YEMEN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	37,459	46	396	+ 37,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	20,201	4	11,978	+ 8,223
Coronary Heart Disease	3	15,916	1	30,158	- 14,242
Road Traffic Accidents	4	11,314	6	8,561	+ 2,754
Stroke	5	9,606	2	13,570	- 3,963
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,610	9	4,372	+ 4,239
Low Birth Weight	7	7,567	5	8,810	- 1,243
Birth Trauma	8	6,382	7	5,939	+ 442
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,266	19	1,794	+ 4,472
Malnutrition	10	4,490	27	1,058	+ 3,432
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,155	10	4,291	- 136
Kidney Disease	12	4,148	15	2,679	+ 1,470
Suicide	13	3,876	21	1,699	+ 2,178
Cervical Cancer	14	3,791	57	119	+ 3,672
Malaria	15	3,754	20	1,719	+ 2,035
Tuberculosis	16	3,746	18	1,899	+ 1,847
Liver Disease	17	3,638	13	2,891	+ 747
Violence	18	3,591	14	2,839	+ 752
Maternal Conditions	19	3,278	32	890	+ 2,388
Other Injuries	20	3,103	16	2,225	+ 877
Asthma	21	2,868	17	2,106	+ 762
Meningitis	22	2,483	28	1,018	+ 1,465
Lung Disease	23	2,180	11	3,196	- 1,016
Hypertension	24	2,147	8	5,293	- 3,146
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,963	40	585	+ 1,378
Lymphomas	26	1,799	45	433	+ 1,366
Drownings	27	1,791	25	1,142	+ 649
Breast Cancer	28	1,573	26	1,134	+ 439
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,502	35	765	+ 737
Fires	30	1,485	29	991	+ 494
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	1,438	22	1,405	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	32	1,177	63	39	+ 1,137
Stomach Cancer	33	1,047	31	902	+ 145
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,037	36	738	+ 300
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	1,027	33	833	+ 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	1,016	37	707	+ 309
Poisonings	37	965	44	532	+ 434
Liver Cancer	38	955	39	609	+ 346
Epilepsy	39	952	43	539	+ 413
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	947	30	913	+ 34
Falls	41	871	24	1,170	- 299
Pertussis	42	785	23	1,239	- 454
Lung Cancers	43	536	41	569	- 34
Skin Cancers	44	495	58	100	+ 395
Leukemia	45	456	34	776	- 320
Parkinson's Disease	46	423	49	362	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	47	406	51	283	+ 123
Drug Use	48	398	38	613	- 214
Oral Cancer	49	389	42	547	- 158
Uterin Cancer	50	341	69	5	+ 336
Ovary Cancer	51	325	52	188	+ 137
Skin Disease	52	324	61	44	+ 280
Schistosomiasis	53	322	56	124	+ 199
Bladder Cancer	54	234	55	160	+ 73
Syphilis	55	233	53	175	+ 58
Encephalitis	56	220	48	369	- 149
Tetanus	57	191	47	395	- 204
Appendicitis	58	124	54	162	- 38
Upper Respiratory	59	122	70	5	+ 117
Hepatitis B	60	106	50	299	- 193
Alcohol	61	90	59	78	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	62	70	64	21	+ 49
Measles	63	57	12	3,019	- 2,962
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	49	66	14	+ 35
War	65	49	3	12,915	- 12,866
Hepatitis C	66	27	68	8	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	67	26	62	42	- 15
Otitis Media	68	6	73	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	69	6	72	1	+ 5
Ascariasis	70	4	65	17	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	71	4	76	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	72	4	67	14	- 10
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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 YEMEN

Zimbabwe

Yemen

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.