CROATIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,051	1	12,307	- 4,256
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,114	6	1,963	+ 3,151
Stroke	3	4,963	2	6,275	- 1,312
Kidney Disease	4	2,343	7	1,392	+ 951
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,157	10	1,021	+ 1,136
Lung Disease	6	1,718	5	2,111	- 393
Suicide	7	1,338	17	676	+ 662
Hypertension	8	1,130	8	1,102	+ 28
Liver Disease	9	988	13	924	+ 64
Lung Cancers	10	956	3	2,842	- 1,886
Drownings	11	718	38	86	+ 632
Breast Cancer	12	708	11	1,019	- 311
Asthma	13	663	41	74	+ 589
Low Birth Weight	14	624	56	10	+ 614
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	572	35	137	+ 435
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	559	39	82	+ 477
Other Injuries	17	554	23	428	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	18	553	37	94	+ 459
Tuberculosis	19	521	44	61	+ 460
Stomach Cancer	20	489	15	786	- 297
Birth Trauma	21	451	55	11	+ 440
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	351	4	2,189	- 1,838
Cervical Cancer	23	347	34	156	+ 191
Liver Cancer	24	340	19	501	- 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	276	31	207	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	272	9	1,066	- 795
Falls	27	256	12	974	- 718
Inflammatory/Heart	28	251	21	457	- 206
Prostate Cancer	29	230	14	852	- 622
Endocrine Disorders	30	221	42	72	+ 149
Violence	31	219	48	45	+ 175
Leukemia	32	209	22	435	- 226
Parkinson's Disease	33	194	24	423	- 229
Maternal Conditions	34	153	61	2	+ 150
Pancreas Cancer	35	151	16	754	- 603
Lymphomas	36	150	18	556	- 406
Pertussis	37	147	69	0	+ 147
Oral Cancer	38	141	25	338	- 197
Meningitis	39	133	52	16	+ 117
Syphilis	40	126	71	0	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	41	119	32	199	- 80
Skin Disease	42	114	58	8	+ 106
Epilepsy	43	114	36	94	+ 19
Malnutrition	44	111	70	0	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	45	96	28	308	- 212
Alcohol	46	95	30	219	- 124
Oesophagus Cancer	47	91	33	189	- 98
Fires	48	84	50	34	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	49	65	20	499	- 434
Poisonings	50	42	54	16	+ 27
Skin Cancers	51	38	26	332	- 294
Drug Use	52	26	43	70	- 45
Encephalitis	53	25	65	1	+ 24
Appendicitis	54	18	57	9	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	55	15	29	283	- 268
Measles	56	14	73	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	57	13	51	17	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	58	8	27	328	- 321
Tetanus	59	7	68	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	46	47	- 41
Dengue	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	45	55	- 49
Hepatitis C	63	1	47	45	- 43
Diphtheria	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	83	0	+ 1
War	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	74	0	59	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	40	79	- 79
Anemia	85	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Micronesia

Croatia

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.