NO MACEDONIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,770	61	0	+ 1,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	977	19	157	+ 821
Stroke	3	816	1	5,521	- 4,705
Malaria	4	809	78	0	+ 809
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	644	56	1	+ 643
Tuberculosis	6	610	35	32	+ 578
Birth Trauma	7	520	48	7	+ 513
Low Birth Weight	8	499	28	73	+ 425
Liver Disease	9	462	15	218	+ 244
Coronary Heart Disease	10	455	2	4,420	- 3,965
Road Traffic Accidents	11	375	24	107	+ 268
Congenital Anomalies	12	323	37	29	+ 294
Hypertension	13	269	7	627	- 359
Diabetes Mellitus	14	246	4	1,104	- 858
Malnutrition	15	236	58	1	+ 236
Meningitis	16	203	51	4	+ 199
Cervical Cancer	17	185	31	68	+ 117
Kidney Disease	18	181	9	516	- 335
Other Injuries	19	177	17	183	- 6
Suicide	20	134	16	196	- 62
Lung Disease	21	131	6	807	- 676
Maternal Conditions	22	122	54	2	+ 120
Violence	23	118	36	31	+ 87
Syphilis	24	91	62	0	+ 91
Pertussis	25	76	50	4	+ 73
Asthma	26	76	33	53	+ 23
Drownings	27	71	41	18	+ 53
Falls	28	61	27	78	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	61	30	71	- 10
Prostate Cancer	30	58	14	259	- 201
Lymphomas	31	56	25	96	- 40
Fires	32	56	46	11	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	33	51	3	4,249	- 4,198
Poisonings	34	47	45	11	+ 36
Breast Cancer	35	38	11	386	- 349
Oesophagus Cancer	36	37	34	45	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	37	36	44	12	+ 24
Epilepsy	38	34	38	23	+ 11
Leukemia	39	27	22	114	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	25	32	56	- 31
Lung Cancers	41	23	5	1,055	- 1,032
Stomach Cancer	42	21	10	455	- 434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	21	8	560	- 540
Tetanus	44	19	75	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	19	43	13	+ 7
Liver Cancer	46	18	13	260	- 242
Parkinson's Disease	47	17	20	141	- 124
Oral Cancer	48	16	29	72	- 56
Alcohol	49	14	42	14	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	50	14	18	163	- 149
Schistosomiasis	51	13	79	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	52	13	57	1	+ 12
Drug Use	53	13	47	9	+ 4
Skin Cancers	54	11	21	126	- 115
Hepatitis B	55	11	49	7	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	9	55	1	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	57	8	26	93	- 85
Leishmaniasis	58	7	64	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	59	7	59	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	7	65	0	+ 7
Measles	61	5	74	0	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	62	4	12	267	- 262
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	60	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	64	3	23	108	- 105
Other Neoplasms	65	2	40	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	39	21	- 20
Ascariasis	68	1	71	0	+ 1
War	69	1	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Zambia

No Macedonia

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.