EQU. GUINEA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,484	7	419	+ 3,065
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,213	11	299	+ 1,914
Stroke	3	2,148	6	437	+ 1,710
Kidney Disease	4	1,014	14	198	+ 816
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	934	2	913	+ 21
Lung Disease	6	743	20	120	+ 623
Suicide	7	579	22	107	+ 472
Hypertension	8	489	16	165	+ 324
Liver Disease	9	428	13	199	+ 228
Lung Cancers	10	413	41	27	+ 387
Drownings	11	311	36	39	+ 271
Breast Cancer	12	306	24	84	+ 222
Asthma	13	287	26	65	+ 222
Low Birth Weight	14	270	4	457	- 187
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	247	50	14	+ 233
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	242	9	349	- 107
Other Injuries	17	240	23	105	+ 135
Congenital Anomalies	18	239	12	249	- 10
Tuberculosis	19	226	10	321	- 95
Stomach Cancer	20	212	49	16	+ 196
Birth Trauma	21	195	5	441	- 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	152	40	29	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	23	150	28	56	+ 94
Liver Cancer	24	147	34	43	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	119	43	22	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	118	29	55	+ 62
Falls	27	111	32	46	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	28	109	27	63	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	29	99	35	43	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	30	96	25	73	+ 23
Violence	31	95	33	45	+ 50
Leukemia	32	91	61	4	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	33	84	46	18	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	34	66	17	139	- 73
Pancreas Cancer	35	65	55	11	+ 54
Lymphomas	36	65	45	19	+ 45
Pertussis	37	64	21	109	- 45
Oral Cancer	38	61	37	35	+ 26
Meningitis	39	58	19	127	- 69
Syphilis	40	54	18	134	- 79
Uterin Cancer	41	52	58	8	+ 44
Skin Disease	42	49	51	13	+ 36
Epilepsy	43	49	38	32	+ 17
Malnutrition	44	48	31	48	- 0
Ovary Cancer	45	42	52	13	+ 29
Alcohol	46	41	53	12	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	47	39	54	12	+ 28
Fires	48	36	39	30	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	49	28	56	9	+ 20
Poisonings	50	18	44	21	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	16	48	16	+ 0
Drug Use	52	11	30	50	- 39
Encephalitis	53	11	57	8	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	8	59	6	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	7	63	3	+ 4
Measles	56	6	15	181	- 175
Hepatitis B	57	5	65	3	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	3	8	368	- 365
Tetanus	59	3	42	23	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	62	4	- 1
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	1	64	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	668	- 668
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Micronesia

Equ. Guinea

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.