NEW GUINEA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,563	1	6,835	+ 10,727
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,111	33	343	+ 5,768
Stroke	3	5,947	2	5,095	+ 852
Lung Cancers	4	5,561	23	622	+ 4,939
Lung Disease	5	5,111	3	4,538	+ 573
Hypertension	6	3,200	13	1,096	+ 2,105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,108	29	445	+ 2,663
Kidney Disease	8	2,719	18	687	+ 2,033
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,474	6	2,595	- 121
Breast Cancer	10	2,250	17	764	+ 1,487
Pancreas Cancer	11	2,146	52	107	+ 2,040
Prostate Cancer	12	1,969	36	285	+ 1,684
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,858	4	4,533	- 2,675
Falls	14	1,830	26	502	+ 1,329
Liver Disease	15	1,815	22	624	+ 1,190
Parkinson's Disease	16	1,504	45	185	+ 1,320
Lymphomas	17	1,463	32	353	+ 1,110
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,275	47	153	+ 1,122
Suicide	19	1,228	37	259	+ 970
Stomach Cancer	20	1,153	28	447	+ 706
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,062	43	229	+ 833
Leukemia	22	1,043	38	253	+ 790
Other Injuries	23	985	20	647	+ 338
Other Neoplasms	24	975	60	15	+ 959
Liver Cancer	25	962	21	644	+ 318
Alcohol	26	747	53	93	+ 654
Oesophagus Cancer	27	742	44	199	+ 543
Bladder Cancer	28	740	54	82	+ 657
Oral Cancer	29	719	25	580	+ 139
Ovary Cancer	30	620	46	179	+ 441
Skin Cancers	31	484	31	417	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	457	8	2,295	- 1,838
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	432	14	1,072	- 640
Road Traffic Accidents	34	377	12	1,105	- 728
Epilepsy	35	369	51	111	+ 259
Congenital Anomalies	36	274	16	951	- 677
Uterin Cancer	37	266	55	81	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	259	35	302	- 43
Cervical Cancer	39	255	19	665	- 410
Drug Use	40	231	61	13	+ 218
Multiple Sclerosis	41	188	66	5	+ 183
Skin Disease	42	184	49	126	+ 58
Anemia	43	119	82	0	+ 119
Asthma	44	110	9	1,842	- 1,732
Low Birth Weight	45	92	10	1,661	- 1,569
Violence	46	92	15	969	- 877
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	65	65	5	+ 60
Hepatitis C	48	61	62	8	+ 53
Drownings	49	55	40	240	- 185
Malnutrition	50	54	48	134	- 80
Schizophrenia	51	47	80	0	+ 47
Osteoarthritis	52	43	85	0	+ 43
Fires	53	43	27	488	- 445
HIV/AIDS	54	41	24	611	- 570
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	35	84	0	+ 35
Tuberculosis	56	34	5	3,969	- 3,935
Birth Trauma	57	29	11	1,504	- 1,475
Poisonings	58	26	50	121	- 96
Hepatitis B	59	22	58	27	- 5
Meningitis	60	20	34	324	- 304
Upper Respiratory	61	17	68	2	+ 15
Appendicitis	62	15	59	20	- 5
Oral conditions	63	7	86	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	64	5	30	421	- 416
Otitis Media	65	2	71	0	+ 2
War	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	57	31	- 30
Syphilis	68	1	42	234	- 233
Pertussis	69	0	39	248	- 247
Measles	70	0	41	238	- 237
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	56	48	- 48
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	64	6	- 6
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Germany

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.