DENMARK VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,588	1	5,341	+ 6,247
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,360	10	1,284	+ 6,076
Stroke	3	7,143	5	3,662	+ 3,481
Kidney Disease	4	3,373	12	911	+ 2,462
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,105	6	2,244	+ 862
Lung Disease	6	2,472	3	4,387	- 1,914
Suicide	7	1,926	16	617	+ 1,308
Hypertension	8	1,626	15	642	+ 984
Liver Disease	9	1,422	14	692	+ 730
Lung Cancers	10	1,375	4	3,721	- 2,346
Drownings	11	1,033	50	37	+ 996
Breast Cancer	12	1,018	9	1,299	- 281
Asthma	13	954	44	82	+ 872
Low Birth Weight	14	898	41	116	+ 781
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	823	42	96	+ 726
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	805	38	145	+ 661
Other Injuries	17	798	30	347	+ 451
Congenital Anomalies	18	796	36	153	+ 643
Tuberculosis	19	750	57	16	+ 735
Stomach Cancer	20	704	23	484	+ 220
Birth Trauma	21	649	56	21	+ 628
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	506	7	2,147	- 1,641
Cervical Cancer	23	499	37	153	+ 347
Liver Cancer	24	489	25	464	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	397	32	216	+ 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	391	2	5,218	- 4,827
Falls	27	369	22	541	- 172
Inflammatory/Heart	28	361	31	284	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	29	330	8	1,480	- 1,150
Endocrine Disorders	30	318	19	575	- 256
Violence	31	316	47	63	+ 253
Leukemia	32	301	20	558	- 257
Parkinson's Disease	33	280	17	600	- 320
Maternal Conditions	34	220	64	2	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	35	217	11	1,096	- 879
Lymphomas	36	216	13	730	- 514
Pertussis	37	211	72	0	+ 211
Oral Cancer	38	202	28	371	- 168
Meningitis	39	191	52	25	+ 166
Syphilis	40	181	70	0	+ 181
Uterin Cancer	41	172	35	156	+ 16
Skin Disease	42	164	45	79	+ 85
Epilepsy	43	164	40	125	+ 39
Malnutrition	44	159	59	14	+ 145
Ovary Cancer	45	138	29	367	- 229
Alcohol	46	136	18	598	- 462
Oesophagus Cancer	47	131	24	477	- 346
Fires	48	121	49	53	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	49	94	21	545	- 452
Poisonings	50	61	62	6	+ 55
Skin Cancers	51	55	26	388	- 334
Drug Use	52	37	34	197	- 160
Encephalitis	53	36	67	1	+ 35
Appendicitis	54	27	54	23	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	55	22	27	378	- 356
Measles	56	21	71	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	57	18	61	6	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	58	11	33	213	- 203
Tetanus	59	10	68	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	43	84	- 76
Dengue	61	8	83	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	39	132	- 124
Hepatitis C	63	2	60	9	- 6
Diphtheria	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	81	0	+ 2
War	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	15	- 15
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	55	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	85	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Micronesia

Denmark

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.