SUDAN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	58,818	22	2,331	+ 56,487
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	31,720	4	12,619	+ 19,101
Coronary Heart Disease	3	24,992	1	43,966	- 18,975
Road Traffic Accidents	4	17,766	5	11,459	+ 6,307
Stroke	5	15,084	2	20,582	- 5,499
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	13,520	9	6,277	+ 7,243
Low Birth Weight	7	11,881	3	16,036	- 4,155
Birth Trauma	8	10,021	7	8,526	+ 1,496
Diabetes Mellitus	9	9,840	17	3,070	+ 6,769
Malnutrition	10	7,051	34	1,089	+ 5,962
Congenital Anomalies	11	6,525	11	5,507	+ 1,018
Kidney Disease	12	6,514	12	5,095	+ 1,419
Suicide	13	6,087	27	1,644	+ 4,443
Cervical Cancer	14	5,953	41	770	+ 5,183
Malaria	15	5,894	10	5,614	+ 280
Tuberculosis	16	5,883	15	4,250	+ 1,633
Liver Disease	17	5,712	14	4,348	+ 1,364
Violence	18	5,639	21	2,478	+ 3,161
Maternal Conditions	19	5,147	23	1,961	+ 3,186
Other Injuries	20	4,872	18	2,912	+ 1,960
Asthma	21	4,504	19	2,636	+ 1,868
Meningitis	22	3,899	33	1,092	+ 2,807
Lung Disease	23	3,423	13	4,382	- 958
Hypertension	24	3,372	8	7,287	- 3,916
Inflammatory/Heart	25	3,082	38	839	+ 2,243
Lymphomas	26	2,824	29	1,533	+ 1,291
Drownings	27	2,812	26	1,684	+ 1,129
Breast Cancer	28	2,469	16	3,071	- 602
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,358	32	1,126	+ 1,233
Fires	30	2,332	31	1,310	+ 1,022
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	2,259	20	2,584	- 325
Prostate Cancer	32	1,848	49	523	+ 1,324
Stomach Cancer	33	1,644	51	478	+ 1,167
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,629	30	1,459	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	1,613	40	775	+ 838
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	1,595	46	684	+ 911
Poisonings	37	1,516	42	744	+ 772
Liver Cancer	38	1,500	37	946	+ 554
Epilepsy	39	1,494	43	735	+ 760
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	1,486	35	1,049	+ 438
Falls	41	1,368	28	1,559	- 191
Pertussis	42	1,232	24	1,899	- 667
Lung Cancers	43	841	48	545	+ 296
Skin Cancers	44	777	55	356	+ 420
Leukemia	45	717	25	1,828	- 1,111
Parkinson's Disease	46	664	45	705	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	47	638	58	272	+ 365
Drug Use	48	626	36	1,036	- 410
Oral Cancer	49	611	50	493	+ 118
Uterin Cancer	50	535	62	71	+ 464
Ovary Cancer	51	510	39	794	- 283
Skin Disease	52	509	60	112	+ 397
Schistosomiasis	53	506	63	68	+ 438
Bladder Cancer	54	367	54	369	- 1
Syphilis	55	366	47	603	- 237
Encephalitis	56	346	57	303	+ 42
Tetanus	57	299	53	378	- 78
Appendicitis	58	195	59	155	+ 40
Upper Respiratory	59	192	70	5	+ 186
Hepatitis B	60	167	44	730	- 563
Alcohol	61	142	61	84	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	62	109	65	35	+ 75
Measles	63	89	6	9,301	- 9,212
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	77	67	20	+ 57
War	65	77	56	336	- 259
Hepatitis C	66	42	68	17	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	67	41	64	54	- 12
Otitis Media	68	10	73	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	69	9	71	1	+ 8
Ascariasis	70	7	66	21	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	71	6	79	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	72	6	69	11	- 5
Dengue	73	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	52	448	- 448
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Zimbabwe

Sudan

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.