NEW ZEALAND VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,720	7	920	+ 3,800
Malaria	2	3,019	78	0	+ 3,019
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,505	37	81	+ 2,424
Measles	4	2,223	82	0	+ 2,223
Stroke	5	2,132	3	2,378	- 246
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,091	1	5,095	- 3,004
Birth Trauma	7	1,770	54	15	+ 1,755
Low Birth Weight	8	1,594	38	78	+ 1,515
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,398	16	458	+ 940
HIV/AIDS	10	1,114	57	10	+ 1,104
Meningitis	11	972	59	9	+ 963
Liver Disease	12	941	32	158	+ 783
Tuberculosis	13	874	52	17	+ 857
Congenital Anomalies	14	805	30	176	+ 629
Diabetes Mellitus	15	789	8	769	+ 20
Kidney Disease	16	716	17	432	+ 284
Maternal Conditions	17	662	63	5	+ 657
Other Injuries	18	555	28	218	+ 337
Cervical Cancer	19	550	41	61	+ 490
Lung Disease	20	507	5	1,815	- 1,308
Hypertension	21	498	20	327	+ 171
Asthma	22	435	36	91	+ 344
Liver Cancer	23	431	24	288	+ 143
Pertussis	24	430	65	1	+ 429
Endocrine Disorders	25	421	21	325	+ 96
Violence	26	416	42	57	+ 359
Trypanosomiasis	27	396	81	0	+ 396
Malnutrition	28	381	55	14	+ 367
Suicide	29	329	15	528	- 199
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	214	2	3,032	- 2,818
Drownings	31	195	44	54	+ 141
Prostate Cancer	32	194	9	739	- 545
Falls	33	177	11	627	- 450
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	165	39	70	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	35	162	23	313	- 151
Fires	36	151	53	17	+ 134
Epilepsy	37	129	43	55	+ 74
Breast Cancer	38	127	10	737	- 610
Syphilis	39	121	70	0	+ 121
Poisonings	40	109	58	9	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	41	90	22	323	- 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	88	35	113	- 25
Schistosomiasis	43	86	77	0	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	44	78	19	353	- 275
Tetanus	45	63	69	0	+ 62
Drug Use	46	62	40	69	- 7
Hepatitis B	47	60	56	14	+ 46
Lymphomas	48	58	13	608	- 550
Skin Cancers	49	56	12	612	- 555
Lung Cancers	50	47	4	1,873	- 1,826
Skin Disease	51	47	34	118	- 71
Oral Cancer	52	45	31	164	- 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	37	6	1,495	- 1,458
Ovary Cancer	54	34	29	207	- 173
Alcohol	55	31	45	51	- 21
Encephalitis	56	30	66	1	+ 29
Appendicitis	57	15	62	6	+ 9
Diphtheria	58	15	83	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	59	14	33	145	- 131
Bladder Cancer	60	12	26	267	- 255
Hepatitis C	61	8	48	30	- 21
Ascariasis	62	8	76	0	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	63	7	25	279	- 272
War	64	7	68	1	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	65	7	14	543	- 536
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	47	43	- 37
Leukemia	67	6	18	391	- 385
Other Neoplasms	68	6	27	245	- 239
Upper Respiratory	69	6	64	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	5	46	47	- 42
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

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.