THAILAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	135,650	1	51,305	+ 84,345
Diabetes Mellitus	2	86,154	10	18,776	+ 67,378
Stroke	3	83,617	2	50,273	+ 33,344
Kidney Disease	4	39,479	4	26,822	+ 12,657
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	36,348	3	31,289	+ 5,059
Lung Disease	6	28,939	9	19,474	+ 9,465
Suicide	7	22,543	16	6,147	+ 16,396
Hypertension	8	19,035	34	2,179	+ 16,856
Liver Disease	9	16,645	11	17,596	- 951
Lung Cancers	10	16,100	8	22,296	- 6,197
Drownings	11	12,090	25	3,956	+ 8,135
Breast Cancer	12	11,921	17	6,053	+ 5,868
Asthma	13	11,167	24	4,182	+ 6,986
Low Birth Weight	14	10,507	40	1,548	+ 8,959
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	9,633	51	436	+ 9,197
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	9,426	15	6,863	+ 2,563
Other Injuries	17	9,342	21	4,869	+ 4,473
Congenital Anomalies	18	9,321	35	2,107	+ 7,214
Tuberculosis	19	8,784	14	9,551	- 767
Stomach Cancer	20	8,242	27	3,451	+ 4,791
Birth Trauma	21	7,594	50	533	+ 7,061
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	5,919	13	9,908	- 3,990
Cervical Cancer	23	5,844	19	5,110	+ 734
Liver Cancer	24	5,728	5	23,883	- 18,155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,645	39	1,679	+ 2,967
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	4,576	6	22,851	- 18,275
Falls	27	4,318	18	5,409	- 1,091
Inflammatory/Heart	28	4,230	32	2,879	+ 1,351
Prostate Cancer	29	3,867	30	3,013	+ 855
Endocrine Disorders	30	3,724	37	1,888	+ 1,836
Violence	31	3,698	31	2,965	+ 733
Leukemia	32	3,525	26	3,902	- 377
Parkinson's Disease	33	3,277	23	4,292	- 1,016
Maternal Conditions	34	2,574	52	227	+ 2,346
Pancreas Cancer	35	2,545	33	2,383	+ 162
Lymphomas	36	2,525	22	4,539	- 2,014
Pertussis	37	2,475	62	77	+ 2,397
Oral Cancer	38	2,370	20	4,961	- 2,591
Meningitis	39	2,241	43	931	+ 1,310
Syphilis	40	2,121	64	36	+ 2,085
Uterin Cancer	41	2,011	44	864	+ 1,146
Skin Disease	42	1,923	28	3,375	- 1,452
Epilepsy	43	1,915	47	689	+ 1,226
Malnutrition	44	1,865	42	962	+ 903
Ovary Cancer	45	1,620	36	2,003	- 383
Alcohol	46	1,597	49	548	+ 1,049
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,532	29	3,156	- 1,624
Fires	48	1,413	48	617	+ 796
Bladder Cancer	49	1,096	38	1,798	- 703
Poisonings	50	715	57	132	+ 583
Skin Cancers	51	638	41	1,133	- 495
Drug Use	52	434	45	794	- 360
Encephalitis	53	418	46	722	- 304
Appendicitis	54	311	59	114	+ 197
Other Neoplasms	55	261	54	192	+ 69
Measles	56	244	63	56	+ 189
Hepatitis B	57	211	56	153	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	58	128	7	22,428	- 22,300
Tetanus	59	118	58	116	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	102	53	194	- 92
Dengue	61	98	55	172	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	62	97	61	86	+ 11
Hepatitis C	63	25	67	7	+ 18
Diphtheria	64	25	71	1	+ 23
Ascariasis	65	22	69	4	+ 19
War	66	9	60	87	- 78
Chlamydia	67	8	70	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	6	65	18	- 11
Otitis Media	69	1	68	7	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	12	13,922	- 13,922
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	66	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	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 THAILAND

Micronesia

Thailand

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.