NEPAL VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,379	2	19,677	+ 40,702
Diabetes Mellitus	2	38,348	14	2,929	+ 35,419
Stroke	3	37,219	4	12,909	+ 24,310
Kidney Disease	4	17,572	10	4,284	+ 13,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	16,179	6	6,237	+ 9,942
Lung Disease	6	12,881	1	27,027	- 14,146
Suicide	7	10,034	16	2,571	+ 7,463
Hypertension	8	8,473	18	2,092	+ 6,381
Liver Disease	9	7,409	5	6,383	+ 1,026
Lung Cancers	10	7,166	12	3,586	+ 3,580
Drownings	11	5,382	23	1,505	+ 3,876
Breast Cancer	12	5,306	27	1,038	+ 4,268
Asthma	13	4,971	8	5,930	- 960
Low Birth Weight	14	4,677	11	3,822	+ 854
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	4,288	17	2,320	+ 1,968
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	4,195	7	6,071	- 1,875
Other Injuries	17	4,158	22	1,655	+ 2,504
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,149	21	1,949	+ 2,200
Tuberculosis	19	3,910	3	16,535	- 12,625
Stomach Cancer	20	3,669	25	1,379	+ 2,289
Birth Trauma	21	3,380	15	2,676	+ 705
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	2,634	26	1,167	+ 1,467
Cervical Cancer	23	2,601	20	1,969	+ 632
Liver Cancer	24	2,549	46	256	+ 2,293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,068	49	191	+ 1,876
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	2,037	19	2,022	+ 15
Falls	27	1,922	13	3,321	- 1,399
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,883	48	217	+ 1,665
Prostate Cancer	29	1,721	58	85	+ 1,636
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,658	45	257	+ 1,400
Violence	31	1,646	35	704	+ 942
Leukemia	32	1,569	36	668	+ 902
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,459	33	760	+ 699
Maternal Conditions	34	1,145	28	977	+ 169
Pancreas Cancer	35	1,133	41	445	+ 687
Lymphomas	36	1,124	32	768	+ 356
Pertussis	37	1,101	40	453	+ 649
Oral Cancer	38	1,055	24	1,389	- 334
Meningitis	39	997	43	377	+ 620
Syphilis	40	944	54	134	+ 810
Uterin Cancer	41	895	60	56	+ 838
Skin Disease	42	856	67	17	+ 839
Epilepsy	43	852	30	874	- 22
Malnutrition	44	830	31	845	- 15
Ovary Cancer	45	721	37	585	+ 137
Alcohol	46	711	52	168	+ 543
Oesophagus Cancer	47	682	38	491	+ 191
Fires	48	629	50	184	+ 445
Bladder Cancer	49	488	44	325	+ 163
Poisonings	50	318	39	474	- 156
Skin Cancers	51	284	42	400	- 116
Drug Use	52	193	57	93	+ 100
Encephalitis	53	186	29	882	- 696
Appendicitis	54	138	47	220	- 82
Other Neoplasms	55	116	61	50	+ 67
Measles	56	109	59	60	+ 49
Hepatitis B	57	94	56	117	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	58	57	9	4,654	- 4,598
Tetanus	59	52	53	134	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	46	51	173	- 127
Dengue	61	43	55	120	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	62	43	63	38	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	11	64	29	- 17
Diphtheria	64	11	71	1	+ 10
Ascariasis	65	10	69	4	+ 6
War	66	4	65	24	- 20
Chlamydia	67	4	68	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	3	66	24	- 21
Otitis Media	69	0	70	4	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	34	737	- 737
Leishmaniasis	75	0	62	39	- 39
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Micronesia

Nepal

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.