ICELAND VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	553	1	403	+ 149
Stroke	2	517	3	141	+ 376
Diabetes Mellitus	3	479	16	30	+ 450
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	176	6	82	+ 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	170	55	1	+ 169
Asthma	6	148	48	2	+ 146
Tuberculosis	7	135	82	0	+ 135
Kidney Disease	8	132	15	33	+ 99
Suicide	9	104	13	40	+ 64
Lung Disease	10	100	5	129	- 28
Cervical Cancer	11	95	32	9	+ 86
Liver Disease	12	94	31	9	+ 84
Low Birth Weight	13	86	43	3	+ 83
Birth Trauma	14	72	46	2	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	15	72	34	7	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	58	54	1	+ 56
Malnutrition	17	47	57	1	+ 46
Breast Cancer	18	47	9	53	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	45	41	3	+ 41
Lung Cancers	20	44	4	134	- 91
Hypertension	21	43	17	24	+ 18
Meningitis	22	42	50	1	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	23	36	23	18	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	34	2	295	- 261
Other Injuries	25	33	11	50	- 17
Oral Cancer	26	32	33	9	+ 24
Liver Cancer	27	29	20	22	+ 7
Drownings	28	29	56	1	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	29	24	26	16	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	30	23	27	16	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	22	7	73	- 51
Pertussis	32	20	62	0	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	33	19	10	53	- 34
Violence	34	18	39	4	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	35	18	60	0	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	36	17	19	23	- 5
Syphilis	37	14	80	0	+ 14
Epilepsy	38	14	37	5	+ 8
Leukemia	39	13	22	19	- 6
Skin Disease	40	12	45	3	+ 10
Lymphomas	41	10	14	37	- 27
Falls	42	10	18	24	- 14
Poisonings	43	10	42	3	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	44	8	8	61	- 52
Road Traffic Accidents	45	7	35	7	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	46	6	36	7	- 0
Fires	47	6	58	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	48	6	63	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	49	6	12	43	- 37
Ovary Cancer	50	4	25	16	- 13
Bladder Cancer	51	3	21	20	- 17
Appendicitis	52	3	86	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	53	2	78	0	+ 2
Alcohol	54	2	28	14	- 12
Tetanus	55	1	68	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	56	1	29	13	- 12
Drug Use	57	1	24	17	- 16
Other Neoplasms	58	1	30	10	- 9
Dengue	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	51	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	52	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	0	38	4	- 4
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	81	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	59	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Kiribati

Iceland

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.