NEW ZEALAND VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,843	1	5,095	- 252
Stroke	2	2,179	3	2,378	- 199
War	3	2,074	68	1	+ 2,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,924	7	920	+ 1,003
Low Birth Weight	5	1,415	38	78	+ 1,336
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,375	16	458	+ 917
Birth Trauma	7	954	54	15	+ 939
Hypertension	8	850	20	327	+ 523
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	702	37	81	+ 621
Congenital Anomalies	10	689	30	176	+ 514
Lung Disease	11	513	5	1,815	- 1,302
Measles	12	485	82	0	+ 485
Liver Disease	13	464	32	158	+ 307
Violence	14	456	42	57	+ 399
Kidney Disease	15	430	17	432	- 2
Other Injuries	16	357	28	218	+ 139
Asthma	17	338	36	91	+ 248
Tuberculosis	18	305	52	17	+ 288
Diabetes Mellitus	19	288	8	769	- 480
Malaria	20	276	78	0	+ 276
Suicide	21	273	15	528	- 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	226	2	3,032	- 2,806
Pertussis	23	199	65	1	+ 198
Falls	24	188	11	627	- 439
Drownings	25	183	44	54	+ 129
Breast Cancer	26	182	10	737	- 555
Malnutrition	27	170	55	14	+ 156
Meningitis	28	164	59	9	+ 155
Fires	29	159	53	17	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	147	6	1,495	- 1,348
Stomach Cancer	31	145	22	323	- 178
Maternal Conditions	32	143	63	5	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	134	39	70	+ 64
Leukemia	34	125	18	391	- 266
Oesophagus Cancer	35	123	25	279	- 156
Endocrine Disorders	36	118	21	325	- 206
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	113	35	113	+ 1
Drug Use	38	98	40	69	+ 29
Liver Cancer	39	98	24	288	- 190
Inflammatory/Heart	40	94	23	313	- 219
Lung Cancers	41	91	4	1,873	- 1,782
Oral Cancer	42	88	31	164	- 76
Epilepsy	43	87	43	55	+ 32
Poisonings	44	85	58	9	+ 76
Lymphomas	45	69	13	608	- 539
HIV/AIDS	46	64	57	10	+ 53
Tetanus	47	63	69	0	+ 63
Encephalitis	48	59	66	1	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	49	58	19	353	- 295
Hepatitis B	50	48	56	14	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	51	45	14	543	- 497
Ovary Cancer	52	30	29	207	- 177
Syphilis	53	28	70	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	54	26	62	6	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	55	26	26	267	- 241
Schistosomiasis	56	20	77	0	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	57	19	41	61	- 42
Skin Cancers	58	16	12	612	- 596
Alcohol	59	13	45	51	- 39
Dengue	60	11	75	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	61	7	34	118	- 111
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	47	43	- 37
Prostate Cancer	63	6	9	739	- 733
Other Neoplasms	64	3	27	245	- 242
Ascariasis	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	46	47	- 45
Diphtheria	67	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	48	30	- 28
Uterin Cancer	69	1	33	145	- 144
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Yemen

New Zealand

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.