CROATIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,837	59	8	+ 4,829
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,608	10	1,021	+ 1,587
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,055	1	12,307	- 10,252
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,461	27	328	+ 1,133
Stroke	5	1,240	2	6,275	- 5,035
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,112	39	82	+ 1,030
Low Birth Weight	7	977	56	10	+ 967
Birth Trauma	8	824	55	11	+ 813
Diabetes Mellitus	9	809	6	1,963	- 1,154
Malnutrition	10	580	70	0	+ 580
Congenital Anomalies	11	537	37	94	+ 442
Kidney Disease	12	536	7	1,392	- 857
Suicide	13	501	17	676	- 176
Cervical Cancer	14	490	34	156	+ 334
Malaria	15	485	77	0	+ 485
Tuberculosis	16	484	44	61	+ 422
Liver Disease	17	470	13	924	- 455
Violence	18	464	48	45	+ 419
Maternal Conditions	19	423	61	2	+ 421
Other Injuries	20	401	23	428	- 27
Asthma	21	370	41	74	+ 297
Meningitis	22	321	52	16	+ 304
Lung Disease	23	281	5	2,111	- 1,829
Hypertension	24	277	8	1,102	- 825
Inflammatory/Heart	25	253	21	457	- 203
Lymphomas	26	232	18	556	- 324
Drownings	27	231	38	86	+ 145
Breast Cancer	28	203	11	1,019	- 815
Oesophagus Cancer	29	194	33	189	+ 5
Fires	30	192	50	34	+ 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	186	9	1,066	- 881
Prostate Cancer	32	152	14	852	- 700
Stomach Cancer	33	135	15	786	- 651
Endocrine Disorders	34	134	42	72	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	133	31	207	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	131	35	137	- 6
Poisonings	37	125	54	16	+ 109
Liver Cancer	38	123	19	501	- 378
Epilepsy	39	123	36	94	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	122	4	2,189	- 2,067
Falls	41	112	12	974	- 862
Pertussis	42	101	69	0	+ 101
Lung Cancers	43	69	3	2,842	- 2,773
Skin Cancers	44	64	26	332	- 268
Leukemia	45	59	22	435	- 376
Parkinson's Disease	46	55	24	423	- 368
Pancreas Cancer	47	52	16	754	- 702
Drug Use	48	51	43	70	- 19
Oral Cancer	49	50	25	338	- 288
Uterin Cancer	50	44	32	199	- 155
Ovary Cancer	51	42	28	308	- 266
Skin Disease	52	42	58	8	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	53	42	75	0	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	54	30	20	499	- 469
Syphilis	55	30	71	0	+ 30
Encephalitis	56	28	65	1	+ 28
Tetanus	57	25	68	0	+ 24
Appendicitis	58	16	57	9	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	59	16	63	2	+ 14
Hepatitis B	60	14	51	17	- 3
Alcohol	61	12	30	219	- 207
Other Neoplasms	62	9	29	283	- 274
Measles	63	7	73	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	46	47	- 41
War	65	6	67	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	3	47	45	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	45	55	- 51
Otitis Media	68	1	60	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	40	79	- 79
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.