NEW ZEALAND VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,015	57	10	+ 6,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,244	7	920	+ 2,324
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,556	1	5,095	- 2,539
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,817	16	458	+ 1,359
Stroke	5	1,543	3	2,378	- 836
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,383	37	81	+ 1,302
Low Birth Weight	7	1,215	38	78	+ 1,137
Birth Trauma	8	1,025	54	15	+ 1,010
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,006	8	769	+ 238
Malnutrition	10	721	55	14	+ 707
Congenital Anomalies	11	667	30	176	+ 492
Kidney Disease	12	666	17	432	+ 234
Suicide	13	622	15	528	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	14	609	41	61	+ 548
Malaria	15	603	78	0	+ 603
Tuberculosis	16	602	52	17	+ 584
Liver Disease	17	584	32	158	+ 427
Violence	18	577	42	57	+ 519
Maternal Conditions	19	526	63	5	+ 522
Other Injuries	20	498	28	218	+ 280
Asthma	21	461	36	91	+ 370
Meningitis	22	399	59	9	+ 390
Lung Disease	23	350	5	1,815	- 1,465
Hypertension	24	345	20	327	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	25	315	23	313	+ 2
Lymphomas	26	289	13	608	- 319
Drownings	27	288	44	54	+ 233
Breast Cancer	28	253	10	737	- 484
Oesophagus Cancer	29	241	25	279	- 38
Fires	30	239	53	17	+ 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	231	2	3,032	- 2,801
Prostate Cancer	32	189	9	739	- 550
Stomach Cancer	33	168	22	323	- 155
Endocrine Disorders	34	167	21	325	- 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	165	39	70	+ 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	163	35	113	+ 51
Poisonings	37	155	58	9	+ 146
Liver Cancer	38	153	24	288	- 134
Epilepsy	39	153	43	55	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	152	6	1,495	- 1,343
Falls	41	140	11	627	- 487
Pertussis	42	126	65	1	+ 125
Lung Cancers	43	86	4	1,873	- 1,787
Skin Cancers	44	79	12	612	- 532
Leukemia	45	73	18	391	- 318
Parkinson's Disease	46	68	19	353	- 285
Pancreas Cancer	47	65	14	543	- 478
Drug Use	48	64	40	69	- 5
Oral Cancer	49	62	31	164	- 101
Uterin Cancer	50	55	33	145	- 90
Ovary Cancer	51	52	29	207	- 155
Skin Disease	52	52	34	118	- 66
Schistosomiasis	53	52	77	0	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	54	38	26	267	- 229
Syphilis	55	37	70	0	+ 37
Encephalitis	56	35	66	1	+ 35
Tetanus	57	31	69	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	58	20	62	6	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	59	20	64	4	+ 16
Hepatitis B	60	17	56	14	+ 3
Alcohol	61	15	45	51	- 37
Other Neoplasms	62	11	27	245	- 234
Measles	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	46	47	- 39
War	65	8	68	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	4	48	30	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	47	43	- 39
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	83	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Zimbabwe

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.