COMOROS VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,746	4	349	+ 1,398
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,109	9	136	+ 973
Stroke	3	1,076	3	356	+ 721
Kidney Disease	4	508	14	101	+ 407
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	468	1	594	- 127
Lung Disease	6	373	17	83	+ 289
Suicide	7	290	24	46	+ 244
Hypertension	8	245	12	115	+ 130
Liver Disease	9	214	8	160	+ 55
Lung Cancers	10	207	60	1	+ 206
Drownings	11	156	25	35	+ 121
Breast Cancer	12	153	33	23	+ 131
Asthma	13	144	21	49	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	14	135	5	328	- 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	124	47	10	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	121	2	363	- 242
Other Injuries	17	120	16	90	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	18	120	10	131	- 11
Tuberculosis	19	113	19	79	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	20	106	45	11	+ 95
Birth Trauma	21	98	7	211	- 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	76	39	19	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	23	75	13	104	- 29
Liver Cancer	24	74	28	29	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	60	34	21	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	59	23	46	+ 12
Falls	27	56	32	26	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	28	54	31	26	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	29	50	27	33	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	30	48	36	19	+ 28
Violence	31	48	20	63	- 16
Leukemia	32	45	57	3	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	33	42	44	11	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	34	33	22	47	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	35	33	82	0	+ 33
Lymphomas	36	33	37	19	+ 13
Pertussis	37	32	18	80	- 48
Oral Cancer	38	31	41	15	+ 15
Meningitis	39	29	11	115	- 87
Syphilis	40	27	38	19	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	41	26	55	3	+ 23
Skin Disease	42	25	48	9	+ 16
Epilepsy	43	25	40	17	+ 7
Malnutrition	44	24	15	96	- 72
Ovary Cancer	45	21	56	3	+ 18
Alcohol	46	21	51	6	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	20	26	34	- 14
Fires	48	18	30	27	- 9
Bladder Cancer	49	14	46	10	+ 4
Poisonings	50	9	35	20	- 11
Skin Cancers	51	8	42	12	- 4
Drug Use	52	6	49	7	- 1
Encephalitis	53	5	54	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	4	50	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	55	3	59	1	+ 2
Measles	56	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	57	3	52	5	- 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	2	6	226	- 224
Tetanus	59	2	43	12	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	2	- 0
Dengue	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	62	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	53	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	29	29	- 29
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	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 COMOROS

Micronesia

Comoros

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.