MALDIVES VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	265	1	279	- 15
Stroke	2	197	2	143	+ 54
Lung Disease	3	176	3	91	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	4	175	6	47	+ 129
Tuberculosis	5	154	27	11	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	100	8	33	+ 67
Malaria	7	95	75	0	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	89	22	14	+ 74
Asthma	9	71	29	10	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	10	64	20	15	+ 50
Birth Trauma	11	58	39	5	+ 53
Road Traffic Accidents	12	43	31	9	+ 34
Hypertension	13	42	17	16	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	41	43	3	+ 38
Violence	15	37	28	10	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	16	37	15	19	+ 18
Breast Cancer	17	30	9	28	+ 2
Kidney Disease	18	27	4	80	- 54
Cervical Cancer	19	26	13	22	+ 4
Other Injuries	20	25	18	16	+ 9
Liver Cancer	21	25	10	27	- 2
Liver Disease	22	24	11	24	- 0
Lung Cancers	23	24	7	36	- 12
HIV/AIDS	24	24	78	0	+ 24
Oral Cancer	25	22	19	15	+ 7
Falls	26	19	16	19	+ 1
Fires	27	19	41	4	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	28	17	49	1	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	17	14	21	- 4
Maternal Conditions	30	16	35	5	+ 11
Skin Cancers	31	16	63	0	+ 16
Lymphomas	32	14	34	7	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	13	5	47	- 34
Meningitis	34	13	50	1	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	12	42	4	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	36	11	26	11	- 0
Suicide	37	10	21	15	- 5
Leukemia	38	10	24	13	- 3
Pertussis	39	10	52	0	+ 9
Drownings	40	9	23	14	- 5
Measles	41	9	60	0	+ 9
Syphilis	42	9	58	0	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	43	9	36	5	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	8	59	0	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	45	7	25	12	- 4
Ovary Cancer	46	7	30	9	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	47	6	12	22	- 16
Malnutrition	48	5	45	3	+ 2
Skin Disease	49	5	32	8	- 4
Poisonings	50	5	55	0	+ 4
Epilepsy	51	4	38	5	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	52	4	40	4	- 0
Alcohol	53	4	51	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	3	37	5	- 2
Uterin Cancer	55	3	47	2	+ 1
Tetanus	56	2	54	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	58	1	56	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	60	1	46	2	- 1
Drug Use	61	0	48	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	33	8	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	53	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	57	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
War	69	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

New Guinea

Maldives

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.