BAHAMAS VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		BAHAMAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	624	1	334	+ 290
Stroke	2	583	2	224	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	3	541	4	154	+ 387
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	199	8	98	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	192	43	5	+ 187
Asthma	6	167	39	9	+ 159
Tuberculosis	7	152	58	0	+ 152
Kidney Disease	8	149	7	120	+ 29
Suicide	9	117	31	14	+ 104
Lung Disease	10	113	17	33	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	11	107	23	21	+ 86
Liver Disease	12	106	11	67	+ 39
Low Birth Weight	13	97	28	16	+ 80
Birth Trauma	14	81	42	6	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	15	81	29	16	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	65	44	4	+ 61
Malnutrition	17	53	45	4	+ 48
Breast Cancer	18	53	9	69	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	50	34	10	+ 40
Lung Cancers	20	49	19	29	+ 20
Hypertension	21	48	3	198	- 150
Meningitis	22	48	49	2	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	23	41	25	18	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	38	14	53	- 15
Other Injuries	25	37	10	67	- 30
Oral Cancer	26	37	46	3	+ 33
Liver Cancer	27	33	32	12	+ 21
Drownings	28	32	21	26	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	29	27	15	47	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	30	25	13	62	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	25	16	42	- 18
Pertussis	32	22	68	0	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	33	21	27	17	+ 4
Violence	34	20	5	148	- 128
Maternal Conditions	35	20	41	6	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	36	19	38	9	+ 11
Syphilis	37	16	63	0	+ 16
Epilepsy	38	16	40	8	+ 8
Leukemia	39	15	35	10	+ 4
Skin Disease	40	14	20	27	- 13
Lymphomas	41	11	22	25	- 14
Falls	42	11	26	18	- 7
Poisonings	43	11	56	1	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	44	9	12	65	- 56
Road Traffic Accidents	45	8	18	30	- 22
Uterin Cancer	46	7	30	14	- 7
Fires	47	7	33	10	- 3
Hepatitis B	48	7	60	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	49	7	37	10	- 3
Ovary Cancer	50	4	36	10	- 6
Bladder Cancer	51	3	50	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	3	52	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	53	3	51	2	+ 1
Alcohol	54	2	24	20	- 18
Tetanus	55	2	62	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	56	2	55	1	+ 1
Drug Use	57	1	48	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	1	47	3	- 2
Dengue	59	1	59	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	61	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	54	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	0	53	2	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	+ 0
War	67	0	57	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	6	134	- 134
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHAMAS

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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.