NEW GUINEA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,990	2	5,095	+ 2,895
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,463	1	6,835	- 372
Lung Disease	3	2,721	3	4,538	- 1,816
Tuberculosis	4	2,214	5	3,969	- 1,755
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,150	8	2,295	- 145
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,762	6	2,595	- 833
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,726	4	4,533	- 2,807
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,490	12	1,105	+ 385
Liver Disease	9	1,252	22	624	+ 628
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,163	44	199	+ 964
Low Birth Weight	11	1,040	10	1,661	- 622
Oral Cancer	12	924	25	580	+ 344
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	893	33	343	+ 550
Hypertension	14	880	13	1,096	- 216
Birth Trauma	15	798	11	1,504	- 706
Lung Cancers	16	725	23	622	+ 103
Kidney Disease	17	646	18	687	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	18	602	16	951	- 348
Measles	19	537	41	238	+ 300
Asthma	20	530	9	1,842	- 1,312
Other Injuries	21	454	20	647	- 192
Drownings	22	422	40	240	+ 183
Breast Cancer	23	405	17	764	- 358
Stomach Cancer	24	405	28	447	- 42
Suicide	25	357	37	259	+ 99
Cervical Cancer	26	306	19	665	- 359
Violence	27	275	15	969	- 693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	270	29	445	- 175
Maternal Conditions	29	233	30	421	- 187
Parkinson's Disease	30	225	45	185	+ 41
Falls	31	198	26	502	- 304
Drug Use	32	177	61	13	+ 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	174	14	1,072	- 898
Liver Cancer	34	172	21	644	- 472
Lymphomas	35	159	32	353	- 194
Malnutrition	36	144	48	134	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	37	133	46	179	- 46
Meningitis	38	125	34	324	- 198
Pertussis	39	120	39	248	- 128
Leukemia	40	113	38	253	- 140
Prostate Cancer	41	99	36	285	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	42	88	43	229	- 140
Pancreas Cancer	43	84	52	107	- 23
Epilepsy	44	81	51	111	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	45	80	47	153	- 74
Fires	46	76	27	488	- 412
Appendicitis	47	75	59	20	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	75	35	302	- 227
Syphilis	49	73	42	234	- 161
Skin Disease	50	67	49	126	- 59
Hepatitis B	51	67	58	27	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	52	59	54	82	- 23
Skin Cancers	53	51	31	417	- 366
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	49	65	5	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	55	34	24	611	- 578
Poisonings	56	32	50	121	- 89
Tetanus	57	27	56	48	- 21
Uterin Cancer	58	24	55	81	- 57
Encephalitis	59	22	57	31	- 9
Alcohol	60	16	53	93	- 78
Other Neoplasms	61	14	60	15	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	12	62	8	+ 4
War	63	12	69	1	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	66	5	+ 6
Dengue	65	10	64	6	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	6	68	2	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Malaria	68	3	7	2,446	- 2,443
Ascariasis	69	2	63	7	- 5
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Bangladesh

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.