JORDAN VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,259	63	2	+ 9,257
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,113	8	937	+ 4,175
Stroke	3	4,270	2	2,908	+ 1,362
Malaria	4	4,234	77	0	+ 4,234
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,371	30	152	+ 3,219
Tuberculosis	6	3,192	53	12	+ 3,180
Birth Trauma	7	2,719	20	271	+ 2,448
Low Birth Weight	8	2,609	10	857	+ 1,752
Liver Disease	9	2,418	14	494	+ 1,924
Coronary Heart Disease	10	2,381	1	4,856	- 2,475
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,963	3	1,717	+ 246
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,690	9	934	+ 756
Hypertension	13	1,406	5	1,532	- 126
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,287	4	1,684	- 397
Malnutrition	15	1,237	51	15	+ 1,222
Meningitis	16	1,062	37	78	+ 983
Cervical Cancer	17	966	41	64	+ 903
Kidney Disease	18	946	6	1,494	- 548
Other Injuries	19	929	19	294	+ 635
Suicide	20	700	28	165	+ 535
Lung Disease	21	684	15	444	+ 240
Maternal Conditions	22	638	44	53	+ 586
Violence	23	620	21	269	+ 351
Syphilis	24	475	45	52	+ 424
Pertussis	25	399	43	55	+ 344
Asthma	26	398	35	114	+ 283
Drownings	27	370	36	107	+ 263
Falls	28	320	24	191	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	317	11	706	- 390
Prostate Cancer	30	302	33	131	+ 171
Lymphomas	31	294	18	323	- 29
Fires	32	293	29	153	+ 141
Inflammatory/Heart	33	269	38	74	+ 195
Poisonings	34	245	47	47	+ 198
Breast Cancer	35	197	12	686	- 489
Oesophagus Cancer	36	193	42	63	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	37	190	26	180	+ 10
Epilepsy	38	178	46	49	+ 129
Leukemia	39	140	16	370	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	132	40	67	+ 65
Lung Cancers	41	121	7	1,059	- 937
Stomach Cancer	42	111	17	365	- 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	109	13	616	- 508
Tetanus	44	102	56	11	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	102	50	22	+ 80
Liver Cancer	46	95	25	186	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	47	88	27	169	- 81
Oral Cancer	48	83	31	143	- 59
Alcohol	49	75	55	11	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	50	71	23	213	- 142
Schistosomiasis	51	69	62	3	+ 66
Skin Disease	52	68	48	42	+ 25
Drug Use	53	66	34	115	- 49
Skin Cancers	54	58	49	38	+ 20
Hepatitis B	55	56	60	4	+ 52
Appendicitis	56	45	58	8	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	57	44	32	139	- 95
Leishmaniasis	58	39	66	0	+ 39
Encephalitis	59	38	52	14	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	60	36	69	0	+ 36
Measles	61	26	65	1	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	62	23	22	245	- 223
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	16	61	4	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	64	16	39	74	- 58
Other Neoplasms	65	11	57	9	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	9	64	1	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	54	12	- 5
Ascariasis	68	5	68	0	+ 4
War	69	3	59	6	- 3
Otitis Media	70	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	72	2	79	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	73	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Zambia

Jordan

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.