ESTONIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,391	39	40	+ 1,351
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	750	6	349	+ 402
Coronary Heart Disease	3	591	1	3,009	- 2,418
Road Traffic Accidents	4	420	35	59	+ 361
Stroke	5	357	3	1,116	- 759
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	320	53	8	+ 312
Low Birth Weight	7	281	55	7	+ 274
Birth Trauma	8	237	57	5	+ 232
Diabetes Mellitus	9	233	19	146	+ 87
Malnutrition	10	167	79	0	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	11	154	43	25	+ 129
Kidney Disease	12	154	17	176	- 22
Suicide	13	144	16	197	- 53
Cervical Cancer	14	141	32	68	+ 73
Malaria	15	139	73	0	+ 139
Tuberculosis	16	139	47	16	+ 123
Liver Disease	17	135	7	328	- 193
Violence	18	133	42	28	+ 105
Maternal Conditions	19	122	61	1	+ 121
Other Injuries	20	115	20	141	- 26
Asthma	21	107	44	24	+ 82
Meningitis	22	92	54	7	+ 85
Lung Disease	23	81	13	229	- 148
Hypertension	24	80	2	2,700	- 2,620
Inflammatory/Heart	25	73	14	217	- 144
Lymphomas	26	67	15	213	- 146
Drownings	27	67	40	30	+ 37
Breast Cancer	28	58	11	260	- 202
Oesophagus Cancer	29	56	27	99	- 43
Fires	30	55	38	41	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	53	12	229	- 176
Prostate Cancer	32	44	8	298	- 255
Stomach Cancer	33	39	9	290	- 251
Endocrine Disorders	34	39	33	66	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	38	36	55	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	38	45	22	+ 16
Poisonings	37	36	52	8	+ 28
Liver Cancer	38	35	26	107	- 72
Epilepsy	39	35	37	45	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	35	5	527	- 492
Falls	41	32	24	119	- 86
Pertussis	42	29	83	0	+ 29
Lung Cancers	43	20	4	657	- 637
Skin Cancers	44	18	30	79	- 60
Leukemia	45	17	22	126	- 109
Parkinson's Disease	46	16	29	82	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	47	15	10	268	- 253
Drug Use	48	15	31	75	- 60
Oral Cancer	49	14	25	110	- 96
Uterin Cancer	50	13	34	60	- 47
Ovary Cancer	51	12	28	87	- 75
Skin Disease	52	12	41	29	- 16
Schistosomiasis	53	12	72	0	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	54	9	21	126	- 117
Syphilis	55	9	62	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	56	8	63	0	+ 8
Tetanus	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	5	59	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	59	5	66	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	65	0	+ 4
Alcohol	61	3	18	148	- 145
Other Neoplasms	62	3	23	123	- 121
Measles	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	46	17	- 15
War	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	48	16	- 15
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.