ICELAND VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	424	59	0	+ 424
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	229	6	82	+ 146
Coronary Heart Disease	3	180	1	403	- 223
Road Traffic Accidents	4	128	35	7	+ 121
Stroke	5	109	3	141	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	98	55	1	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	7	86	43	3	+ 83
Birth Trauma	8	72	46	2	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	9	71	16	30	+ 41
Malnutrition	10	51	57	1	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	11	47	34	7	+ 40
Kidney Disease	12	47	15	33	+ 14
Suicide	13	44	13	40	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	14	43	32	9	+ 34
Malaria	15	43	73	0	+ 43
Tuberculosis	16	42	82	0	+ 42
Liver Disease	17	41	31	9	+ 32
Violence	18	41	39	4	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	19	37	60	0	+ 37
Other Injuries	20	35	11	50	- 15
Asthma	21	32	48	2	+ 31
Meningitis	22	28	50	1	+ 27
Lung Disease	23	25	5	129	- 104
Hypertension	24	24	17	24	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	25	22	26	16	+ 7
Lymphomas	26	20	14	37	- 16
Drownings	27	20	56	1	+ 19
Breast Cancer	28	18	9	53	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	17	19	23	- 6
Fires	30	17	58	1	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	16	2	295	- 279
Prostate Cancer	32	13	8	61	- 48
Stomach Cancer	33	12	23	18	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	34	12	27	16	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	12	41	3	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	12	54	1	+ 10
Poisonings	37	11	42	3	+ 8
Liver Cancer	38	11	20	22	- 12
Epilepsy	39	11	37	5	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	11	7	73	- 63
Falls	41	10	18	24	- 14
Pertussis	42	9	62	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	43	6	4	134	- 128
Skin Cancers	44	6	29	13	- 7
Leukemia	45	5	22	19	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	46	5	10	53	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	47	5	12	43	- 39
Drug Use	48	5	24	17	- 12
Oral Cancer	49	4	33	9	- 4
Uterin Cancer	50	4	36	7	- 3
Ovary Cancer	51	4	25	16	- 13
Skin Disease	52	4	45	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	53	4	75	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	54	3	21	20	- 18
Syphilis	55	3	80	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	56	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	57	2	68	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	51	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Alcohol	61	1	28	14	- 13
Other Neoplasms	62	1	30	10	- 9
Measles	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	38	4	- 4
War	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	44	3	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Zimbabwe

Iceland

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.