TRINIDAD/TOB. VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,642	12	196	+ 1,446
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	886	10	205	+ 680
Coronary Heart Disease	3	698	1	1,476	- 778
Road Traffic Accidents	4	496	15	130	+ 366
Stroke	5	421	3	822	- 401
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	377	45	18	+ 359
Low Birth Weight	7	332	23	83	+ 249
Birth Trauma	8	280	40	25	+ 255
Diabetes Mellitus	9	275	2	1,275	- 1,001
Malnutrition	10	197	47	17	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	11	182	22	93	+ 89
Kidney Disease	12	182	5	439	- 257
Suicide	13	170	17	121	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	14	166	21	97	+ 69
Malaria	15	165	72	0	+ 165
Tuberculosis	16	164	43	22	+ 143
Liver Disease	17	159	14	136	+ 24
Violence	18	157	4	549	- 392
Maternal Conditions	19	144	50	10	+ 133
Other Injuries	20	136	30	61	+ 75
Asthma	21	126	35	40	+ 85
Meningitis	22	109	52	9	+ 99
Lung Disease	23	96	16	129	- 34
Hypertension	24	94	11	201	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	25	86	25	72	+ 14
Lymphomas	26	79	20	111	- 33
Drownings	27	79	39	31	+ 48
Breast Cancer	28	69	7	258	- 189
Oesophagus Cancer	29	66	41	24	+ 41
Fires	30	65	48	16	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	63	9	215	- 152
Prostate Cancer	32	52	6	330	- 278
Stomach Cancer	33	46	26	69	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	34	45	18	119	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	45	31	52	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	45	49	11	+ 33
Poisonings	37	42	59	1	+ 41
Liver Cancer	38	42	28	66	- 24
Epilepsy	39	42	37	32	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	41	13	196	- 154
Falls	41	38	33	43	- 5
Pertussis	42	34	67	0	+ 34
Lung Cancers	43	23	8	217	- 194
Skin Cancers	44	22	57	4	+ 17
Leukemia	45	20	29	62	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	46	19	32	51	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	47	18	19	114	- 96
Drug Use	48	17	44	19	- 1
Oral Cancer	49	17	38	31	- 14
Uterin Cancer	50	15	27	68	- 53
Ovary Cancer	51	14	24	80	- 66
Skin Disease	52	14	36	39	- 25
Schistosomiasis	53	14	71	0	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	54	10	34	41	- 30
Syphilis	55	10	61	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	56	10	54	6	+ 4
Tetanus	57	8	65	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	58	5	56	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	5	64	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	60	0	+ 4
Alcohol	61	4	42	23	- 19
Other Neoplasms	62	3	51	10	- 7
Measles	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	53	8	- 6
War	65	2	46	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	66	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	58	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Zimbabwe

Trinidad/Tob.

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.