NEW ZEALAND VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,277	57	10	+ 4,266
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,362	7	920	+ 1,442
Stroke	3	1,972	3	2,378	- 406
Malaria	4	1,956	78	0	+ 1,956
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,557	37	81	+ 1,476
Tuberculosis	6	1,474	52	17	+ 1,457
Birth Trauma	7	1,256	54	15	+ 1,241
Low Birth Weight	8	1,205	38	78	+ 1,127
Liver Disease	9	1,117	32	158	+ 959
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,100	1	5,095	- 3,995
Road Traffic Accidents	11	907	16	458	+ 449
Congenital Anomalies	12	781	30	176	+ 605
Hypertension	13	649	20	327	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	14	594	8	769	- 174
Malnutrition	15	571	55	14	+ 557
Meningitis	16	490	59	9	+ 481
Cervical Cancer	17	446	41	61	+ 386
Kidney Disease	18	437	17	432	+ 5
Other Injuries	19	429	28	218	+ 211
Suicide	20	323	15	528	- 205
Lung Disease	21	316	5	1,815	- 1,499
Maternal Conditions	22	295	63	5	+ 290
Violence	23	286	42	57	+ 229
Syphilis	24	220	70	0	+ 219
Pertussis	25	184	65	1	+ 184
Asthma	26	184	36	91	+ 93
Drownings	27	171	44	54	+ 117
Falls	28	148	11	627	- 479
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	146	2	3,032	- 2,885
Prostate Cancer	30	139	9	739	- 600
Lymphomas	31	136	13	608	- 472
Fires	32	136	53	17	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	33	124	23	313	- 189
Poisonings	34	113	58	9	+ 104
Breast Cancer	35	91	10	737	- 646
Oesophagus Cancer	36	89	25	279	- 190
Endocrine Disorders	37	88	21	325	- 237
Epilepsy	38	82	43	55	+ 27
Leukemia	39	65	18	391	- 326
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	61	39	70	- 9
Lung Cancers	41	56	4	1,873	- 1,817
Stomach Cancer	42	51	22	323	- 272
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	50	6	1,495	- 1,444
Tetanus	44	47	69	0	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	47	35	113	- 66
Liver Cancer	46	44	24	288	- 244
Parkinson's Disease	47	41	19	353	- 312
Oral Cancer	48	39	31	164	- 125
Alcohol	49	35	45	51	- 17
Bladder Cancer	50	33	26	267	- 234
Schistosomiasis	51	32	77	0	+ 32
Skin Disease	52	31	34	118	- 87
Drug Use	53	30	40	69	- 39
Skin Cancers	54	27	12	612	- 585
Hepatitis B	55	26	56	14	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	21	62	6	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	57	20	29	207	- 186
Leishmaniasis	58	18	80	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	59	17	66	1	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	60	17	64	4	+ 13
Measles	61	12	82	0	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	62	11	14	543	- 532
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	46	47	- 40
Uterin Cancer	64	7	33	145	- 137
Other Neoplasms	65	5	27	245	- 240
Hepatitis C	66	4	48	30	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	47	43	- 40
Ascariasis	68	2	76	0	+ 2
War	69	2	68	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	83	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Zambia

New Zealand

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.