ALBANIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,114	1	8,797	- 6,683
Stroke	2	1,576	2	8,790	- 7,215
Lung Disease	3	1,403	5	876	+ 527
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,402	19	208	+ 1,193
Tuberculosis	5	1,228	54	8	+ 1,219
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	803	6	634	+ 169
Malaria	7	757	70	0	+ 757
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	710	52	9	+ 701
Asthma	9	570	21	193	+ 377
Low Birth Weight	10	514	25	106	+ 407
Birth Trauma	11	465	41	32	+ 433
Road Traffic Accidents	12	342	14	337	+ 5
Hypertension	13	339	10	425	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	331	35	50	+ 281
Violence	15	300	27	103	+ 197
Congenital Anomalies	16	294	28	102	+ 192
Breast Cancer	17	236	17	229	+ 7
Kidney Disease	18	212	11	399	- 186
Cervical Cancer	19	206	36	48	+ 158
Other Injuries	20	200	26	105	+ 95
Liver Cancer	21	199	9	434	- 235
Liver Disease	22	193	12	376	- 183
Lung Cancers	23	192	4	1,026	- 834
HIV/AIDS	24	189	42	26	+ 163
Oral Cancer	25	179	30	90	+ 90
Falls	26	155	23	125	+ 30
Fires	27	151	45	20	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	28	138	7	493	- 355
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	138	20	197	- 59
Maternal Conditions	30	130	59	2	+ 128
Skin Cancers	31	129	32	64	+ 65
Lymphomas	32	109	31	69	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	106	3	1,827	- 1,721
Meningitis	34	100	49	14	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	93	33	57	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	36	88	16	311	- 223
Suicide	37	80	24	125	- 45
Leukemia	38	78	22	131	- 53
Pertussis	39	77	60	1	+ 75
Drownings	40	74	43	25	+ 49
Measles	41	74	65	0	+ 73
Syphilis	42	72	62	1	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	43	71	8	465	- 394
Oesophagus Cancer	44	62	34	52	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	45	57	13	369	- 311
Ovary Cancer	46	55	39	39	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	47	47	29	91	- 43
Malnutrition	48	41	58	3	+ 39
Skin Disease	49	39	55	6	+ 33
Poisonings	50	38	53	9	+ 29
Epilepsy	51	34	37	44	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	52	33	18	225	- 192
Alcohol	53	29	48	18	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	54	26	15	330	- 304
Uterin Cancer	55	25	38	42	- 17
Tetanus	56	15	57	3	+ 12
Encephalitis	57	9	46	20	- 10
Hepatitis B	58	8	63	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	6	56	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	60	5	47	19	- 15
Drug Use	61	4	44	25	- 21
Hepatitis C	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	51	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	40	39	- 37
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	50	12	- 12
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

New Guinea

Albania

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.