ESTONIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	989	39	40	+ 949
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	546	6	349	+ 197
Stroke	3	456	3	1,116	- 660
Malaria	4	452	73	0	+ 452
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	360	53	8	+ 352
Tuberculosis	6	341	47	16	+ 325
Birth Trauma	7	291	57	5	+ 286
Low Birth Weight	8	279	55	7	+ 272
Liver Disease	9	258	7	328	- 70
Coronary Heart Disease	10	254	1	3,009	- 2,755
Road Traffic Accidents	11	210	35	59	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	12	181	43	25	+ 156
Hypertension	13	150	2	2,700	- 2,550
Diabetes Mellitus	14	137	19	146	- 9
Malnutrition	15	132	79	0	+ 132
Meningitis	16	113	54	7	+ 106
Cervical Cancer	17	103	32	68	+ 36
Kidney Disease	18	101	17	176	- 75
Other Injuries	19	99	20	141	- 42
Suicide	20	75	16	197	- 123
Lung Disease	21	73	13	229	- 156
Maternal Conditions	22	68	61	1	+ 67
Violence	23	66	42	28	+ 38
Syphilis	24	51	62	1	+ 50
Pertussis	25	43	83	0	+ 43
Asthma	26	43	44	24	+ 18
Drownings	27	40	40	30	+ 10
Falls	28	34	24	119	- 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	34	12	229	- 196
Prostate Cancer	30	32	8	298	- 266
Lymphomas	31	31	15	213	- 181
Fires	32	31	38	41	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	33	29	14	217	- 188
Poisonings	34	26	52	8	+ 18
Breast Cancer	35	21	11	260	- 239
Oesophagus Cancer	36	21	27	99	- 78
Endocrine Disorders	37	20	33	66	- 46
Epilepsy	38	19	37	45	- 25
Leukemia	39	15	22	126	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	14	36	55	- 41
Lung Cancers	41	13	4	657	- 644
Stomach Cancer	42	12	9	290	- 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	12	5	527	- 515
Tetanus	44	11	81	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	11	45	22	- 11
Liver Cancer	46	10	26	107	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	29	82	- 73
Oral Cancer	48	9	25	110	- 102
Alcohol	49	8	18	148	- 140
Bladder Cancer	50	8	21	126	- 118
Schistosomiasis	51	7	72	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	7	41	29	- 21
Drug Use	53	7	31	75	- 68
Skin Cancers	54	6	30	79	- 73
Hepatitis B	55	6	65	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	5	59	2	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	57	5	28	87	- 82
Leishmaniasis	58	4	69	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	63	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	4	66	0	+ 4
Measles	61	3	84	0	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	62	2	10	268	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	46	17	- 16
Uterin Cancer	64	2	34	60	- 58
Other Neoplasms	65	1	23	123	- 122
Hepatitis C	66	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	48	16	- 15
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
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.