CONGO VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,830	4	2,494	+ 9,335
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,513	10	1,050	+ 6,464
Stroke	3	7,292	5	2,267	+ 5,026
Kidney Disease	4	3,443	15	613	+ 2,830
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,170	3	2,576	+ 594
Lung Disease	6	2,524	17	541	+ 1,983
Suicide	7	1,966	19	349	+ 1,617
Hypertension	8	1,660	12	933	+ 728
Liver Disease	9	1,452	13	931	+ 521
Lung Cancers	10	1,404	47	54	+ 1,350
Drownings	11	1,054	36	104	+ 951
Breast Cancer	12	1,040	32	159	+ 881
Asthma	13	974	23	291	+ 683
Low Birth Weight	14	916	9	1,283	- 367
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	840	43	67	+ 774
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	822	8	1,304	- 482
Other Injuries	17	815	20	333	+ 482
Congenital Anomalies	18	813	14	729	+ 84
Tuberculosis	19	766	2	2,781	- 2,015
Stomach Cancer	20	719	39	88	+ 631
Birth Trauma	21	662	11	997	- 335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	516	38	89	+ 427
Cervical Cancer	23	510	29	196	+ 314
Liver Cancer	24	499	30	169	+ 330
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	405	35	105	+ 300
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	399	25	230	+ 169
Falls	27	377	33	149	+ 228
Inflammatory/Heart	28	369	26	220	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	29	337	28	198	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	30	325	27	208	+ 117
Violence	31	323	18	539	- 216
Leukemia	32	307	46	57	+ 250
Parkinson's Disease	33	286	42	69	+ 217
Maternal Conditions	34	224	16	578	- 353
Pancreas Cancer	35	222	52	42	+ 180
Lymphomas	36	220	45	61	+ 159
Pertussis	37	216	21	329	- 113
Oral Cancer	38	207	54	33	+ 174
Meningitis	39	195	22	299	- 104
Syphilis	40	185	34	107	+ 78
Uterin Cancer	41	175	60	15	+ 161
Skin Disease	42	168	50	46	+ 122
Epilepsy	43	167	40	76	+ 91
Malnutrition	44	163	24	272	- 109
Ovary Cancer	45	141	48	49	+ 92
Alcohol	46	139	49	46	+ 93
Oesophagus Cancer	47	134	57	19	+ 114
Fires	48	123	37	90	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	49	96	61	15	+ 81
Poisonings	50	62	41	71	- 8
Skin Cancers	51	56	53	36	+ 20
Drug Use	52	38	44	65	- 28
Encephalitis	53	36	56	20	+ 17
Appendicitis	54	27	58	18	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	55	23	63	8	+ 15
Measles	56	21	31	159	- 138
Hepatitis B	57	18	62	14	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	58	11	7	1,598	- 1,587
Tetanus	59	10	55	23	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	59	15	- 6
Dengue	61	9	73	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	66	4	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	2	67	2	- 0
Diphtheria	64	2	68	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	2	69	1	+ 1
War	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	7	- 6
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	4,509	- 4,509
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	45	- 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Micronesia

Congo

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.