IRELAND VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,561	1	4,762	- 1,201
Stroke	2	2,654	5	1,770	+ 884
Lung Disease	3	2,364	4	1,915	+ 448
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,361	16	414	+ 1,948
Tuberculosis	5	2,068	50	23	+ 2,045
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,352	6	1,298	+ 54
Malaria	7	1,274	75	0	+ 1,274
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,196	45	53	+ 1,143
Asthma	9	960	41	58	+ 902
Low Birth Weight	10	865	44	56	+ 810
Birth Trauma	11	783	56	10	+ 773
Road Traffic Accidents	12	576	33	153	+ 423
Hypertension	13	571	29	175	+ 396
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	558	46	50	+ 509
Violence	15	505	47	38	+ 466
Congenital Anomalies	16	495	32	153	+ 342
Breast Cancer	17	398	8	760	- 362
Kidney Disease	18	358	10	566	- 209
Cervical Cancer	19	346	35	103	+ 243
Other Injuries	20	337	30	171	+ 166
Liver Cancer	21	336	18	318	+ 18
Liver Disease	22	325	19	279	+ 46
Lung Cancers	23	324	3	1,916	- 1,592
HIV/AIDS	24	318	57	9	+ 310
Oral Cancer	25	302	28	183	+ 119
Falls	26	261	25	247	+ 15
Fires	27	254	48	30	+ 224
Stomach Cancer	28	233	17	357	- 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	232	7	1,095	- 863
Maternal Conditions	30	219	61	3	+ 216
Skin Cancers	31	217	23	252	- 35
Lymphomas	32	184	13	513	- 329
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	179	2	3,209	- 3,031
Meningitis	34	169	58	7	+ 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	157	38	67	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	36	148	9	585	- 437
Suicide	37	135	14	470	- 335
Leukemia	38	132	20	274	- 142
Pertussis	39	129	67	0	+ 129
Drownings	40	125	43	57	+ 68
Measles	41	124	83	0	+ 124
Syphilis	42	122	68	0	+ 122
Inflammatory/Heart	43	119	26	240	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	44	104	15	419	- 315
Parkinson's Disease	45	96	12	530	- 433
Ovary Cancer	46	93	21	273	- 179
Endocrine Disorders	47	80	24	249	- 170
Malnutrition	48	70	63	2	+ 68
Skin Disease	49	66	42	58	+ 8
Poisonings	50	63	53	14	+ 49
Epilepsy	51	58	36	85	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	52	56	11	530	- 475
Alcohol	53	49	39	64	- 15
Bladder Cancer	54	43	22	256	- 213
Uterin Cancer	55	42	34	126	- 84
Tetanus	56	25	81	0	+ 25
Encephalitis	57	16	66	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	58	14	59	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	11	60	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	60	8	27	218	- 210
Drug Use	61	7	31	167	- 160
Hepatitis C	62	4	52	19	- 15
Ascariasis	63	4	77	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	40	59	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	37	83	- 80
Diphtheria	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	1	- 0
War	69	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

New Guinea

Ireland

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.