GREECE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,295	1	21,124	- 829
Diabetes Mellitus	2	12,890	20	1,266	+ 11,624
Stroke	3	12,510	2	14,077	- 1,567
Kidney Disease	4	5,907	6	4,759	+ 1,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,438	3	8,282	- 2,844
Lung Disease	6	4,330	5	5,526	- 1,197
Suicide	7	3,373	28	533	+ 2,840
Hypertension	8	2,848	9	2,922	- 74
Liver Disease	9	2,490	23	809	+ 1,681
Lung Cancers	10	2,409	4	7,355	- 4,947
Drownings	11	1,809	32	435	+ 1,374
Breast Cancer	12	1,783	11	2,520	- 737
Asthma	13	1,671	55	27	+ 1,643
Low Birth Weight	14	1,572	41	127	+ 1,445
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,441	43	100	+ 1,341
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,410	44	95	+ 1,315
Other Injuries	17	1,398	17	1,453	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,395	38	174	+ 1,220
Tuberculosis	19	1,314	46	66	+ 1,248
Stomach Cancer	20	1,233	16	1,535	- 302
Birth Trauma	21	1,136	57	17	+ 1,119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	885	8	3,264	- 2,378
Cervical Cancer	23	874	36	243	+ 631
Liver Cancer	24	857	14	1,566	- 709
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	695	26	611	+ 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	685	7	3,940	- 3,255
Falls	27	646	21	1,245	- 599
Inflammatory/Heart	28	633	24	725	- 92
Prostate Cancer	29	579	12	2,023	- 1,445
Endocrine Disorders	30	557	29	526	+ 31
Violence	31	553	42	104	+ 449
Leukemia	32	527	18	1,354	- 826
Parkinson's Disease	33	490	10	2,646	- 2,156
Maternal Conditions	34	385	61	2	+ 383
Pancreas Cancer	35	381	13	1,904	- 1,523
Lymphomas	36	378	19	1,268	- 891
Pertussis	37	370	69	0	+ 370
Oral Cancer	38	355	30	440	- 86
Meningitis	39	335	53	33	+ 302
Syphilis	40	317	65	1	+ 316
Uterin Cancer	41	301	33	373	- 72
Skin Disease	42	288	47	56	+ 232
Epilepsy	43	287	34	249	+ 37
Malnutrition	44	279	66	1	+ 278
Ovary Cancer	45	242	27	557	- 315
Alcohol	46	239	49	50	+ 188
Oesophagus Cancer	47	229	35	246	- 16
Fires	48	211	39	146	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	49	164	15	1,551	- 1,387
Poisonings	50	107	56	19	+ 88
Skin Cancers	51	95	31	438	- 343
Drug Use	52	65	37	193	- 128
Encephalitis	53	62	67	1	+ 62
Appendicitis	54	47	58	9	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	55	39	25	679	- 639
Measles	56	37	68	0	+ 36
Hepatitis B	57	32	48	56	- 24
Road Traffic Accidents	58	19	22	870	- 851
Tetanus	59	18	62	2	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	15	45	67	- 51
Dengue	61	15	71	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	40	135	- 121
Hepatitis C	63	4	52	38	- 35
Diphtheria	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	3	73	0	+ 3
War	66	1	64	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	8	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	50	47	- 47
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	27	- 27
Anemia	85	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Micronesia

Greece

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.