AUSTRIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,452	49	41	+ 10,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,637	13	1,563	+ 4,073
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,441	1	17,638	- 13,197
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,157	31	436	+ 2,721
Stroke	5	2,680	2	5,208	- 2,528
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,403	40	152	+ 2,250
Low Birth Weight	7	2,111	51	40	+ 2,071
Birth Trauma	8	1,781	54	34	+ 1,747
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,748	9	2,093	- 345
Malnutrition	10	1,253	46	71	+ 1,182
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,159	34	327	+ 833
Kidney Disease	12	1,157	8	2,247	- 1,090
Suicide	13	1,082	17	1,307	- 226
Cervical Cancer	14	1,058	37	205	+ 852
Malaria	15	1,047	75	0	+ 1,047
Tuberculosis	16	1,045	50	41	+ 1,004
Liver Disease	17	1,015	16	1,366	- 351
Violence	18	1,002	47	47	+ 955
Maternal Conditions	19	915	64	4	+ 911
Other Injuries	20	866	12	1,700	- 835
Asthma	21	800	45	81	+ 719
Meningitis	22	693	58	22	+ 671
Lung Disease	23	608	5	4,107	- 3,498
Hypertension	24	599	6	3,601	- 3,002
Inflammatory/Heart	25	548	14	1,515	- 968
Lymphomas	26	502	18	1,167	- 665
Drownings	27	500	48	42	+ 458
Breast Cancer	28	439	11	1,857	- 1,418
Oesophagus Cancer	29	419	32	406	+ 13
Fires	30	414	52	36	+ 379
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	401	4	4,174	- 3,773
Prostate Cancer	32	328	15	1,501	- 1,173
Stomach Cancer	33	292	24	817	- 524
Endocrine Disorders	34	289	20	1,077	- 788
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	287	42	142	+ 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	283	33	379	- 95
Poisonings	37	269	60	15	+ 255
Liver Cancer	38	267	22	922	- 655
Epilepsy	39	266	36	222	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	264	7	2,324	- 2,060
Falls	41	243	21	982	- 739
Pertussis	42	219	70	0	+ 219
Lung Cancers	43	149	3	4,217	- 4,067
Skin Cancers	44	138	28	585	- 446
Leukemia	45	127	23	878	- 751
Parkinson's Disease	46	118	19	1,102	- 984
Pancreas Cancer	47	113	10	1,901	- 1,788
Drug Use	48	111	39	161	- 50
Oral Cancer	49	109	27	614	- 506
Uterin Cancer	50	95	35	275	- 180
Ovary Cancer	51	91	30	513	- 423
Skin Disease	52	90	43	99	- 9
Schistosomiasis	53	90	74	0	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	54	65	26	617	- 552
Syphilis	55	65	66	1	+ 64
Encephalitis	56	61	68	1	+ 61
Tetanus	57	53	72	0	+ 53
Appendicitis	58	35	59	15	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	59	34	55	26	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	30	62	8	+ 21
Alcohol	61	25	29	538	- 513
Other Neoplasms	62	19	25	814	- 795
Measles	63	16	73	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	53	35	- 21
War	65	14	67	1	+ 13
Hepatitis C	66	7	41	147	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	38	170	- 162
Otitis Media	68	2	65	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

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Austria

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.