BAHAMAS VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		BAHAMAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	797	1	334	+ 463
Diabetes Mellitus	2	506	4	154	+ 353
Stroke	3	491	2	224	+ 267
Kidney Disease	4	232	7	120	+ 112
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	214	8	98	+ 116
Lung Disease	6	170	17	33	+ 137
Suicide	7	132	31	14	+ 119
Hypertension	8	112	3	198	- 86
Liver Disease	9	98	11	67	+ 31
Lung Cancers	10	95	19	29	+ 65
Drownings	11	71	21	26	+ 45
Breast Cancer	12	70	9	69	+ 1
Asthma	13	66	39	9	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	14	62	28	16	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	57	44	4	+ 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	55	43	5	+ 50
Other Injuries	17	55	10	67	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	18	55	29	16	+ 39
Tuberculosis	19	52	58	0	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	20	48	25	18	+ 31
Birth Trauma	21	45	42	6	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	35	16	42	- 8
Cervical Cancer	23	34	23	21	+ 14
Liver Cancer	24	34	32	12	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	27	34	10	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	27	14	53	- 27
Falls	27	25	26	18	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	28	25	15	47	- 22
Prostate Cancer	29	23	12	65	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	30	22	13	62	- 40
Violence	31	22	5	148	- 127
Leukemia	32	21	35	10	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	33	19	27	17	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	34	15	41	6	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	35	15	37	10	+ 5
Lymphomas	36	15	22	25	- 10
Pertussis	37	15	68	0	+ 15
Oral Cancer	38	14	46	3	+ 10
Meningitis	39	13	49	2	+ 11
Syphilis	40	12	63	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	41	12	30	14	- 2
Skin Disease	42	11	20	27	- 15
Epilepsy	43	11	40	8	+ 3
Malnutrition	44	11	45	4	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	45	10	36	10	- 0
Alcohol	46	9	24	20	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	38	9	+ 0
Fires	48	8	33	10	- 2
Bladder Cancer	49	6	50	2	+ 4
Poisonings	50	4	56	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	4	55	1	+ 3
Drug Use	52	3	48	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	53	2	51	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	2	52	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	55	2	47	3	- 2
Measles	56	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	60	0	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	18	30	- 29
Tetanus	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	53	2	- 1
Dengue	61	1	59	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	54	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	57	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	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
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	6	134	- 134
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHAMAS

Micronesia

Bahamas

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.