ESTONIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,316	1	3,009	- 693
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,471	19	146	+ 1,325
Stroke	3	1,428	3	1,116	+ 312
Kidney Disease	4	674	17	176	+ 498
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	621	6	349	+ 272
Lung Disease	6	494	13	229	+ 265
Suicide	7	385	16	197	+ 187
Hypertension	8	325	2	2,700	- 2,375
Liver Disease	9	284	7	328	- 44
Lung Cancers	10	275	4	657	- 382
Drownings	11	206	40	30	+ 176
Breast Cancer	12	204	11	260	- 56
Asthma	13	191	44	24	+ 167
Low Birth Weight	14	179	55	7	+ 173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	164	45	22	+ 143
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	161	53	8	+ 153
Other Injuries	17	160	20	141	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	18	159	43	25	+ 134
Tuberculosis	19	150	47	16	+ 134
Stomach Cancer	20	141	9	290	- 149
Birth Trauma	21	130	57	5	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	101	5	527	- 426
Cervical Cancer	23	100	32	68	+ 32
Liver Cancer	24	98	26	107	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	79	36	55	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	78	12	229	- 151
Falls	27	74	24	119	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	28	72	14	217	- 145
Prostate Cancer	29	66	8	298	- 232
Endocrine Disorders	30	64	33	66	- 2
Violence	31	63	42	28	+ 35
Leukemia	32	60	22	126	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	33	56	29	82	- 26
Maternal Conditions	34	44	61	1	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	35	43	10	268	- 225
Lymphomas	36	43	15	213	- 170
Pertussis	37	42	83	0	+ 42
Oral Cancer	38	40	25	110	- 70
Meningitis	39	38	54	7	+ 31
Syphilis	40	36	62	1	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	41	34	34	60	- 26
Skin Disease	42	33	41	29	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	33	37	45	- 12
Malnutrition	44	32	79	0	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	45	28	28	87	- 60
Alcohol	46	27	18	148	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	47	26	27	99	- 72
Fires	48	24	38	41	- 17
Bladder Cancer	49	19	21	126	- 107
Poisonings	50	12	52	8	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	11	30	79	- 68
Drug Use	52	7	31	75	- 68
Encephalitis	53	7	63	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	54	5	59	2	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	4	23	123	- 119
Measles	56	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	4	65	0	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	58	2	35	59	- 57
Tetanus	59	2	81	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	46	17	- 15
Dengue	61	2	75	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	48	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	63	0	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	39	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Micronesia

Estonia

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.