All causes
218,062 deaths
290,833 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vital registration systems, as submitted to the World Health Organisation. Underlying cause of death is listed as coded by the relevant national authority. Death registration coverage and cross-national differences in coding practices, particularly in the use of codes for ill-defined and unknown causes, must be taken into account to validly compare mortality rates for specific causes across countries. Great caution should therefore be taken when doing inter-country comparisons. The "mortality " statistics listed here are therefore best thought of as an indication of the data being recorded by various nations, rather than as an accurate indicator of real causes of death.
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 10th. 33% more than Canada
Amyloidosis
123 deaths
3 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 4th. 40 times more than South Africa
Ranked 34th.
Ankylosing spondylitis
5 deaths
3 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vital registration systems, as submitted to the World Health Organisation. Underlying cause of death is listed as coded by the relevant national authority. Death registration coverage and cross-national differences in coding practices, particularly in the use of codes for ill-defined and unknown causes, must be taken into account to validly compare mortality rates for specific causes across countries. Great caution should therefore be taken when doing inter-country comparisons. The "mortality " statistics listed here are therefore best thought of as an indication of the data being recorded by various nations, rather than as an accurate indicator of real causes of death.
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 12th. 67% more than South Africa
Ranked 16th.
Assault by sharp object
113 deaths
23 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 23rd. 4 times more than South Africa
Ranked 42nd.
Atherosclerosis
1,313 deaths
269 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than South Africa
Ranked 31st.
Cystic fibrosis
49 deaths
13 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than South Africa
Ranked 13th.
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people
7.3 per 1,000 people
21.38 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 103rd in 2005.
Ranked 8th in 2005. 193% more than Canada
Down syndrome
91 deaths
111 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Down's syndrome Trisomy 21, meiotic nondisjunction Trisomy 21, mosaicism (mitotic nondisjunction) Trisomy 21, translocation Down's syndrome, unspec
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 8th.
Ranked 6th. 22% more than Canada
Eating disorders
19 deaths
7 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Eating disorders Anorexia nervosa Atypical anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa Atypical bulimia nervosa Overeating associated with other psycholog
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 5th. 171% more than South Africa
Ranked 10th.
Emphysema
832 deaths
1,301 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: The mortality statistics
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 10th.
Ranked 7th. 56% more than Canada
Epilepsy
221 deaths
1,383 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Epilepsy Localization-related (focal)(partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset Localization-related (focal)(pa
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 18th.
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Canada
Fall from cliff
15 deaths
3 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 11th. 4 times more than South Africa
Ranked 26th.
Fall involving bed
62 deaths
2 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 6th. 30 times more than South Africa
Ranked 37th.
Infectious mononucleosis
2 deaths
1 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 8th. 100% more than South Africa
Ranked 23rd.
Obesity
187 deaths
114 deaths
DEFINITION:
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
SOURCE:
World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Ranked 7th. 64% more than South Africa
Ranked 9th.
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults
59.59 per 1,000 female adults
541.73 per 1,000 female adults
DEFINITION:
Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 161st in 2002.
Ranked 11th in 2002. 8 times more than Canada
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults
97.04 per 1,000 male adults
615.03 per 1,000 male adults
DEFINITION:
Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 167th in 2002.
Ranked 8th in 2002. 5 times more than Canada
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births
5 per 1,000 live births
55 per 1,000 live births
DEFINITION:
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 162nd in 2005.
Ranked 58th in 2005. 10 times more than Canada
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