NEW GUINEA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,751	1	6,835	- 1,084
Stroke	2	5,238	2	5,095	+ 143
Kidney Disease	3	2,188	18	687	+ 1,501
Lung Disease	4	2,187	3	4,538	- 2,351
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,153	33	343	+ 1,810
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,110	6	2,595	- 485
Hypertension	7	2,054	13	1,096	+ 959
Stomach Cancer	8	1,954	28	447	+ 1,507
Lung Cancers	9	1,858	23	622	+ 1,236
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,710	4	4,533	- 2,823
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,627	29	445	+ 1,182
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,521	12	1,105	+ 416
Liver Disease	13	1,425	22	624	+ 800
Prostate Cancer	14	1,311	36	285	+ 1,026
Suicide	15	915	37	259	+ 657
Breast Cancer	16	909	17	764	+ 145
Pancreas Cancer	17	843	52	107	+ 737
Lymphomas	18	750	32	353	+ 397
Liver Cancer	19	737	21	644	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	20	731	60	15	+ 716
Other Injuries	21	705	20	647	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	22	692	47	153	+ 539
Falls	23	487	26	502	- 15
Leukemia	24	473	38	253	+ 220
Congenital Anomalies	25	462	16	951	- 489
Parkinson's Disease	26	425	45	185	+ 241
Cervical Cancer	27	420	19	665	- 245
Skin Disease	28	411	49	126	+ 285
Violence	29	400	15	969	- 568
Oesophagus Cancer	30	389	44	199	+ 190
Inflammatory/Heart	31	382	43	229	+ 153
Bladder Cancer	32	345	54	82	+ 263
HIV/AIDS	33	290	24	611	- 321
Skin Cancers	34	283	31	417	- 134
Ovary Cancer	35	277	46	179	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	36	235	10	1,661	- 1,426
Malnutrition	37	226	48	134	+ 92
Tuberculosis	38	221	5	3,969	- 3,748
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	180	8	2,295	- 2,115
Oral Cancer	40	165	25	580	- 415
Fires	41	159	27	488	- 329
Asthma	42	159	9	1,842	- 1,683
Epilepsy	43	158	51	111	+ 48
Drownings	44	152	40	240	- 87
Uterin Cancer	45	148	55	81	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	120	35	302	- 181
Alcohol	47	111	53	93	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	100	65	5	+ 95
Anemia	49	97	82	0	+ 97
Drug Use	50	80	61	13	+ 67
Osteoarthritis	51	71	85	0	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	56	14	1,072	- 1,016
Meningitis	53	51	34	324	- 273
Birth Trauma	54	47	11	1,504	- 1,457
Chagas disease	55	42	75	0	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	39	84	0	+ 39
Poisonings	57	37	50	121	- 85
Schizophrenia	58	20	80	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	59	20	59	20	- 0
Hepatitis B	60	16	58	27	- 11
Hepatitis C	61	14	62	8	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	66	5	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	13	30	421	- 408
War	64	7	69	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	3	42	234	- 231
Upper Respiratory	67	2	68	2	+ 0
Pertussis	68	1	39	248	- 246
Tetanus	69	1	56	48	- 47
Encephalitis	70	1	57	31	- 30
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	63	7	- 7
Dengue	73	0	64	6	- 6
Diphtheria	74	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	41	238	- 238
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	73	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

Chile

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.