TANZANIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	101,444	7	16,894	+ 84,551
Coronary Heart Disease	2	58,646	9	13,215	+ 45,432
Lung Disease	3	22,884	22	3,051	+ 19,833
Diabetes Mellitus	4	21,599	15	6,247	+ 15,352
Road Traffic Accidents	5	18,802	5	18,054	+ 748
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	18,694	27	2,048	+ 16,646
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	17,756	2	26,028	- 8,272
Kidney Disease	8	16,107	19	4,547	+ 11,560
Liver Cancer	9	15,944	36	1,413	+ 14,530
Liver Disease	10	15,245	13	6,586	+ 8,660
Lung Cancers	11	13,583	61	159	+ 13,425
Hypertension	12	12,681	17	5,209	+ 7,472
Falls	13	9,840	34	1,533	+ 8,307
Stomach Cancer	14	9,654	39	1,190	+ 8,464
Tuberculosis	15	6,025	4	20,269	- 14,244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	5,268	33	1,567	+ 3,701
Asthma	17	5,199	30	1,700	+ 3,499
Suicide	18	4,624	24	2,474	+ 2,150
Low Birth Weight	19	4,549	10	12,173	- 7,623
Oral Cancer	20	4,521	31	1,646	+ 2,876
Congenital Anomalies	21	4,506	11	9,791	- 5,285
Breast Cancer	22	3,947	37	1,285	+ 2,662
Other Injuries	23	3,533	20	4,270	- 737
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,417	38	1,227	+ 2,189
Parkinson's Disease	25	3,405	45	513	+ 2,892
Drownings	26	3,251	32	1,642	+ 1,610
HIV/AIDS	27	3,185	1	27,402	- 24,217
Leukemia	28	3,125	47	416	+ 2,709
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	2,800	6	17,587	- 14,787
Lymphomas	30	1,891	41	805	+ 1,086
Cervical Cancer	31	1,525	14	6,424	- 4,898
Birth Trauma	32	1,492	8	15,086	- 13,593
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,445	25	2,247	- 802
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,328	29	1,778	- 450
Prostate Cancer	35	1,219	28	1,819	- 600
Violence	36	1,139	18	4,713	- 3,574
Measles	37	1,135	55	295	+ 841
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,090	50	401	+ 689
Encephalitis	39	994	59	199	+ 796
Skin Disease	40	967	52	359	+ 607
Drug Use	41	871	48	404	+ 467
Uterin Cancer	42	739	57	218	+ 521
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	610	46	462	+ 148
Pancreas Cancer	44	593	62	158	+ 435
Bladder Cancer	45	572	44	667	- 95
Alcohol	46	553	56	270	+ 283
Ovary Cancer	47	551	53	337	+ 214
Poisonings	48	531	40	1,170	- 639
Maternal Conditions	49	493	12	6,835	- 6,342
Pertussis	50	450	23	2,774	- 2,324
Meningitis	51	398	21	3,188	- 2,790
Fires	52	379	35	1,424	- 1,045
Epilepsy	53	372	43	707	- 335
Skin Cancers	54	298	42	744	- 447
Hepatitis B	55	242	60	168	+ 73
Syphilis	56	209	26	2,115	- 1,906
Other Neoplasms	57	207	64	58	+ 150
Tetanus	58	183	49	402	- 219
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	143	63	81	+ 61
Appendicitis	60	128	58	218	- 89
Multiple Sclerosis	61	86	68	27	+ 60
Dengue	62	81	73	2	+ 79
Malnutrition	63	77	16	5,574	- 5,498
Hepatitis C	64	50	66	40	+ 10
War	65	22	67	30	- 8
Upper Respiratory	66	21	54	299	- 277
Malaria	67	9	3	21,758	- 21,749
Ascariasis	68	6	65	56	- 50
Diphtheria	69	2	70	11	- 8
Chlamydia	70	1	71	9	- 8
Otitis Media	71	0	69	17	- 16
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	371	- 371
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	72	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Viet Nam

Tanzania

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.