ICELAND VS MONGOLIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MONGOLIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	577	1	403	+ 174
Stroke	2	488	3	141	+ 348
Liver Cancer	3	203	20	22	+ 181
Liver Disease	4	191	31	9	+ 182
Road Traffic Accidents	5	75	35	7	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	6	68	23	18	+ 51
Alcohol	7	65	28	14	+ 50
Suicide	8	64	13	40	+ 24
Other Injuries	9	49	11	50	- 1
Lung Cancers	10	46	4	134	- 89
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	45	6	82	- 37
Kidney Disease	12	45	15	33	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	13	41	19	23	+ 18
Tuberculosis	14	36	82	0	+ 36
Lung Disease	15	36	5	129	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	16	29	26	16	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	17	29	34	7	+ 22
Falls	18	27	18	24	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	27	2	295	- 269
Low Birth Weight	20	23	43	3	+ 20
Hypertension	21	22	17	24	- 2
Violence	22	22	39	4	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	21	41	3	+ 18
Birth Trauma	24	18	46	2	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	25	17	32	9	+ 8
Drownings	26	17	56	1	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	27	16	16	30	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	28	14	54	1	+ 13
Asthma	29	12	48	2	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	30	10	12	43	- 33
Fires	31	10	58	1	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	10	7	73	- 63
Poisonings	33	10	42	3	+ 7
Epilepsy	34	9	37	5	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	35	8	27	16	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	7	55	1	+ 6
Oral Cancer	37	7	33	9	- 2
Breast Cancer	38	7	9	53	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	39	6	10	53	- 47
Maternal Conditions	40	5	60	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	41	5	25	16	- 11
Lymphomas	42	5	14	37	- 32
Encephalitis	43	4	78	0	+ 4
Syphilis	44	4	80	0	+ 4
Drug Use	45	4	24	17	- 13
Leukemia	46	3	22	19	- 16
Appendicitis	47	3	86	0	+ 3
Meningitis	48	2	50	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	49	2	59	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	50	2	21	20	- 18
Skin Disease	51	2	45	3	- 1
Prostate Cancer	52	2	8	61	- 59
Pertussis	53	2	62	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	54	1	29	13	- 12
Hepatitis B	55	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	38	4	- 3
Uterin Cancer	57	1	36	7	- 6
Other Neoplasms	58	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	59	0	44	3	- 2
Tetanus	60	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	51	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	52	1	- 1
War	63	0	61	0	- 0
Malnutrition	64	0	57	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Mongolia

Iceland

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.