NEW GUINEA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,837	1	6,835	+ 4,002
Lung Disease	2	6,272	3	4,538	+ 1,734
Stroke	3	4,969	2	5,095	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,779	8	2,295	+ 2,484
Tuberculosis	5	3,108	5	3,969	- 861
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,798	6	2,595	+ 203
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,936	4	4,533	- 2,597
Liver Disease	8	1,915	22	624	+ 1,290
Low Birth Weight	9	1,702	10	1,661	+ 41
Falls	10	1,609	26	502	+ 1,108
Kidney Disease	11	1,589	18	687	+ 902
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,516	12	1,105	+ 410
Asthma	13	1,398	9	1,842	- 444
Suicide	14	1,236	37	259	+ 977
Other Injuries	15	1,066	20	647	+ 420
Oral Cancer	16	957	25	580	+ 377
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	903	33	343	+ 560
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	899	14	1,072	- 173
Hypertension	19	770	13	1,096	- 325
Birth Trauma	20	733	11	1,504	- 771
Lung Cancers	21	629	23	622	+ 7
Breast Cancer	22	590	17	764	- 173
Congenital Anomalies	23	590	16	951	- 360
Stomach Cancer	24	578	28	447	+ 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	552	29	445	+ 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	486	35	302	+ 184
Violence	27	369	15	969	- 600
Drownings	28	348	40	240	+ 108
Encephalitis	29	343	57	31	+ 312
Cervical Cancer	30	323	19	665	- 341
HIV/AIDS	31	317	24	611	- 295
Parkinson's Disease	32	309	45	185	+ 125
Lymphomas	33	286	32	353	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	34	277	44	199	+ 78
Leukemia	35	238	38	253	- 15
Meningitis	36	238	34	324	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	37	234	52	107	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	38	221	36	285	- 64
Liver Cancer	39	217	21	644	- 428
Epilepsy	40	216	51	111	+ 106
Maternal Conditions	41	185	30	421	- 236
Fires	42	166	27	488	- 322
Alcohol	43	165	53	93	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	44	156	46	179	- 23
Skin Disease	45	127	49	126	+ 1
Dengue	46	125	64	6	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	47	109	47	153	- 44
Bladder Cancer	48	100	54	82	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	49	90	43	229	- 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	85	65	5	+ 80
Measles	51	85	41	238	- 153
Drug Use	52	84	61	13	+ 71
Appendicitis	53	80	59	20	+ 60
Pertussis	54	72	39	248	- 176
Malnutrition	55	62	48	134	- 73
Hepatitis B	56	58	58	27	+ 31
Malaria	57	55	7	2,446	- 2,391
Tetanus	58	51	56	48	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	49	55	81	- 32
Skin Cancers	60	36	31	417	- 381
Poisonings	61	25	50	121	- 96
Other Neoplasms	62	21	60	15	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	66	5	+ 12
Syphilis	64	14	42	234	- 220
Hepatitis C	65	10	62	8	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	7	74	0	+ 7
War	67	6	69	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	68	4	68	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	3	70	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	63	7	- 6
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

India

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.