EQU. GUINEA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,488	1	1,838	- 350
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	822	2	913	- 91
Stroke	3	686	6	437	+ 249
Malaria	4	681	3	668	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	542	9	349	+ 193
Tuberculosis	6	513	10	321	+ 192
Birth Trauma	7	437	5	441	- 4
Low Birth Weight	8	419	4	457	- 38
Liver Disease	9	389	13	199	+ 189
Coronary Heart Disease	10	383	7	419	- 36
Road Traffic Accidents	11	315	8	368	- 53
Congenital Anomalies	12	272	12	249	+ 22
Hypertension	13	226	16	165	+ 61
Diabetes Mellitus	14	207	11	299	- 92
Malnutrition	15	199	31	48	+ 151
Meningitis	16	171	19	127	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	17	155	28	56	+ 99
Kidney Disease	18	152	14	198	- 46
Other Injuries	19	149	23	105	+ 44
Suicide	20	112	22	107	+ 5
Lung Disease	21	110	20	120	- 11
Maternal Conditions	22	103	17	139	- 36
Violence	23	100	33	45	+ 55
Syphilis	24	76	18	134	- 57
Pertussis	25	64	21	109	- 45
Asthma	26	64	26	65	- 1
Drownings	27	59	36	39	+ 20
Falls	28	51	32	46	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	51	29	55	- 5
Prostate Cancer	30	48	35	43	+ 6
Lymphomas	31	47	45	19	+ 28
Fires	32	47	39	30	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	33	43	27	63	- 20
Poisonings	34	39	44	21	+ 18
Breast Cancer	35	32	24	84	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	36	31	54	12	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	37	31	25	73	- 43
Epilepsy	38	29	38	32	- 4
Leukemia	39	23	61	4	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	21	43	22	- 1
Lung Cancers	41	19	41	27	- 7
Stomach Cancer	42	18	49	16	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	17	40	29	- 11
Tetanus	44	16	42	23	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	50	14	+ 2
Liver Cancer	46	15	34	43	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	47	14	46	18	- 3
Oral Cancer	48	13	37	35	- 21
Alcohol	49	12	53	12	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	50	11	56	9	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	51	11	60	4	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	11	51	13	- 2
Drug Use	53	11	30	50	- 40
Skin Cancers	54	9	48	16	- 7
Hepatitis B	55	9	65	3	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	7	59	6	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	57	7	52	13	- 6
Leishmaniasis	58	6	78	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	6	57	8	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	6	66	2	+ 4
Measles	61	4	15	181	- 177
Pancreas Cancer	62	4	55	11	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	62	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	64	3	58	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	65	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
War	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	47	16	- 16
Diphtheria	73	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 EQU. GUINEA

Zambia

Equ. Guinea

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.