CHILE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,210	1	10,685	+ 25,525
Diabetes Mellitus	2	22,998	10	3,177	+ 19,821
Stroke	3	22,321	2	9,731	+ 12,589
Kidney Disease	4	10,538	3	4,065	+ 6,474
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,703	6	3,920	+ 5,783
Lung Disease	6	7,725	4	4,062	+ 3,663
Suicide	7	6,017	15	1,700	+ 4,317
Hypertension	8	5,081	7	3,817	+ 1,265
Liver Disease	9	4,443	13	2,647	+ 1,796
Lung Cancers	10	4,298	9	3,452	+ 845
Drownings	11	3,227	44	283	+ 2,944
Breast Cancer	12	3,182	16	1,689	+ 1,494
Asthma	13	2,981	42	295	+ 2,686
Low Birth Weight	14	2,805	36	437	+ 2,367
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,571	52	104	+ 2,467
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,516	39	334	+ 2,182
Other Injuries	17	2,494	21	1,310	+ 1,184
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,488	25	858	+ 1,630
Tuberculosis	19	2,345	38	410	+ 1,935
Stomach Cancer	20	2,200	8	3,631	- 1,430
Birth Trauma	21	2,027	54	87	+ 1,940
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,580	11	3,022	- 1,442
Cervical Cancer	23	1,560	27	780	+ 780
Liver Cancer	24	1,529	19	1,369	+ 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,240	46	223	+ 1,017
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,222	5	4,000	- 2,778
Falls	27	1,153	23	904	+ 248
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,129	31	709	+ 420
Prostate Cancer	29	1,032	14	2,435	- 1,403
Endocrine Disorders	30	994	22	1,286	- 292
Violence	31	987	29	744	+ 243
Leukemia	32	941	24	879	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	33	875	26	790	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	34	687	63	24	+ 663
Pancreas Cancer	35	679	17	1,567	- 888
Lymphomas	36	674	18	1,394	- 720
Pertussis	37	661	68	3	+ 658
Oral Cancer	38	633	40	307	+ 326
Meningitis	39	598	53	95	+ 503
Syphilis	40	566	66	5	+ 561
Uterin Cancer	41	537	45	275	+ 262
Skin Disease	42	513	28	763	- 250
Epilepsy	43	511	43	294	+ 217
Malnutrition	44	498	37	420	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	45	432	35	514	- 82
Alcohol	46	426	47	207	+ 219
Oesophagus Cancer	47	409	30	722	- 313
Fires	48	377	41	295	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	49	293	32	641	- 349
Poisonings	50	191	57	68	+ 123
Skin Cancers	51	170	34	526	- 355
Drug Use	52	116	50	149	- 33
Encephalitis	53	111	70	2	+ 110
Appendicitis	54	83	59	37	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	55	70	20	1,358	- 1,288
Measles	56	65	75	0	+ 65
Hepatitis B	57	56	60	30	+ 26
Road Traffic Accidents	58	34	12	2,826	- 2,792
Tetanus	59	31	69	2	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	27	48	187	- 159
Dengue	61	26	73	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	62	26	62	27	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	7	61	27	- 20
Diphtheria	64	7	74	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	65	6	72	0	+ 6
War	66	2	64	14	- 11
Chlamydia	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	67	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	71	2	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	33	539	- 539
Leishmaniasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	55	79	- 79
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	131	- 131
Oral conditions	82	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	38	- 38
Anemia	85	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Micronesia

Chile

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.