ZAMBIA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,907	10	4,432	+ 13,476
Violence	2	12,068	23	1,153	+ 10,915
Stroke	3	8,075	3	7,948	+ 127
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,439	14	2,395	+ 5,044
Road Traffic Accidents	5	7,406	11	3,654	+ 3,752
HIV/AIDS	6	4,985	1	17,234	- 12,249
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,784	2	9,517	- 4,733
Kidney Disease	8	3,948	18	1,760	+ 2,188
Hypertension	9	3,458	13	2,616	+ 841
Lung Disease	10	3,427	21	1,273	+ 2,155
Lung Cancers	11	2,596	41	226	+ 2,370
Low Birth Weight	12	2,055	8	4,857	- 2,802
Prostate Cancer	13	1,896	30	561	+ 1,334
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,894	12	3,146	- 1,252
Breast Cancer	15	1,706	35	366	+ 1,340
Liver Disease	16	1,558	9	4,501	- 2,943
Stomach Cancer	17	1,448	42	206	+ 1,241
Other Neoplasms	18	1,443	65	20	+ 1,423
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,356	43	203	+ 1,153
Cervical Cancer	20	1,322	17	1,799	- 477
Other Injuries	21	1,127	19	1,729	- 602
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	905	5	6,275	- 5,371
Lymphomas	23	830	31	548	+ 283
Birth Trauma	24	724	7	5,062	- 4,338
Pancreas Cancer	25	720	62	42	+ 678
Liver Cancer	26	685	46	177	+ 508
Leukemia	27	671	39	261	+ 409
Falls	28	576	28	596	- 20
Chagas disease	29	550	79	0	+ 550
Endocrine Disorders	30	506	37	354	+ 152
Tuberculosis	31	498	6	5,941	- 5,444
Malnutrition	32	419	15	2,303	- 1,884
Inflammatory/Heart	33	399	33	501	- 103
Suicide	34	389	20	1,303	- 913
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	381	29	590	- 209
Ovary Cancer	36	374	57	82	+ 292
Skin Cancers	37	368	54	108	+ 260
Oral Cancer	38	362	48	155	+ 207
Maternal Conditions	39	281	22	1,188	- 907
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	278	40	246	+ 32
Epilepsy	41	273	38	332	- 59
Malaria	42	268	4	7,882	- 7,614
Drownings	43	258	27	689	- 430
Oesophagus Cancer	44	246	36	359	- 112
Bladder Cancer	45	243	50	132	+ 111
Asthma	46	207	26	741	- 534
Uterin Cancer	47	206	64	30	+ 176
Parkinson's Disease	48	168	47	164	+ 4
Meningitis	49	167	16	1,976	- 1,809
Drug Use	50	150	53	122	+ 27
War	51	123	69	6	+ 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	120	63	30	+ 90
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	100	84	0	+ 100
Fires	54	96	32	546	- 450
Anemia	55	84	83	0	+ 84
Appendicitis	56	65	56	84	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	53	45	190	- 136
Poisonings	58	45	34	456	- 411
Dengue	59	43	74	1	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	60	34	67	13	+ 20
Encephalitis	61	25	59	70	- 45
Alcohol	62	23	49	140	- 117
Hepatitis B	63	20	55	104	- 84
Pertussis	64	17	25	743	- 726
Hepatitis C	65	14	66	18	- 4
Skin Disease	66	12	52	126	- 114
Syphilis	67	10	24	885	- 875
Tetanus	68	5	44	190	- 185
Schizophrenia	69	4	81	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	70	3	68	9	- 5
Leprosy	71	3	77	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	72	2	85	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	73	2	58	72	- 71
Upper Respiratory	74	1	60	68	- 67
Otitis Media	75	1	70	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	76	1	51	128	- 128
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	72	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Venezuela

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.