NEW GUINEA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,389	1	6,835	+ 1,553
Stroke	2	7,138	2	5,095	+ 2,043
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,400	4	4,533	+ 867
Hypertension	4	2,560	13	1,096	+ 1,465
Prostate Cancer	5	2,532	36	285	+ 2,247
Breast Cancer	6	2,526	17	764	+ 1,763
Kidney Disease	7	2,461	18	687	+ 1,774
Endocrine Disorders	8	2,352	47	153	+ 2,199
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,289	6	2,595	- 306
Other Injuries	10	1,973	20	647	+ 1,327
Lung Disease	11	1,656	3	4,538	- 2,881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,521	29	445	+ 1,076
Skin Disease	13	870	49	126	+ 744
Cervical Cancer	14	861	19	665	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	15	697	28	447	+ 250
Lung Cancers	16	651	23	622	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	648	33	343	+ 305
HIV/AIDS	18	597	24	611	- 14
Lymphomas	19	591	32	353	+ 238
Uterin Cancer	20	564	55	81	+ 483
Inflammatory/Heart	21	551	43	229	+ 322
Anemia	22	506	82	0	+ 506
Pancreas Cancer	23	496	52	107	+ 390
Leukemia	24	472	38	253	+ 218
Liver Cancer	25	443	21	644	- 201
Congenital Anomalies	26	417	16	951	- 534
Epilepsy	27	346	51	111	+ 235
Liver Disease	28	343	22	624	- 282
Alcohol	29	337	53	93	+ 243
Ovary Cancer	30	326	46	179	+ 146
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	316	84	0	+ 316
Other Neoplasms	32	292	60	15	+ 277
Oral Cancer	33	249	25	580	- 331
Violence	34	230	15	969	- 739
Drownings	35	229	40	240	- 10
Asthma	36	188	9	1,842	- 1,654
Low Birth Weight	37	165	10	1,661	- 1,496
Malnutrition	38	130	48	134	- 4
Appendicitis	39	126	59	20	+ 106
Drug Use	40	121	61	13	+ 109
Bladder Cancer	41	109	54	82	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	42	99	45	185	- 86
Skin Cancers	43	99	31	417	- 318
Birth Trauma	44	94	11	1,504	- 1,409
Schizophrenia	45	90	80	0	+ 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	81	8	2,295	- 2,214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	80	35	302	- 221
Poisonings	48	70	50	121	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	58	14	1,072	- 1,014
Tuberculosis	50	53	5	3,969	- 3,916
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	44	65	5	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	52	42	30	421	- 378
Meningitis	53	40	34	324	- 284
Suicide	54	37	37	259	- 221
Otitis Media	55	29	71	0	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	56	26	66	5	+ 21
Fires	57	17	27	488	- 471
Oesophagus Cancer	58	11	44	199	- 188
War	59	2	69	1	+ 1
Syphilis	60	0	42	234	- 234
Chlamydia	61	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	62	0	67	3	- 3
Tetanus	63	0	56	48	- 48
Pertussis	64	0	39	248	- 248
Measles	65	0	41	238	- 238
Ascariasis	66	0	63	7	- 7
Dengue	67	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	68	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	77	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	68	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	57	31	- 31
Hepatitis B	74	0	58	27	- 27
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	12	1,105	- 1,105
Falls	82	0	26	502	- 502
Oral conditions	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Antigua/Bar.

New Guinea

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.