SINGAPORE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,696	1	5,292	+ 6,404
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,428	28	108	+ 7,320
Stroke	3	7,209	3	1,559	+ 5,651
Kidney Disease	4	3,404	6	1,028	+ 2,375
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,134	2	5,189	- 2,055
Lung Disease	6	2,495	14	383	+ 2,112
Suicide	7	1,944	9	650	+ 1,293
Hypertension	8	1,641	8	732	+ 909
Liver Disease	9	1,435	20	209	+ 1,226
Lung Cancers	10	1,388	4	1,540	- 152
Drownings	11	1,042	38	29	+ 1,013
Breast Cancer	12	1,028	10	605	+ 422
Asthma	13	963	35	37	+ 926
Low Birth Weight	14	906	41	25	+ 881
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	831	43	22	+ 808
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	813	39	28	+ 785
Other Injuries	17	805	32	79	+ 726
Congenital Anomalies	18	804	31	80	+ 724
Tuberculosis	19	757	40	26	+ 732
Stomach Cancer	20	711	12	405	+ 306
Birth Trauma	21	655	55	3	+ 652
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	510	5	1,203	- 692
Cervical Cancer	23	504	30	85	+ 419
Liver Cancer	24	494	7	746	- 252
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	400	33	69	+ 331
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	395	36	32	+ 362
Falls	27	372	18	218	+ 155
Inflammatory/Heart	28	365	19	215	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	29	333	16	303	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	30	321	37	30	+ 291
Violence	31	319	46	15	+ 304
Leukemia	32	304	17	249	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	33	283	29	90	+ 193
Maternal Conditions	34	222	53	3	+ 219
Pancreas Cancer	35	219	11	537	- 318
Lymphomas	36	218	13	397	- 179
Pertussis	37	213	62	0	+ 213
Oral Cancer	38	204	15	317	- 113
Meningitis	39	193	48	8	+ 185
Syphilis	40	183	65	0	+ 183
Uterin Cancer	41	173	23	147	+ 26
Skin Disease	42	166	25	136	+ 30
Epilepsy	43	165	42	25	+ 140
Malnutrition	44	161	63	0	+ 161
Ovary Cancer	45	140	21	204	- 64
Alcohol	46	138	47	10	+ 128
Oesophagus Cancer	47	132	24	137	- 5
Fires	48	122	49	7	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	49	94	27	120	- 26
Poisonings	50	62	60	1	+ 61
Skin Cancers	51	55	34	56	- 1
Drug Use	52	37	44	19	+ 18
Encephalitis	53	36	61	0	+ 36
Appendicitis	54	27	50	6	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	23	22	195	- 173
Measles	56	21	72	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	57	18	52	4	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	58	11	26	121	- 110
Tetanus	59	10	73	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	58	2	+ 7
Dengue	61	8	66	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	57	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	63	2	56	3	- 1
Diphtheria	64	2	64	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	67	0	+ 2
War	66	1	59	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	54	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	45	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Micronesia

Singapore

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.