MAURITIUS VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	892	2	1,805	- 913
Stroke	2	665	3	985	- 320
Lung Disease	3	592	5	646	- 54
Diabetes Mellitus	4	591	1	1,873	- 1,282
Tuberculosis	5	518	45	17	+ 500
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	339	7	346	- 8
Malaria	7	319	70	0	+ 319
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	299	42	23	+ 277
Asthma	9	240	17	107	+ 133
Low Birth Weight	10	217	35	37	+ 180
Birth Trauma	11	196	36	37	+ 160
Road Traffic Accidents	12	144	11	155	- 11
Hypertension	13	143	6	592	- 449
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	140	56	3	+ 137
Violence	15	126	41	30	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	16	124	25	57	+ 67
Breast Cancer	17	100	8	232	- 133
Kidney Disease	18	90	4	724	- 635
Cervical Cancer	19	87	30	49	+ 38
Other Injuries	20	84	21	66	+ 19
Liver Cancer	21	84	27	56	+ 28
Liver Disease	22	81	12	145	- 64
Lung Cancers	23	81	9	182	- 101
HIV/AIDS	24	80	13	141	- 61
Oral Cancer	25	76	23	63	+ 12
Falls	26	65	26	57	+ 9
Fires	27	64	50	10	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	28	58	18	104	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	58	10	182	- 124
Maternal Conditions	30	55	48	11	+ 44
Skin Cancers	31	54	53	5	+ 50
Lymphomas	32	46	24	57	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	45	34	42	+ 3
Meningitis	34	42	57	2	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	39	43	22	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	36	37	15	115	- 78
Suicide	37	34	14	120	- 86
Leukemia	38	33	31	48	- 15
Pertussis	39	32	66	0	+ 32
Drownings	40	31	33	43	- 12
Measles	41	31	77	0	+ 31
Syphilis	42	31	67	0	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	43	30	16	108	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	44	26	37	35	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	45	24	47	12	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	46	23	32	46	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	47	20	19	101	- 81
Malnutrition	48	17	54	4	+ 14
Skin Disease	49	16	22	64	- 48
Poisonings	50	16	49	11	+ 5
Epilepsy	51	14	38	35	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	52	14	28	55	- 41
Alcohol	53	12	29	53	- 41
Bladder Cancer	54	11	44	21	- 10
Uterin Cancer	55	11	40	32	- 21
Tetanus	56	6	76	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	57	4	61	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	60	2	20	77	- 75
Drug Use	61	2	46	16	- 14
Hepatitis C	62	1	51	9	- 8
Ascariasis	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	60	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
War	69	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

New Guinea

Mauritius

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.