ZAMBIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,516	10	4,432	+ 15,084
Stroke	2	8,781	3	7,948	+ 833
War	3	8,358	69	6	+ 8,351
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,752	2	9,517	- 1,765
Low Birth Weight	5	5,701	8	4,857	+ 844
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,540	11	3,654	+ 1,886
Birth Trauma	7	3,844	7	5,062	- 1,218
Hypertension	8	3,426	13	2,616	+ 809
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,829	5	6,275	- 3,446
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,777	12	3,146	- 369
Lung Disease	11	2,068	21	1,273	+ 796
Measles	12	1,954	61	48	+ 1,906
Liver Disease	13	1,871	9	4,501	- 2,630
Violence	14	1,837	23	1,153	+ 684
Kidney Disease	15	1,733	18	1,760	- 27
Other Injuries	16	1,440	19	1,729	- 289
Asthma	17	1,363	26	741	+ 622
Tuberculosis	18	1,229	6	5,941	- 4,712
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,161	14	2,395	- 1,234
Malaria	20	1,112	4	7,882	- 6,770
Suicide	21	1,099	20	1,303	- 203
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	909	29	590	+ 320
Pertussis	23	802	25	743	+ 59
Falls	24	757	28	596	+ 161
Drownings	25	739	27	689	+ 50
Breast Cancer	26	734	35	366	+ 368
Malnutrition	27	685	15	2,303	- 1,618
Meningitis	28	659	16	1,976	- 1,317
Fires	29	641	32	546	+ 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	591	43	203	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	31	584	42	206	+ 377
Maternal Conditions	32	576	22	1,188	- 612
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	539	40	246	+ 294
Leukemia	34	502	39	261	+ 241
Oesophagus Cancer	35	495	36	359	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	36	477	37	354	+ 124
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	457	45	190	+ 268
Drug Use	38	396	53	122	+ 274
Liver Cancer	39	394	46	177	+ 217
Inflammatory/Heart	40	378	33	501	- 123
Lung Cancers	41	368	41	226	+ 143
Oral Cancer	42	354	48	155	+ 199
Epilepsy	43	349	38	332	+ 17
Poisonings	44	344	34	456	- 112
Lymphomas	45	280	31	548	- 268
HIV/AIDS	46	256	1	17,234	- 16,978
Tetanus	47	255	44	190	+ 66
Encephalitis	48	239	59	70	+ 169
Parkinson's Disease	49	234	47	164	+ 70
Hepatitis B	50	194	55	104	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	51	183	62	42	+ 141
Ovary Cancer	52	122	57	82	+ 39
Syphilis	53	113	24	885	- 771
Appendicitis	54	105	56	84	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	55	104	50	132	- 28
Schistosomiasis	56	80	51	128	- 48
Cervical Cancer	57	77	17	1,799	- 1,722
Skin Cancers	58	64	54	108	- 44
Alcohol	59	51	49	140	- 89
Dengue	60	46	74	1	+ 45
Skin Disease	61	28	52	126	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	67	13	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	63	25	30	561	- 536
Other Neoplasms	64	13	65	20	- 6
Ascariasis	65	11	68	9	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	9	63	30	- 21
Diphtheria	67	9	73	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	68	5	66	18	- 12
Uterin Cancer	69	3	64	30	- 26
Upper Respiratory	70	3	60	68	- 65
Leishmaniasis	71	1	58	72	- 71
Chlamydia	72	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	73	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Yemen

Zambia

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.