I'd like to find a comparison of death rates worldwide broken up by
country and by death mechanism.  By death mechanism I mean homicide,
disease, suicide, etc.  The important part is that the information
should be recent and complete (not just first world countries). 
Looking around I have found that there is lots of information
regarding homicide rates and gun control.  This is not what I am
interested in.  I have also found that the information varies from
site to site, so I am not looking for the first answer that comes out
of a search engine, but something that has been cross-checked for
consistency.  A comparison over time would also be interesting, but
only if it is a long term one.  For example a comparison between death
rates in native American populations compared to death rates in
America today.

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Request for Question Clarification by ephraim-ga on 10 Aug 2004 21:46 PDT

Two comments:

1) Most countries probably do not have the capability to compile this information.
2) For $20, you should expect information on at most a handful of
countries. Set a number and somebody will be more likely to try and
answer this, if in fact it is possible. (And the information may not
be publically available)

/ephraim

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Clarification of Question by pix69-ga on 11 Aug 2004 10:24 PDT

I guess I wasn't clear what I meant by complete.  I did have a look on
the net and found a lot of data on european countries, usa, etc.  The
problem with this is that they add a country like South Africa to the
list and it is way above those countries.  This isn't a fair
comparison because the socio-economic conditions are so different.  I
don't want every country in the world but I'd like a fair selection,
that makes the results unbiased.  It is true that the information may
not exist.  That is the reason I have asked here.  I have already
tried searching around and I found inconsistent information.  What I'm
asking for is someone to track down a reliable source and interpret
it.  It does not even have to be actual statistics.  An good estimate
from a reliable source would also be ok.

A great site is

nationmaster.com AND

who.int/en/ OR /www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

lastly the CIA's website compiles a lot of country's data

thank you debbie!  those are great sites.