NEW ZEALAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,013	1	5,095	+ 4,918
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,359	8	769	+ 5,591
Stroke	3	6,172	3	2,378	+ 3,794
Kidney Disease	4	2,914	17	432	+ 2,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,683	7	920	+ 1,763
Lung Disease	6	2,136	5	1,815	+ 321
Suicide	7	1,664	15	528	+ 1,136
Hypertension	8	1,405	20	327	+ 1,078
Liver Disease	9	1,229	32	158	+ 1,071
Lung Cancers	10	1,188	4	1,873	- 685
Drownings	11	892	44	54	+ 838
Breast Cancer	12	880	10	737	+ 143
Asthma	13	824	36	91	+ 734
Low Birth Weight	14	776	38	78	+ 697
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	711	35	113	+ 598
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	696	37	81	+ 615
Other Injuries	17	690	28	218	+ 472
Congenital Anomalies	18	688	30	176	+ 513
Tuberculosis	19	648	52	17	+ 631
Stomach Cancer	20	608	22	323	+ 286
Birth Trauma	21	561	54	15	+ 546
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	437	6	1,495	- 1,058
Cervical Cancer	23	431	41	61	+ 371
Liver Cancer	24	423	24	288	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	343	39	70	+ 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	338	2	3,032	- 2,694
Falls	27	319	11	627	- 308
Inflammatory/Heart	28	312	23	313	- 1
Prostate Cancer	29	285	9	739	- 453
Endocrine Disorders	30	275	21	325	- 50
Violence	31	273	42	57	+ 216
Leukemia	32	260	18	391	- 131
Parkinson's Disease	33	242	19	353	- 111
Maternal Conditions	34	190	63	5	+ 185
Pancreas Cancer	35	188	14	543	- 355
Lymphomas	36	186	13	608	- 422
Pertussis	37	183	65	1	+ 182
Oral Cancer	38	175	31	164	+ 11
Meningitis	39	165	59	9	+ 156
Syphilis	40	157	70	0	+ 156
Uterin Cancer	41	148	33	145	+ 4
Skin Disease	42	142	34	118	+ 24
Epilepsy	43	141	43	55	+ 86
Malnutrition	44	138	55	14	+ 124
Ovary Cancer	45	120	29	207	- 87
Alcohol	46	118	45	51	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	47	113	25	279	- 166
Fires	48	104	53	17	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	49	81	26	267	- 186
Poisonings	50	53	58	9	+ 43
Skin Cancers	51	47	12	612	- 564
Drug Use	52	32	40	69	- 37
Encephalitis	53	31	66	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	54	23	62	6	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	55	19	27	245	- 226
Measles	56	18	82	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	57	16	56	14	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	9	16	458	- 449
Tetanus	59	9	69	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	46	47	- 39
Dengue	61	7	75	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	47	43	- 36
Hepatitis C	63	2	48	30	- 28
Diphtheria	64	2	83	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	57	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Micronesia

New Zealand

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.