NO MACEDONIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,453	2	4,420	- 2,967
Stroke	2	1,083	1	5,521	- 4,438
Lung Disease	3	965	6	807	+ 158
Diabetes Mellitus	4	964	4	1,104	- 140
Tuberculosis	5	844	35	32	+ 812
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	552	19	157	+ 395
Malaria	7	520	78	0	+ 520
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	488	56	1	+ 487
Asthma	9	392	33	53	+ 339
Low Birth Weight	10	353	28	73	+ 280
Birth Trauma	11	320	48	7	+ 312
Road Traffic Accidents	12	235	24	107	+ 128
Hypertension	13	233	7	627	- 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	228	43	13	+ 215
Violence	15	206	36	31	+ 175
Congenital Anomalies	16	202	37	29	+ 173
Breast Cancer	17	162	11	386	- 224
Kidney Disease	18	146	9	516	- 370
Cervical Cancer	19	141	31	68	+ 73
Other Injuries	20	137	17	183	- 46
Liver Cancer	21	137	13	260	- 123
Liver Disease	22	133	15	218	- 85
Lung Cancers	23	132	5	1,055	- 923
HIV/AIDS	24	130	61	0	+ 130
Oral Cancer	25	123	29	72	+ 51
Falls	26	107	27	78	+ 29
Fires	27	104	46	11	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	28	95	10	455	- 360
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	95	8	560	- 466
Maternal Conditions	30	89	54	2	+ 87
Skin Cancers	31	89	21	126	- 37
Lymphomas	32	75	25	96	- 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	73	30	71	+ 2
Meningitis	34	69	51	4	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	64	32	56	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	36	61	14	259	- 199
Suicide	37	55	16	196	- 141
Leukemia	38	54	22	114	- 61
Pertussis	39	53	50	4	+ 49
Drownings	40	51	41	18	+ 33
Measles	41	51	74	0	+ 51
Syphilis	42	50	62	0	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	43	49	3	4,249	- 4,201
Oesophagus Cancer	44	42	34	45	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	45	39	20	141	- 101
Ovary Cancer	46	38	26	93	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	47	33	44	12	+ 20
Malnutrition	48	29	58	1	+ 28
Skin Disease	49	27	57	1	+ 26
Poisonings	50	26	45	11	+ 15
Epilepsy	51	24	38	23	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	52	23	12	267	- 244
Alcohol	53	20	42	14	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	54	18	18	163	- 145
Uterin Cancer	55	17	23	108	- 91
Tetanus	56	10	75	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	57	7	59	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	58	6	49	7	- 1
Appendicitis	59	4	55	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	60	3	40	19	- 16
Drug Use	61	3	47	9	- 6
Hepatitis C	62	2	67	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	60	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	39	21	- 20
Diphtheria	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
War	69	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

New Guinea

No Macedonia

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.