ICELAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	706	1	403	+ 303
Diabetes Mellitus	2	449	16	30	+ 419
Stroke	3	435	3	141	+ 295
Kidney Disease	4	206	15	33	+ 172
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	189	6	82	+ 107
Lung Disease	6	151	5	129	+ 22
Suicide	7	117	13	40	+ 77
Hypertension	8	99	17	24	+ 75
Liver Disease	9	87	31	9	+ 77
Lung Cancers	10	84	4	134	- 50
Drownings	11	63	56	1	+ 62
Breast Cancer	12	62	9	53	+ 9
Asthma	13	58	48	2	+ 56
Low Birth Weight	14	55	43	3	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	50	54	1	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	49	55	1	+ 48
Other Injuries	17	49	11	50	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	18	49	34	7	+ 41
Tuberculosis	19	46	82	0	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	20	43	23	18	+ 25
Birth Trauma	21	40	46	2	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	31	7	73	- 43
Cervical Cancer	23	30	32	9	+ 21
Liver Cancer	24	30	20	22	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	24	41	3	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	24	2	295	- 272
Falls	27	22	18	24	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	28	22	26	16	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	29	20	8	61	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	30	19	27	16	+ 4
Violence	31	19	39	4	+ 15
Leukemia	32	18	22	19	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	33	17	10	53	- 36
Maternal Conditions	34	13	60	0	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	35	13	12	43	- 30
Lymphomas	36	13	14	37	- 24
Pertussis	37	13	62	0	+ 13
Oral Cancer	38	12	33	9	+ 4
Meningitis	39	12	50	1	+ 10
Syphilis	40	11	80	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	41	10	36	7	+ 4
Skin Disease	42	10	45	3	+ 7
Epilepsy	43	10	37	5	+ 5
Malnutrition	44	10	57	1	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	45	8	25	16	- 8
Alcohol	46	8	28	14	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	47	8	19	23	- 15
Fires	48	7	58	1	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	49	6	21	20	- 15
Poisonings	50	4	42	3	+ 0
Skin Cancers	51	3	29	13	- 10
Drug Use	52	2	24	17	- 15
Encephalitis	53	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	2	86	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	1	30	10	- 8
Measles	56	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	63	0	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	35	7	- 6
Tetanus	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	38	4	- 4
Dengue	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	0	52	1	- 1
Diphtheria	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	51	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	59	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Micronesia

Iceland

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.