GUINEA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,134	6	5,665	+ 21,469
Diabetes Mellitus	2	17,233	15	2,138	+ 15,095
Stroke	3	16,726	5	5,777	+ 10,949
Kidney Disease	4	7,897	16	1,939	+ 5,958
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,271	1	12,790	- 5,520
Lung Disease	6	5,789	20	1,373	+ 4,416
Suicide	7	4,509	29	892	+ 3,617
Hypertension	8	3,808	21	1,348	+ 2,459
Liver Disease	9	3,329	12	2,550	+ 779
Lung Cancers	10	3,220	50	128	+ 3,092
Drownings	11	2,418	31	528	+ 1,890
Breast Cancer	12	2,384	38	345	+ 2,040
Asthma	13	2,234	22	1,179	+ 1,055
Low Birth Weight	14	2,102	8	4,319	- 2,217
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,927	42	238	+ 1,689
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,885	3	6,788	- 4,903
Other Injuries	17	1,869	18	1,504	+ 365
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,864	14	2,181	- 316
Tuberculosis	19	1,757	13	2,369	- 612
Stomach Cancer	20	1,649	41	245	+ 1,403
Birth Trauma	21	1,519	7	4,797	- 3,278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,184	53	100	+ 1,084
Cervical Cancer	23	1,169	19	1,491	- 322
Liver Cancer	24	1,146	23	1,167	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	929	34	448	+ 481
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	915	30	579	+ 336
Falls	27	864	33	480	+ 384
Inflammatory/Heart	28	846	35	439	+ 407
Prostate Cancer	29	774	32	525	+ 248
Endocrine Disorders	30	745	25	1,140	- 395
Violence	31	740	26	1,128	- 388
Leukemia	32	705	67	17	+ 688
Parkinson's Disease	33	655	44	212	+ 444
Maternal Conditions	34	515	17	1,793	- 1,278
Pancreas Cancer	35	509	65	19	+ 490
Lymphomas	36	505	48	158	+ 347
Pertussis	37	495	24	1,165	- 670
Oral Cancer	38	474	52	122	+ 352
Meningitis	39	448	11	2,633	- 2,185
Syphilis	40	424	39	328	+ 96
Uterin Cancer	41	402	59	38	+ 364
Skin Disease	42	385	51	127	+ 258
Epilepsy	43	383	37	350	+ 34
Malnutrition	44	373	28	1,032	- 659
Ovary Cancer	45	324	54	93	+ 231
Alcohol	46	319	55	83	+ 236
Oesophagus Cancer	47	306	63	20	+ 287
Fires	48	283	36	410	- 128
Bladder Cancer	49	219	60	32	+ 187
Poisonings	50	143	40	295	- 152
Skin Cancers	51	128	49	152	- 24
Drug Use	52	87	46	169	- 82
Encephalitis	53	84	56	81	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	62	57	41	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	52	68	16	+ 36
Measles	56	49	4	6,025	- 5,976
Hepatitis B	57	42	47	162	- 120
Road Traffic Accidents	58	26	9	3,788	- 3,763
Tetanus	59	24	45	170	- 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	21	70	13	+ 8
Dengue	61	20	73	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	66	18	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	5	61	22	- 17
Diphtheria	64	5	58	40	- 35
Ascariasis	65	4	62	22	- 18
War	66	2	64	20	- 18
Chlamydia	67	2	71	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	69	15	- 14
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	10	3,020	- 3,020
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Schistosomiasis	79	0	43	232	- 232
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Micronesia

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.