NEW GUINEA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,079	6	2,595	+ 2,484
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,759	8	2,295	+ 1,464
Stroke	3	3,336	2	5,095	- 1,759
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,096	1	6,835	- 3,740
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,675	12	1,105	+ 1,569
Birth Trauma	6	2,636	11	1,504	+ 1,132
Low Birth Weight	7	2,375	10	1,661	+ 713
Liver Disease	8	2,311	22	624	+ 1,686
Tuberculosis	9	1,818	5	3,969	- 2,151
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,378	4	4,533	- 3,155
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,325	16	951	+ 375
Hypertension	12	1,141	13	1,096	+ 46
Kidney Disease	13	1,026	18	687	+ 339
Meningitis	14	1,019	34	324	+ 695
Lung Disease	15	1,006	3	4,538	- 3,532
Other Injuries	16	994	20	647	+ 348
HIV/AIDS	17	972	24	611	+ 361
Maternal Conditions	18	753	30	421	+ 332
Malnutrition	19	732	48	134	+ 598
Breast Cancer	20	719	17	764	- 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	700	33	343	+ 357
Violence	22	684	15	969	- 284
Pertussis	23	584	39	248	+ 337
Measles	24	536	41	238	+ 298
Suicide	25	511	37	259	+ 252
Malaria	26	477	7	2,446	- 1,969
Cervical Cancer	27	425	19	665	- 239
Falls	28	382	26	502	- 119
Asthma	29	380	9	1,842	- 1,462
Leukemia	30	358	38	253	+ 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	318	29	445	- 127
Poisonings	32	311	50	121	+ 189
Lymphomas	33	304	32	353	- 49
Fires	34	276	27	488	- 212
Drownings	35	265	40	240	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	36	205	46	179	+ 26
Tetanus	37	187	56	48	+ 139
Lung Cancers	38	187	23	622	- 435
Inflammatory/Heart	39	184	43	229	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	40	156	44	199	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	149	35	302	- 153
Liver Cancer	42	147	21	644	- 497
Syphilis	43	144	42	234	- 90
Epilepsy	44	138	51	111	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	45	138	47	153	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	46	134	45	185	- 51
Stomach Cancer	47	129	28	447	- 318
Oral Cancer	48	125	25	580	- 455
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	113	14	1,072	- 958
Prostate Cancer	50	105	36	285	- 179
Bladder Cancer	51	92	54	82	+ 9
Skin Cancers	52	85	31	417	- 331
Skin Disease	53	77	49	126	- 50
Schistosomiasis	54	71	73	0	+ 71
Alcohol	55	64	53	93	- 30
Hepatitis B	56	63	58	27	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	57	60	68	2	+ 58
Appendicitis	58	57	59	20	+ 37
Leishmaniasis	59	49	74	0	+ 49
Drug Use	60	43	61	13	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	61	41	52	107	- 65
Uterin Cancer	62	36	55	81	- 45
Encephalitis	63	33	57	31	+ 2
War	64	24	69	1	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	19	65	5	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	66	13	60	15	- 3
Diphtheria	67	12	67	3	+ 9
Ascariasis	68	11	63	7	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	10	62	8	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	70	5	66	5	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	72	2	70	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	2	64	6	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Ethiopia

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.