ZIMBABWE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,273	3	8,493	+ 24,780
Diabetes Mellitus	2	21,132	9	3,344	+ 17,788
Stroke	3	20,510	5	5,126	+ 15,384
Kidney Disease	4	9,683	12	2,214	+ 7,470
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,916	2	10,779	- 1,864
Lung Disease	6	7,098	23	1,163	+ 5,935
Suicide	7	5,529	13	2,069	+ 3,461
Hypertension	8	4,669	24	1,146	+ 3,523
Liver Disease	9	4,083	17	1,941	+ 2,141
Lung Cancers	10	3,949	43	286	+ 3,663
Drownings	11	2,966	27	956	+ 2,010
Breast Cancer	12	2,924	28	839	+ 2,085
Asthma	13	2,739	21	1,531	+ 1,209
Low Birth Weight	14	2,577	7	4,038	- 1,460
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,363	36	542	+ 1,821
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,312	6	4,595	- 2,283
Other Injuries	17	2,291	20	1,656	+ 636
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,286	11	2,217	+ 69
Tuberculosis	19	2,155	16	1,999	+ 156
Stomach Cancer	20	2,022	33	559	+ 1,463
Birth Trauma	21	1,863	8	3,405	- 1,543
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,452	40	505	+ 947
Cervical Cancer	23	1,433	14	2,023	- 589
Liver Cancer	24	1,405	38	510	+ 895
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,139	35	548	+ 591
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,122	31	768	+ 355
Falls	27	1,059	41	465	+ 594
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,037	25	1,047	- 10
Prostate Cancer	29	949	32	628	+ 321
Endocrine Disorders	30	913	34	553	+ 360
Violence	31	907	18	1,916	- 1,009
Leukemia	32	865	45	244	+ 621
Parkinson's Disease	33	804	46	226	+ 578
Maternal Conditions	34	631	19	1,749	- 1,118
Pancreas Cancer	35	624	47	217	+ 407
Lymphomas	36	619	26	960	- 340
Pertussis	37	607	42	419	+ 188
Oral Cancer	38	581	49	208	+ 374
Meningitis	39	550	22	1,325	- 775
Syphilis	40	520	55	124	+ 396
Uterin Cancer	41	493	50	182	+ 311
Skin Disease	42	472	52	173	+ 299
Epilepsy	43	470	39	508	- 38
Malnutrition	44	458	10	2,396	- 1,939
Ovary Cancer	45	397	51	173	+ 224
Alcohol	46	392	61	48	+ 344
Oesophagus Cancer	47	376	29	801	- 426
Fires	48	347	30	793	- 446
Bladder Cancer	49	269	54	125	+ 144
Poisonings	50	175	37	515	- 340
Skin Cancers	51	157	44	264	- 107
Drug Use	52	106	48	213	- 106
Encephalitis	53	102	56	117	- 15
Appendicitis	54	76	58	66	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	55	64	62	37	+ 27
Measles	56	60	63	30	+ 30
Hepatitis B	57	52	60	57	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	58	31	4	6,037	- 6,006
Tetanus	59	29	57	102	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	25	64	26	- 1
Dengue	61	24	73	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	67	14	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	6	66	14	- 8
Diphtheria	64	6	72	2	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	6	70	2	+ 3
War	66	2	65	26	- 24
Chlamydia	67	2	69	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	59	65	- 64
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	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	19,988	- 19,988
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	53	172	- 172
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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Micronesia

Zimbabwe

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.