	+ 233
Leukemia	28	239	18	391	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	214	37	81	+ 133
Lymphomas	30	145	13	608	- 463
Cervical Cancer	31	117	41	61	+ 56
Birth Trauma	32	114	54	15	+ 100
Oesophagus Cancer	33	111	25	279	- 168
Endocrine Disorders	34	102	21	325	- 223
Prostate Cancer	35	93	9	739	- 646
Violence	36	87	42	57	+ 30
Measles	37	87	82	0	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	83	35	113	- 29
Encephalitis	39	76	66	1	+ 75
Skin Disease	40	74	34	118	- 44
Drug Use	41	67	40	69	- 2
Uterin Cancer	42	57	33	145	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	47	39	70	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	44	45	14	543	- 497
Bladder Cancer	45	44	26	267	- 223
Alcohol	46	42	45	51	- 9
Ovary Cancer	47	42	29	207	- 165
Poisonings	48	41	58	9	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	49	38	63	5	+ 33
Pertussis	50	34	65	1	+ 34
Meningitis	51	30	59	9	+ 21
Fires	52	29	53	17	+ 12
Epilepsy	53	28	43	55	- 27
Skin Cancers	54	23	12	612	- 589
Hepatitis B	55	19	56	14	+ 5
Syphilis	56	16	70	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	16	27	245	- 229
Tetanus	58	14	69	0	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	46	47	- 36
Appendicitis	60	10	62	6	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	47	43	- 37
Dengue	62	6	75	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	63	6	55	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	4	48	30	- 26
War	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	4	- 2
Malaria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	82	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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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.