TANZANIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	78,625	1	27,402	+ 51,224
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	42,402	2	26,028	+ 16,374
Coronary Heart Disease	3	33,407	9	13,215	+ 20,193
Road Traffic Accidents	4	23,749	5	18,054	+ 5,695
Stroke	5	20,163	7	16,894	+ 3,269
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	18,073	6	17,587	+ 486
Low Birth Weight	7	15,882	10	12,173	+ 3,709
Birth Trauma	8	13,396	8	15,086	- 1,690
Diabetes Mellitus	9	13,153	15	6,247	+ 6,906
Malnutrition	10	9,425	16	5,574	+ 3,851
Congenital Anomalies	11	8,722	11	9,791	- 1,069
Kidney Disease	12	8,707	19	4,547	+ 4,160
Suicide	13	8,137	24	2,474	+ 5,662
Cervical Cancer	14	7,957	14	6,424	+ 1,534
Malaria	15	7,879	3	21,758	- 13,879
Tuberculosis	16	7,863	4	20,269	- 12,406
Liver Disease	17	7,636	13	6,586	+ 1,050
Violence	18	7,537	18	4,713	+ 2,825
Maternal Conditions	19	6,880	12	6,835	+ 45
Other Injuries	20	6,512	20	4,270	+ 2,242
Asthma	21	6,021	30	1,700	+ 4,321
Meningitis	22	5,212	21	3,188	+ 2,024
Lung Disease	23	4,576	22	3,051	+ 1,525
Hypertension	24	4,507	17	5,209	- 702
Inflammatory/Heart	25	4,120	38	1,227	+ 2,892
Lymphomas	26	3,775	41	805	+ 2,970
Drownings	27	3,760	32	1,642	+ 2,118
Breast Cancer	28	3,301	37	1,285	+ 2,016
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,153	25	2,247	+ 906
Fires	30	3,118	35	1,424	+ 1,693
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	3,019	27	2,048	+ 971
Prostate Cancer	32	2,470	28	1,819	+ 651
Stomach Cancer	33	2,198	39	1,190	+ 1,008
Endocrine Disorders	34	2,177	29	1,778	+ 399
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	2,156	46	462	+ 1,694
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	2,132	50	401	+ 1,731
Poisonings	37	2,027	40	1,170	+ 857
Liver Cancer	38	2,005	36	1,413	+ 591
Epilepsy	39	1,997	43	707	+ 1,291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	1,987	33	1,567	+ 420
Falls	41	1,828	34	1,533	+ 295
Pertussis	42	1,647	23	2,774	- 1,127
Lung Cancers	43	1,124	61	159	+ 966
Skin Cancers	44	1,038	42	744	+ 294
Leukemia	45	958	47	416	+ 542
Parkinson's Disease	46	888	45	513	+ 374
Pancreas Cancer	47	852	62	158	+ 695
Drug Use	48	836	48	404	+ 432
Oral Cancer	49	817	31	1,646	- 829
Uterin Cancer	50	716	57	218	+ 498
Ovary Cancer	51	682	53	337	+ 345
Skin Disease	52	681	52	359	+ 321
Schistosomiasis	53	677	51	371	+ 306
Bladder Cancer	54	491	44	667	- 176
Syphilis	55	490	26	2,115	- 1,625
Encephalitis	56	462	59	199	+ 263
Tetanus	57	400	49	402	- 2
Appendicitis	58	260	58	218	+ 43
Upper Respiratory	59	256	54	299	- 43
Hepatitis B	60	223	60	168	+ 55
Alcohol	61	190	56	270	- 81
Other Neoplasms	62	146	64	58	+ 89
Measles	63	120	55	295	- 175
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	103	63	81	+ 22
War	65	103	67	30	+ 73
Hepatitis C	66	56	66	40	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	67	55	68	27	+ 29
Otitis Media	68	13	69	17	- 4
Chlamydia	69	12	71	9	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	9	65	56	- 47
Trypanosomiasis	71	8	72	3	+ 5
Diphtheria	72	8	70	11	- 3
Dengue	73	1	73	2	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

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.