GUINEA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,516	6	5,665	+ 3,851
Stroke	2	7,092	5	5,777	+ 1,315
Lung Disease	3	6,317	20	1,373	+ 4,945
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,311	15	2,138	+ 4,173
Tuberculosis	5	5,525	13	2,369	+ 3,157
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,613	1	12,790	- 9,178
Malaria	7	3,405	2	8,180	- 4,775
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,195	3	6,788	- 3,593
Asthma	9	2,564	22	1,179	+ 1,385
Low Birth Weight	10	2,313	8	4,319	- 2,006
Birth Trauma	11	2,093	7	4,797	- 2,703
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,539	9	3,788	- 2,249
Hypertension	13	1,525	21	1,348	+ 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	1,492	42	238	+ 1,254
Violence	15	1,348	26	1,128	+ 220
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,323	14	2,181	- 857
Breast Cancer	17	1,063	38	345	+ 718
Kidney Disease	18	956	16	1,939	- 983
Cervical Cancer	19	925	19	1,491	- 566
Other Injuries	20	900	18	1,504	- 604
Liver Cancer	21	897	23	1,167	- 271
Liver Disease	22	869	12	2,550	- 1,681
Lung Cancers	23	866	50	128	+ 738
HIV/AIDS	24	851	10	3,020	- 2,169
Oral Cancer	25	807	52	122	+ 686
Falls	26	698	33	480	+ 219
Fires	27	679	36	410	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	28	622	41	245	+ 377
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	620	53	100	+ 520
Maternal Conditions	30	586	17	1,793	- 1,208
Skin Cancers	31	580	49	152	+ 428
Lymphomas	32	491	48	158	+ 333
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	477	30	579	- 102
Meningitis	34	451	11	2,633	- 2,182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	420	34	448	- 28
Prostate Cancer	36	397	32	525	- 129
Suicide	37	360	29	892	- 532
Leukemia	38	352	67	17	+ 335
Pertussis	39	345	24	1,165	- 820
Drownings	40	334	31	528	- 195
Measles	41	331	4	6,025	- 5,694
Syphilis	42	326	39	328	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	43	318	35	439	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	44	277	63	20	+ 257
Parkinson's Disease	45	257	44	212	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	46	250	54	93	+ 157
Endocrine Disorders	47	213	25	1,140	- 926
Malnutrition	48	187	28	1,032	- 845
Skin Disease	49	176	51	127	+ 48
Poisonings	50	169	40	295	- 126
Epilepsy	51	154	37	350	- 196
Pancreas Cancer	52	149	65	19	+ 130
Alcohol	53	130	55	83	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	54	115	60	32	+ 83
Uterin Cancer	55	113	59	38	+ 75
Tetanus	56	66	45	170	- 103
Encephalitis	57	43	56	81	- 38
Hepatitis B	58	38	47	162	- 124
Appendicitis	59	28	57	41	- 13
Other Neoplasms	60	21	68	16	+ 5
Drug Use	61	18	46	169	- 151
Hepatitis C	62	11	61	22	- 11
Ascariasis	63	10	62	22	- 13
Dengue	64	9	73	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	70	13	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	66	18	- 11
Diphtheria	67	4	58	40	- 35
Upper Respiratory	68	3	69	15	- 12
War	69	1	64	20	- 18
Chlamydia	70	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	43	232	- 232
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

New Guinea

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.