ZAMBIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	24,241	1	17,234	+ 7,006
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,073	2	9,517	+ 3,556
Coronary Heart Disease	3	10,300	10	4,432	+ 5,868
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,322	11	3,654	+ 3,668
Stroke	5	6,217	3	7,948	- 1,731
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,572	5	6,275	- 703
Low Birth Weight	7	4,897	8	4,857	+ 40
Birth Trauma	8	4,130	7	5,062	- 932
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,055	14	2,395	+ 1,660
Malnutrition	10	2,906	15	2,303	+ 603
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,689	12	3,146	- 457
Kidney Disease	12	2,685	18	1,760	+ 924
Suicide	13	2,509	20	1,303	+ 1,206
Cervical Cancer	14	2,453	17	1,799	+ 655
Malaria	15	2,429	4	7,882	- 5,453
Tuberculosis	16	2,424	6	5,941	- 3,517
Liver Disease	17	2,354	9	4,501	- 2,146
Violence	18	2,324	23	1,153	+ 1,171
Maternal Conditions	19	2,121	22	1,188	+ 933
Other Injuries	20	2,008	19	1,729	+ 279
Asthma	21	1,856	26	741	+ 1,115
Meningitis	22	1,607	16	1,976	- 369
Lung Disease	23	1,411	21	1,273	+ 138
Hypertension	24	1,390	13	2,616	- 1,227
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,270	33	501	+ 769
Lymphomas	26	1,164	31	548	+ 616
Drownings	27	1,159	27	689	+ 470
Breast Cancer	28	1,018	35	366	+ 652
Oesophagus Cancer	29	972	36	359	+ 613
Fires	30	961	32	546	+ 415
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	931	29	590	+ 341
Prostate Cancer	32	762	30	561	+ 200
Stomach Cancer	33	678	42	206	+ 471
Endocrine Disorders	34	671	37	354	+ 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	665	40	246	+ 419
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	657	45	190	+ 468
Poisonings	37	625	34	456	+ 169
Liver Cancer	38	618	46	177	+ 441
Epilepsy	39	616	38	332	+ 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	613	43	203	+ 410
Falls	41	564	28	596	- 33
Pertussis	42	508	25	743	- 235
Lung Cancers	43	347	41	226	+ 121
Skin Cancers	44	320	54	108	+ 212
Leukemia	45	295	39	261	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	46	274	47	164	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	47	263	62	42	+ 220
Drug Use	48	258	53	122	+ 135
Oral Cancer	49	252	48	155	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	50	221	64	30	+ 191
Ovary Cancer	51	210	57	82	+ 128
Skin Disease	52	210	52	126	+ 84
Schistosomiasis	53	209	51	128	+ 80
Bladder Cancer	54	151	50	132	+ 20
Syphilis	55	151	24	885	- 734
Encephalitis	56	142	59	70	+ 72
Tetanus	57	123	44	190	- 66
Appendicitis	58	80	56	84	- 4
Upper Respiratory	59	79	60	68	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	69	55	104	- 35
Alcohol	61	58	49	140	- 81
Other Neoplasms	62	45	65	20	+ 25
Measles	63	37	61	48	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	32	63	30	+ 2
War	65	32	69	6	+ 25
Hepatitis C	66	17	66	18	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	17	67	13	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	4	70	5	- 1
Chlamydia	69	4	71	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	3	68	9	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	71	3	72	3	- 1
Diphtheria	72	2	73	3	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Zimbabwe

Zambia

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.