TANZANIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	130,880	9	13,215	+ 117,665
Diabetes Mellitus	2	83,124	15	6,247	+ 76,878
Stroke	3	80,676	7	16,894	+ 63,783
Kidney Disease	4	38,091	19	4,547	+ 33,544
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	35,070	2	26,028	+ 9,042
Lung Disease	6	27,921	22	3,051	+ 24,870
Suicide	7	21,750	24	2,474	+ 19,275
Hypertension	8	18,366	17	5,209	+ 13,157
Liver Disease	9	16,060	13	6,586	+ 9,474
Lung Cancers	10	15,533	61	159	+ 15,375
Drownings	11	11,665	32	1,642	+ 10,024
Breast Cancer	12	11,501	37	1,285	+ 10,217
Asthma	13	10,775	30	1,700	+ 9,074
Low Birth Weight	14	10,137	10	12,173	- 2,035
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	9,294	50	401	+ 8,893
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	9,094	6	17,587	- 8,492
Other Injuries	17	9,014	20	4,270	+ 4,744
Congenital Anomalies	18	8,993	11	9,791	- 797
Tuberculosis	19	8,475	4	20,269	- 11,794
Stomach Cancer	20	7,952	39	1,190	+ 6,762
Birth Trauma	21	7,327	8	15,086	- 7,759
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	5,710	33	1,567	+ 4,143
Cervical Cancer	23	5,639	14	6,424	- 785
Liver Cancer	24	5,526	36	1,413	+ 4,113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,482	46	462	+ 4,020
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	4,415	27	2,048	+ 2,367
Falls	27	4,166	34	1,533	+ 2,633
Inflammatory/Heart	28	4,081	38	1,227	+ 2,853
Prostate Cancer	29	3,731	28	1,819	+ 1,912
Endocrine Disorders	30	3,593	29	1,778	+ 1,815
Violence	31	3,568	18	4,713	- 1,145
Leukemia	32	3,401	47	416	+ 2,985
Parkinson's Disease	33	3,162	45	513	+ 2,648
Maternal Conditions	34	2,483	12	6,835	- 4,352
Pancreas Cancer	35	2,455	62	158	+ 2,297
Lymphomas	36	2,436	41	805	+ 1,631
Pertussis	37	2,388	23	2,774	- 386
Oral Cancer	38	2,287	31	1,646	+ 641
Meningitis	39	2,162	21	3,188	- 1,026
Syphilis	40	2,046	26	2,115	- 69
Uterin Cancer	41	1,940	57	218	+ 1,722
Skin Disease	42	1,856	52	359	+ 1,496
Epilepsy	43	1,848	43	707	+ 1,141
Malnutrition	44	1,800	16	5,574	- 3,775
Ovary Cancer	45	1,563	53	337	+ 1,226
Alcohol	46	1,541	56	270	+ 1,270
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,478	25	2,247	- 769
Fires	48	1,363	35	1,424	- 61
Bladder Cancer	49	1,057	44	667	+ 390
Poisonings	50	690	40	1,170	- 480
Skin Cancers	51	616	42	744	- 129
Drug Use	52	419	48	404	+ 15
Encephalitis	53	403	59	199	+ 204
Appendicitis	54	300	58	218	+ 82
Other Neoplasms	55	252	64	58	+ 194
Measles	56	236	55	295	- 59
Hepatitis B	57	204	60	168	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	58	123	5	18,054	- 17,930
Tetanus	59	114	49	402	- 288
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	99	63	81	+ 18
Dengue	61	94	73	2	+ 92
Multiple Sclerosis	62	93	68	27	+ 67
Hepatitis C	63	24	66	40	- 15
Diphtheria	64	24	70	11	+ 13
Ascariasis	65	22	65	56	- 34
War	66	9	67	30	- 21
Chlamydia	67	8	71	9	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	6	54	299	- 293
Otitis Media	69	1	69	17	- 16
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	27,402	- 27,402
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	371	- 371
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Micronesia

Tanzania

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.