ESTONIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,120	1	3,009	- 1,889
Stroke	2	504	3	1,116	- 612
War	3	480	64	0	+ 480
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	445	6	349	+ 96
Low Birth Weight	5	327	55	7	+ 320
Road Traffic Accidents	6	318	35	59	+ 259
Birth Trauma	7	221	57	5	+ 216
Hypertension	8	197	2	2,700	- 2,504
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	162	53	8	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	10	159	43	25	+ 134
Lung Disease	11	119	13	229	- 110
Measles	12	112	84	0	+ 112
Liver Disease	13	107	7	328	- 221
Violence	14	105	42	28	+ 77
Kidney Disease	15	99	17	176	- 77
Other Injuries	16	83	20	141	- 59
Asthma	17	78	44	24	+ 54
Tuberculosis	18	71	47	16	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	19	67	19	146	- 79
Malaria	20	64	73	0	+ 64
Suicide	21	63	16	197	- 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	52	12	229	- 177
Pertussis	23	46	83	0	+ 46
Falls	24	43	24	119	- 75
Drownings	25	42	40	30	+ 12
Breast Cancer	26	42	11	260	- 218
Malnutrition	27	39	79	0	+ 39
Meningitis	28	38	54	7	+ 30
Fires	29	37	38	41	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	34	5	527	- 493
Stomach Cancer	31	34	9	290	- 256
Maternal Conditions	32	33	61	1	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	31	36	55	- 24
Leukemia	34	29	22	126	- 97
Oesophagus Cancer	35	28	27	99	- 70
Endocrine Disorders	36	27	33	66	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	26	45	22	+ 5
Drug Use	38	23	31	75	- 52
Liver Cancer	39	23	26	107	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	40	22	14	217	- 195
Lung Cancers	41	21	4	657	- 636
Oral Cancer	42	20	25	110	- 90
Epilepsy	43	20	37	45	- 24
Poisonings	44	20	52	8	+ 11
Lymphomas	45	16	15	213	- 197
HIV/AIDS	46	15	39	40	- 26
Tetanus	47	15	81	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	48	14	63	0	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	49	13	29	82	- 69
Hepatitis B	50	11	65	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	51	11	10	268	- 258
Ovary Cancer	52	7	28	87	- 80
Syphilis	53	7	62	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	6	59	2	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	55	6	21	126	- 120
Schistosomiasis	56	5	72	0	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	57	4	32	68	- 63
Skin Cancers	58	4	30	79	- 75
Alcohol	59	3	18	148	- 145
Dengue	60	3	75	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	41	29	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	48	16	- 15
Prostate Cancer	63	1	8	298	- 297
Other Neoplasms	64	1	23	123	- 123
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	46	17	- 17
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	58	4	- 4
Uterin Cancer	69	0	34	60	- 60
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.