TRINIDAD/TOB. VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,119	3	822	+ 1,296
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,225	1	1,476	- 251
Lung Disease	3	478	16	129	+ 349
Diabetes Mellitus	4	451	2	1,275	- 824
Road Traffic Accidents	5	393	15	130	+ 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	390	9	215	+ 176
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	371	10	205	+ 165
Kidney Disease	8	336	5	439	- 103
Liver Cancer	9	333	28	66	+ 267
Liver Disease	10	318	14	136	+ 182
Lung Cancers	11	284	8	217	+ 66
Hypertension	12	265	11	201	+ 64
Falls	13	206	33	43	+ 163
Stomach Cancer	14	202	26	69	+ 133
Tuberculosis	15	126	43	22	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	110	13	196	- 86
Asthma	17	109	35	40	+ 68
Suicide	18	97	17	121	- 24
Low Birth Weight	19	95	23	83	+ 12
Oral Cancer	20	94	38	31	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	21	94	22	93	+ 1
Breast Cancer	22	82	7	258	- 176
Other Injuries	23	74	30	61	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	24	71	25	72	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	25	71	32	51	+ 20
Drownings	26	68	39	31	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	27	67	12	196	- 129
Leukemia	28	65	29	62	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	58	45	18	+ 40
Lymphomas	30	39	20	111	- 72
Cervical Cancer	31	32	21	97	- 65
Birth Trauma	32	31	40	25	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	33	30	41	24	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	34	28	18	119	- 92
Prostate Cancer	35	25	6	330	- 304
Violence	36	24	4	549	- 526
Measles	37	24	76	0	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	23	49	11	+ 12
Encephalitis	39	21	54	6	+ 15
Skin Disease	40	20	36	39	- 19
Drug Use	41	18	44	19	- 1
Uterin Cancer	42	15	27	68	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	13	31	52	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	44	12	19	114	- 101
Bladder Cancer	45	12	34	41	- 29
Alcohol	46	12	42	23	- 12
Ovary Cancer	47	12	24	80	- 69
Poisonings	48	11	59	1	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	49	10	50	10	- 0
Pertussis	50	9	67	0	+ 9
Meningitis	51	8	52	9	- 1
Fires	52	8	48	16	- 8
Epilepsy	53	8	37	32	- 24
Skin Cancers	54	6	57	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	5	60	0	+ 5
Syphilis	56	4	61	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	4	51	10	- 6
Tetanus	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	53	8	- 5
Appendicitis	60	3	56	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	58	2	- 0
Dengue	62	2	55	5	- 4
Malnutrition	63	2	47	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 1
War	65	0	46	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.