NEW GUINEA VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,519	1	6,835	+ 1,683
Stroke	2	3,515	2	5,095	- 1,579
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,042	33	343	+ 2,700
Lung Disease	4	2,703	3	4,538	- 1,834
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,523	4	4,533	- 2,010
Lung Cancers	6	2,429	23	622	+ 1,807
Kidney Disease	7	1,617	18	687	+ 930
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,272	29	445	+ 827
Breast Cancer	9	1,177	17	764	+ 413
Other Injuries	10	1,033	20	647	+ 386
Hypertension	11	969	13	1,096	- 127
Endocrine Disorders	12	957	47	153	+ 804
Prostate Cancer	13	894	36	285	+ 609
Pancreas Cancer	14	794	52	107	+ 687
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	742	6	2,595	- 1,853
Lymphomas	16	739	32	353	+ 387
Leukemia	17	629	38	253	+ 376
Road Traffic Accidents	18	524	12	1,105	- 581
Bladder Cancer	19	507	54	82	+ 425
Liver Cancer	20	487	21	644	- 157
Stomach Cancer	21	480	28	447	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	430	8	2,295	- 1,865
Other Neoplasms	23	407	60	15	+ 392
Inflammatory/Heart	24	389	43	229	+ 160
Falls	25	386	26	502	- 116
Liver Disease	26	383	22	624	- 241
Ovary Cancer	27	341	46	179	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	28	335	45	185	+ 151
Suicide	29	332	37	259	+ 74
Skin Disease	30	332	49	126	+ 205
Skin Cancers	31	294	31	417	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	263	14	1,072	- 809
Drownings	33	254	40	240	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	34	209	55	81	+ 128
Asthma	35	184	9	1,842	- 1,658
Oral Cancer	36	158	25	580	- 422
Cervical Cancer	37	140	19	665	- 524
Congenital Anomalies	38	134	16	951	- 817
Anemia	39	132	82	0	+ 132
Violence	40	116	15	969	- 852
Drug Use	41	102	61	13	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	86	35	302	- 216
Oesophagus Cancer	43	79	44	199	- 120
Epilepsy	44	75	51	111	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	74	65	5	+ 69
Multiple Sclerosis	46	67	66	5	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	47	49	10	1,661	- 1,613
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	44	84	0	+ 44
Alcohol	49	40	53	93	- 53
Fires	50	35	27	488	- 452
Poisonings	51	32	50	121	- 90
Tuberculosis	52	28	5	3,969	- 3,941
Birth Trauma	53	19	11	1,504	- 1,485
Hepatitis B	54	14	58	27	- 13
Meningitis	55	13	34	324	- 311
Malnutrition	56	12	48	134	- 122
Schizophrenia	57	12	80	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	58	12	62	8	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	59	8	68	2	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	60	7	85	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	61	6	86	0	+ 6
Syphilis	62	5	42	234	- 228
Maternal Conditions	63	5	30	421	- 416
HIV/AIDS	64	3	24	611	- 608
Otitis Media	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	66	3	59	20	- 17
Leishmaniasis	67	3	74	0	+ 3
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	57	31	- 30
Pertussis	70	0	39	248	- 248
Tetanus	71	0	56	48	- 48
Measles	72	0	41	238	- 238
Diphtheria	73	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	74	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	7	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Cyprus

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.