NEW ZEALAND VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,284	57	10	+ 5,273
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,623	7	920	+ 1,703
Malaria	3	1,918	78	0	+ 1,918
Low Birth Weight	4	1,313	38	78	+ 1,235
Birth Trauma	5	1,267	54	15	+ 1,252
Stroke	6	1,256	3	2,378	- 1,122
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,204	1	5,095	- 3,891
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,059	16	458	+ 601
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,003	37	81	+ 922
Tuberculosis	10	922	52	17	+ 905
Diabetes Mellitus	11	860	8	769	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	12	716	30	176	+ 541
Liver Disease	13	573	32	158	+ 415
Kidney Disease	14	570	17	432	+ 138
Measles	15	520	82	0	+ 520
Hypertension	16	475	20	327	+ 148
Maternal Conditions	17	399	63	5	+ 394
Syphilis	18	385	70	0	+ 384
Meningitis	19	365	59	9	+ 356
Lung Disease	20	346	5	1,815	- 1,469
Pertussis	21	313	65	1	+ 313
Suicide	22	308	15	528	- 220
Other Injuries	23	302	28	218	+ 84
Breast Cancer	24	242	10	737	- 495
Endocrine Disorders	25	210	21	325	- 114
Asthma	26	187	36	91	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	27	181	23	313	- 132
Cervical Cancer	28	161	41	61	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	159	2	3,032	- 2,872
Drug Use	30	145	40	69	+ 75
Malnutrition	31	138	55	14	+ 124
Falls	32	131	11	627	- 495
Violence	33	128	42	57	+ 71
Liver Cancer	34	124	24	288	- 164
Prostate Cancer	35	123	9	739	- 616
Drownings	36	113	44	54	+ 59
Oral Cancer	37	99	31	164	- 64
Epilepsy	38	93	43	55	+ 38
Fires	39	87	53	17	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	82	6	1,495	- 1,412
Lung Cancers	41	77	4	1,873	- 1,797
Tetanus	42	67	69	0	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	63	39	70	- 7
Poisonings	44	60	58	9	+ 51
Lymphomas	45	56	13	608	- 553
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	19	353	- 302
Trypanosomiasis	47	47	81	0	+ 47
Skin Cancers	48	46	12	612	- 565
Stomach Cancer	49	45	22	323	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	41	35	113	- 72
Skin Disease	51	37	34	118	- 81
Ovary Cancer	52	37	29	207	- 170
Alcohol	53	34	45	51	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	54	34	25	279	- 245
Pancreas Cancer	55	33	14	543	- 510
Bladder Cancer	56	24	26	267	- 242
Encephalitis	57	22	66	1	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	58	22	33	145	- 122
Appendicitis	59	16	62	6	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	60	12	77	0	+ 12
Leukemia	61	11	18	391	- 380
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	46	47	- 36
Other Neoplasms	63	9	27	245	- 236
Diphtheria	64	9	83	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	65	9	56	14	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	47	43	- 39
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
War	71	0	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	50	22	- 22
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Equ. Guinea

New Zealand

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.