NEW ZEALAND VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,837	1	5,095	+ 2,742
Stroke	2	7,328	3	2,378	+ 4,950
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,795	8	769	+ 6,026
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,499	7	920	+ 1,579
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,410	37	81	+ 2,329
Asthma	6	2,098	36	91	+ 2,008
Tuberculosis	7	1,912	52	17	+ 1,895
Kidney Disease	8	1,870	17	432	+ 1,438
Suicide	9	1,473	15	528	+ 945
Lung Disease	10	1,425	5	1,815	- 390
Cervical Cancer	11	1,344	41	61	+ 1,284
Liver Disease	12	1,327	32	158	+ 1,169
Low Birth Weight	13	1,212	38	78	+ 1,134
Birth Trauma	14	1,023	54	15	+ 1,008
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,020	30	176	+ 844
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	815	35	113	+ 703
Malnutrition	17	662	55	14	+ 648
Breast Cancer	18	661	10	737	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	631	39	70	+ 561
Lung Cancers	20	619	4	1,873	- 1,254
Hypertension	21	603	20	327	+ 276
Meningitis	22	599	59	9	+ 590
Stomach Cancer	23	513	22	323	+ 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	484	2	3,032	- 2,548
Other Injuries	25	462	28	218	+ 244
Oral Cancer	26	461	31	164	+ 297
Liver Cancer	27	411	24	288	+ 123
Drownings	28	407	44	54	+ 353
Inflammatory/Heart	29	334	23	313	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	30	320	21	325	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	312	6	1,495	- 1,183
Pertussis	32	282	65	1	+ 282
Parkinson's Disease	33	265	19	353	- 88
Violence	34	251	42	57	+ 194
Maternal Conditions	35	251	63	5	+ 246
Oesophagus Cancer	36	244	25	279	- 35
Syphilis	37	197	70	0	+ 196
Epilepsy	38	195	43	55	+ 140
Leukemia	39	182	18	391	- 209
Skin Disease	40	175	34	118	+ 58
Lymphomas	41	139	13	608	- 470
Falls	42	138	11	627	- 488
Poisonings	43	137	58	9	+ 128
Prostate Cancer	44	119	9	739	- 620
Road Traffic Accidents	45	100	16	458	- 358
Uterin Cancer	46	92	33	145	- 53
Fires	47	90	53	17	+ 74
Hepatitis B	48	86	56	14	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	49	84	14	543	- 459
Ovary Cancer	50	50	29	207	- 157
Bladder Cancer	51	43	26	267	- 224
Appendicitis	52	36	62	6	+ 30
Encephalitis	53	32	66	1	+ 31
Alcohol	54	28	45	51	- 23
Tetanus	55	20	69	0	+ 20
Skin Cancers	56	19	12	612	- 592
Drug Use	57	18	40	69	- 51
Other Neoplasms	58	14	27	245	- 231
Dengue	59	12	75	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	12	64	4	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	47	43	- 35
Hepatitis C	62	7	48	30	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	46	47	- 42
Ascariasis	64	3	76	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	2	71	0	+ 2
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Measles	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	57	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
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

Kiribati

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.