CROATIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,824	1	12,307	- 9,484
Stroke	2	2,105	2	6,275	- 4,171
Lung Disease	3	1,875	5	2,111	- 236
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,873	6	1,963	- 90
Tuberculosis	5	1,640	44	61	+ 1,578
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,072	10	1,021	+ 51
Malaria	7	1,010	77	0	+ 1,010
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	948	39	82	+ 866
Asthma	9	761	41	74	+ 687
Low Birth Weight	10	686	56	10	+ 676
Birth Trauma	11	621	55	11	+ 610
Road Traffic Accidents	12	457	27	328	+ 128
Hypertension	13	453	8	1,102	- 649
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	443	35	137	+ 306
Violence	15	400	48	45	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	16	393	37	94	+ 298
Breast Cancer	17	315	11	1,019	- 703
Kidney Disease	18	284	7	1,392	- 1,109
Cervical Cancer	19	275	34	156	+ 119
Other Injuries	20	267	23	428	- 161
Liver Cancer	21	266	19	501	- 235
Liver Disease	22	258	13	924	- 666
Lung Cancers	23	257	3	2,842	- 2,585
HIV/AIDS	24	252	59	8	+ 245
Oral Cancer	25	240	25	338	- 98
Falls	26	207	12	974	- 767
Fires	27	202	50	34	+ 167
Stomach Cancer	28	185	15	786	- 602
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	184	4	2,189	- 2,005
Maternal Conditions	30	174	61	2	+ 171
Skin Cancers	31	172	26	332	- 160
Lymphomas	32	146	18	556	- 411
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	142	9	1,066	- 925
Meningitis	34	134	52	16	+ 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	125	31	207	- 82
Prostate Cancer	36	118	14	852	- 734
Suicide	37	107	17	676	- 569
Leukemia	38	105	22	435	- 331
Pertussis	39	102	69	0	+ 102
Drownings	40	99	38	86	+ 13
Measles	41	98	73	0	+ 98
Syphilis	42	97	71	0	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	43	94	21	457	- 362
Oesophagus Cancer	44	82	33	189	- 107
Parkinson's Disease	45	76	24	423	- 347
Ovary Cancer	46	74	28	308	- 234
Endocrine Disorders	47	63	42	72	- 9
Malnutrition	48	55	70	0	+ 55
Skin Disease	49	52	58	8	+ 44
Poisonings	50	50	54	16	+ 34
Epilepsy	51	46	36	94	- 49
Pancreas Cancer	52	44	16	754	- 710
Alcohol	53	39	30	219	- 180
Bladder Cancer	54	34	20	499	- 465
Uterin Cancer	55	34	32	199	- 166
Tetanus	56	20	68	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	57	13	65	1	+ 12
Hepatitis B	58	11	51	17	- 6
Appendicitis	59	8	57	9	- 0
Other Neoplasms	60	6	29	283	- 277
Drug Use	61	5	43	70	- 65
Hepatitis C	62	3	47	45	- 41
Ascariasis	63	3	83	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	80	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	46	47	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	45	55	- 53
Diphtheria	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	2	- 1
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	62	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	40	79	- 79
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

New Guinea

Croatia

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.