GEORGIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,061	42	89	+ 3,972
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,242	9	886	+ 1,357
Stroke	3	1,873	2	11,969	- 10,096
Malaria	4	1,857	71	0	+ 1,857
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,479	50	19	+ 1,460
Tuberculosis	6	1,400	32	153	+ 1,247
Birth Trauma	7	1,193	46	39	+ 1,153
Low Birth Weight	8	1,144	37	114	+ 1,030
Liver Disease	9	1,061	4	1,871	- 811
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,044	1	16,014	- 14,970
Road Traffic Accidents	11	861	13	496	+ 365
Congenital Anomalies	12	741	28	174	+ 567
Hypertension	13	616	3	4,387	- 3,771
Diabetes Mellitus	14	564	6	1,621	- 1,057
Malnutrition	15	543	59	5	+ 538
Meningitis	16	466	47	25	+ 441
Cervical Cancer	17	424	27	187	+ 237
Kidney Disease	18	415	10	826	- 411
Other Injuries	19	407	20	346	+ 61
Suicide	20	307	18	367	- 60
Lung Disease	21	300	7	1,158	- 859
Maternal Conditions	22	280	53	13	+ 267
Violence	23	272	40	90	+ 181
Syphilis	24	208	63	0	+ 208
Pertussis	25	175	67	0	+ 175
Asthma	26	175	35	136	+ 39
Drownings	27	162	39	95	+ 67
Falls	28	141	16	420	- 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	139	5	1,826	- 1,687
Prostate Cancer	30	132	22	290	- 158
Lymphomas	31	129	25	208	- 79
Fires	32	129	34	140	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	33	118	21	346	- 228
Poisonings	34	107	49	23	+ 84
Breast Cancer	35	86	11	613	- 527
Oesophagus Cancer	36	85	43	75	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	37	83	38	109	- 25
Epilepsy	38	78	44	51	+ 27
Leukemia	39	62	30	171	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	58	24	226	- 168
Lung Cancers	41	53	8	1,152	- 1,099
Stomach Cancer	42	49	12	533	- 485
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	48	14	444	- 396
Tetanus	44	45	62	0	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	45	15	426	- 382
Liver Cancer	46	42	17	385	- 343
Parkinson's Disease	47	39	19	354	- 316
Oral Cancer	48	37	31	167	- 130
Alcohol	49	33	45	49	- 16
Bladder Cancer	50	31	26	205	- 174
Schistosomiasis	51	30	73	0	+ 30
Skin Disease	52	30	51	17	+ 13
Drug Use	53	29	41	90	- 61
Skin Cancers	54	25	33	149	- 124
Hepatitis B	55	25	58	7	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	20	55	10	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	57	19	29	174	- 154
Leishmaniasis	58	17	56	8	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	17	48	24	- 8
Upper Respiratory	60	16	60	1	+ 15
Measles	61	11	68	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	62	10	23	227	- 217
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	57	8	- 1
Uterin Cancer	64	7	36	115	- 108
Other Neoplasms	65	5	52	15	- 10
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	54	12	- 9
Ascariasis	68	2	69	0	+ 2
War	69	2	61	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	65	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.