NEW GUINEA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	8,724	3	4,538	+ 4,186
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,352	1	6,835	- 484
Tuberculosis	3	5,337	5	3,969	+ 1,368
Stroke	4	4,167	2	5,095	- 928
Liver Disease	5	2,060	22	624	+ 1,436
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,013	6	2,595	- 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,960	8	2,295	- 335
Asthma	8	1,914	9	1,842	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,502	12	1,105	+ 397
Kidney Disease	10	1,383	18	687	+ 696
Low Birth Weight	11	1,234	10	1,661	- 427
Lung Cancers	12	1,158	23	622	+ 536
Falls	13	1,072	26	502	+ 570
Diabetes Mellitus	14	946	4	4,533	- 3,587
Birth Trauma	15	864	11	1,504	- 640
Suicide	16	830	37	259	+ 571
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	749	14	1,072	- 323
Hypertension	18	675	13	1,096	- 420
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	653	33	343	+ 310
Cervical Cancer	20	636	19	665	- 29
Congenital Anomalies	21	629	16	951	- 322
Other Injuries	22	534	20	647	- 113
Drownings	23	486	40	240	+ 246
Oral Cancer	24	448	25	580	- 132
Stomach Cancer	25	445	28	447	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	377	29	445	- 68
Breast Cancer	27	335	17	764	- 429
Maternal Conditions	28	315	30	421	- 105
Encephalitis	29	285	57	31	+ 254
Epilepsy	30	282	51	111	+ 172
Malnutrition	31	273	48	134	+ 139
Lymphomas	32	248	32	353	- 105
Parkinson's Disease	33	245	45	185	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	34	238	24	611	- 373
Violence	35	227	15	969	- 741
Leukemia	36	216	38	253	- 38
Ovary Cancer	37	189	46	179	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	38	159	44	199	- 40
Poisonings	39	153	50	121	+ 31
Pertussis	40	146	39	248	- 102
Pancreas Cancer	41	144	52	107	+ 37
Skin Cancers	42	129	31	417	- 288
Meningitis	43	122	34	324	- 202
Bladder Cancer	44	105	54	82	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	45	83	47	153	- 70
Liver Cancer	46	83	21	644	- 561
Appendicitis	47	71	59	20	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	48	70	43	229	- 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	62	35	302	- 240
Fires	50	59	27	488	- 429
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	56	65	5	+ 51
Alcohol	52	54	53	93	- 39
Tetanus	53	43	56	48	- 4
Syphilis	54	43	42	234	- 191
Dengue	55	39	64	6	+ 32
Hepatitis B	56	38	58	27	+ 11
Drug Use	57	30	61	13	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	58	28	36	285	- 257
Measles	59	19	41	238	- 218
Uterin Cancer	60	18	55	81	- 63
Other Neoplasms	61	16	60	15	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	62	13	74	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	66	5	+ 7
Hepatitis C	64	9	62	8	+ 1
War	65	8	69	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	8	68	2	+ 6
Skin Disease	67	5	49	126	- 121
Chlamydia	68	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	63	7	- 6
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	3	- 3
Malaria	72	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Nepal

New Guinea

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.