EQU. GUINEA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,773	7	419	+ 1,354
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,055	29	55	+ 999
Stroke	3	828	6	437	+ 390
Lung Cancers	4	652	41	27	+ 625
Lung Disease	5	631	20	120	+ 511
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	520	40	29	+ 491
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	320	2	913	- 593
Diabetes Mellitus	8	267	11	299	- 32
Prostate Cancer	9	257	35	43	+ 214
Breast Cancer	10	256	24	84	+ 172
Falls	11	218	32	46	+ 172
Skin Cancers	12	213	48	16	+ 197
Lymphomas	13	212	45	19	+ 192
Pancreas Cancer	14	189	55	11	+ 178
Suicide	15	184	22	107	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	16	159	8	368	- 209
Kidney Disease	17	150	14	198	- 48
Leukemia	18	136	61	4	+ 132
Parkinson's Disease	19	123	46	18	+ 105
Hypertension	20	114	16	165	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	21	113	25	73	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	22	112	49	16	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	23	109	27	63	+ 46
Liver Cancer	24	100	34	43	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	25	97	54	12	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	26	93	56	9	+ 84
Other Neoplasms	27	85	63	3	+ 82
Other Injuries	28	76	23	105	- 29
Ovary Cancer	29	72	52	13	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	30	61	12	249	- 188
Oral Cancer	31	57	37	35	+ 22
Liver Disease	32	55	13	199	- 144
Uterin Cancer	33	50	58	8	+ 43
Skin Disease	34	41	51	13	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	39	50	14	+ 25
Asthma	36	32	26	65	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	28	9	349	- 321
Low Birth Weight	38	27	4	457	- 430
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	24	43	22	+ 3
Drug Use	40	24	30	50	- 26
Cervical Cancer	41	21	28	56	- 35
Violence	42	20	33	45	- 25
Epilepsy	43	19	38	32	- 13
Drownings	44	19	36	39	- 21
Alcohol	45	18	53	12	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	16	62	4	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	47	15	67	1	+ 14
Hepatitis C	48	10	69	0	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	49	8	81	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	8	82	0	+ 8
Anemia	51	6	85	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	52	6	10	321	- 315
Fires	53	6	39	30	- 24
Birth Trauma	54	5	5	441	- 436
Malnutrition	55	5	31	48	- 43
Hepatitis B	56	5	65	3	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	4	1	1,838	- 1,835
Poisonings	58	3	44	21	- 18
Meningitis	59	3	19	127	- 124
Schizophrenia	60	3	86	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	2	59	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	17	139	- 137
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	21	109	- 109
Encephalitis	66	0	57	8	- 8
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	42	23	- 23
Syphilis	70	0	18	134	- 134
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	78	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	47	16	- 16
Measles	82	0	15	181	- 181
Diphtheria	83	0	64	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

New Zealand

Equ. Guinea

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.