NEW GUINEA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,087	1	6,835	+ 1,252
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,850	33	343	+ 5,507
Stroke	3	3,877	2	5,095	- 1,217
Lung Cancers	4	3,291	23	622	+ 2,669
Lung Disease	5	3,185	3	4,538	- 1,352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,330	29	445	+ 1,885
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,678	4	4,533	- 2,855
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,669	6	2,595	- 926
Prostate Cancer	9	1,413	36	285	+ 1,129
Breast Cancer	10	1,278	17	764	+ 514
Suicide	11	1,182	37	259	+ 924
Kidney Disease	12	1,178	18	687	+ 491
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,170	52	107	+ 1,063
Falls	14	1,169	26	502	+ 668
Lymphomas	15	1,140	32	353	+ 788
Endocrine Disorders	16	874	47	153	+ 721
Skin Cancers	17	870	31	417	+ 454
Leukemia	18	798	38	253	+ 545
Parkinson's Disease	19	764	45	185	+ 580
Liver Cancer	20	764	21	644	+ 120
Drug Use	21	669	61	13	+ 656
Other Injuries	22	616	20	647	- 30
Hypertension	23	612	13	1,096	- 483
Inflammatory/Heart	24	590	43	229	+ 361
Oesophagus Cancer	25	561	44	199	+ 362
Liver Disease	26	533	22	624	- 91
Stomach Cancer	27	483	28	447	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	28	470	60	15	+ 455
Road Traffic Accidents	29	467	12	1,105	- 638
Bladder Cancer	30	446	54	82	+ 363
Ovary Cancer	31	376	46	179	+ 197
Oral Cancer	32	365	25	580	- 215
Congenital Anomalies	33	267	16	951	- 684
Skin Disease	34	223	49	126	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	35	197	55	81	+ 116
Asthma	36	171	9	1,842	- 1,671
Alcohol	37	143	53	93	+ 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	142	14	1,072	- 930
Cervical Cancer	39	128	19	665	- 536
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	111	8	2,295	- 2,184
Epilepsy	41	107	51	111	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	104	35	302	- 198
Low Birth Weight	43	93	10	1,661	- 1,568
Violence	44	91	15	969	- 877
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	86	65	5	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	46	70	66	5	+ 66
Drownings	47	66	40	240	- 173
Hepatitis C	48	65	62	8	+ 57
Anemia	49	59	82	0	+ 59
Birth Trauma	50	53	11	1,504	- 1,451
Malnutrition	51	44	48	134	- 90
Osteoarthritis	52	43	85	0	+ 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	27	84	0	+ 27
Schizophrenia	54	24	80	0	+ 24
Fires	55	20	27	488	- 467
Tuberculosis	56	20	5	3,969	- 3,949
HIV/AIDS	57	19	24	611	- 592
Hepatitis B	58	15	58	27	- 12
Oral conditions	59	15	86	0	+ 15
Meningitis	60	14	34	324	- 310
Poisonings	61	13	50	121	- 108
Appendicitis	62	10	59	20	- 10
Maternal Conditions	63	8	30	421	- 413
Upper Respiratory	64	6	68	2	+ 4
War	65	3	69	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	42	234	- 233
Encephalitis	68	1	57	31	- 30
Pertussis	69	1	39	248	- 247
Tetanus	70	1	56	48	- 47
Diphtheria	71	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	7	- 7
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	41	238	- 238
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Australia

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.