ESTONIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	812	1	3,009	- 2,197
Stroke	2	605	3	1,116	- 511
Lung Disease	3	539	13	229	+ 310
Diabetes Mellitus	4	539	19	146	+ 393
Tuberculosis	5	472	47	16	+ 455
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	308	6	349	- 40
Malaria	7	291	73	0	+ 291
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	273	53	8	+ 264
Asthma	9	219	44	24	+ 195
Low Birth Weight	10	197	55	7	+ 191
Birth Trauma	11	179	57	5	+ 174
Road Traffic Accidents	12	131	35	59	+ 72
Hypertension	13	130	2	2,700	- 2,570
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	127	45	22	+ 106
Violence	15	115	42	28	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	16	113	43	25	+ 88
Breast Cancer	17	91	11	260	- 169
Kidney Disease	18	82	17	176	- 95
Cervical Cancer	19	79	32	68	+ 11
Other Injuries	20	77	20	141	- 64
Liver Cancer	21	77	26	107	- 31
Liver Disease	22	74	7	328	- 254
Lung Cancers	23	74	4	657	- 583
HIV/AIDS	24	73	39	40	+ 32
Oral Cancer	25	69	25	110	- 42
Falls	26	60	24	119	- 59
Fires	27	58	38	41	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	28	53	9	290	- 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	53	5	527	- 474
Maternal Conditions	30	50	61	1	+ 49
Skin Cancers	31	49	30	79	- 29
Lymphomas	32	42	15	213	- 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	41	12	229	- 189
Meningitis	34	38	54	7	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	36	36	55	- 19
Prostate Cancer	36	34	8	298	- 265
Suicide	37	31	16	197	- 167
Leukemia	38	30	22	126	- 96
Pertussis	39	29	83	0	+ 29
Drownings	40	28	40	30	- 1
Measles	41	28	84	0	+ 28
Syphilis	42	28	62	1	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	43	27	14	217	- 190
Oesophagus Cancer	44	24	27	99	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	45	22	29	82	- 60
Ovary Cancer	46	21	28	87	- 66
Endocrine Disorders	47	18	33	66	- 48
Malnutrition	48	16	79	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	49	15	41	29	- 14
Poisonings	50	14	52	8	+ 6
Epilepsy	51	13	37	45	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	52	13	10	268	- 256
Alcohol	53	11	18	148	- 137
Bladder Cancer	54	10	21	126	- 116
Uterin Cancer	55	10	34	60	- 50
Tetanus	56	6	81	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	57	4	63	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	58	3	65	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	2	59	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	60	2	23	123	- 122
Drug Use	61	2	31	75	- 73
Hepatitis C	62	1	58	4	- 3
Ascariasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	46	17	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	48	16	- 16
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

New Guinea

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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.