TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	959	1	1,476	- 517
Stroke	2	714	3	822	- 108
Lung Disease	3	636	16	129	+ 507
Diabetes Mellitus	4	636	2	1,275	- 640
Tuberculosis	5	557	43	22	+ 535
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	364	10	205	+ 159
Malaria	7	343	72	0	+ 343
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	322	45	18	+ 304
Asthma	9	258	35	40	+ 218
Low Birth Weight	10	233	23	83	+ 150
Birth Trauma	11	211	40	25	+ 186
Road Traffic Accidents	12	155	15	130	+ 25
Hypertension	13	154	11	201	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	150	49	11	+ 139
Violence	15	136	4	549	- 413
Congenital Anomalies	16	133	22	93	+ 40
Breast Cancer	17	107	7	258	- 151
Kidney Disease	18	96	5	439	- 343
Cervical Cancer	19	93	21	97	- 4
Other Injuries	20	91	30	61	+ 30
Liver Cancer	21	90	28	66	+ 24
Liver Disease	22	88	14	136	- 48
Lung Cancers	23	87	8	217	- 130
HIV/AIDS	24	86	12	196	- 110
Oral Cancer	25	81	38	31	+ 50
Falls	26	70	33	43	+ 27
Fires	27	68	48	16	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	28	63	26	69	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	62	13	196	- 133
Maternal Conditions	30	59	50	10	+ 49
Skin Cancers	31	58	57	4	+ 54
Lymphomas	32	49	20	111	- 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	48	9	215	- 167
Meningitis	34	45	52	9	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	42	31	52	- 10
Prostate Cancer	36	40	6	330	- 290
Suicide	37	36	17	121	- 85
Leukemia	38	35	29	62	- 27
Pertussis	39	35	67	0	+ 35
Drownings	40	34	39	31	+ 3
Measles	41	33	76	0	+ 33
Syphilis	42	33	61	0	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	43	32	25	72	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	41	24	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	45	26	32	51	- 25
Ovary Cancer	46	25	24	80	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	47	21	18	119	- 98
Malnutrition	48	19	47	17	+ 2
Skin Disease	49	18	36	39	- 21
Poisonings	50	17	59	1	+ 16
Epilepsy	51	16	37	32	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	52	15	19	114	- 99
Alcohol	53	13	42	23	- 10
Bladder Cancer	54	12	34	41	- 29
Uterin Cancer	55	11	27	68	- 56
Tetanus	56	7	65	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	57	4	54	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	58	4	60	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	3	56	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	2	51	10	- 8
Drug Use	61	2	44	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	62	1	62	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	55	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	53	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	0	+ 0
War	69	0	46	17	- 17
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

New Guinea

Trinidad/Tob.

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.