NEW GUINEA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,038	1	6,835	+ 4,203
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,968	6	2,595	+ 5,373
Stroke	3	6,300	2	5,095	+ 1,205
Kidney Disease	4	3,345	18	687	+ 2,658
Hypertension	5	2,930	13	1,096	+ 1,835
Lung Disease	6	2,766	3	4,538	- 1,772
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,740	4	4,533	- 1,793
Tuberculosis	8	2,298	5	3,969	- 1,670
Violence	9	1,260	15	969	+ 291
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,106	12	1,105	+ 0
Asthma	11	969	9	1,842	- 873
Endocrine Disorders	12	889	47	153	+ 736
Lung Cancers	13	874	23	622	+ 253
Low Birth Weight	14	861	10	1,661	- 800
Breast Cancer	15	833	17	764	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	685	29	445	+ 240
Congenital Anomalies	17	684	16	951	- 267
Birth Trauma	18	676	11	1,504	- 828
Liver Cancer	19	651	21	644	+ 7
Liver Disease	20	601	22	624	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	583	35	302	+ 282
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	526	8	2,295	- 1,769
Other Neoplasms	23	437	60	15	+ 422
Malnutrition	24	366	48	134	+ 232
Skin Disease	25	359	49	126	+ 233
Prostate Cancer	26	352	36	285	+ 68
Drownings	27	330	40	240	+ 90
Falls	28	328	26	502	- 174
Leukemia	29	305	38	253	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	30	301	43	229	+ 72
Other Injuries	31	300	20	647	- 346
Anemia	32	292	82	0	+ 292
Cervical Cancer	33	261	19	665	- 403
Oral Cancer	34	248	25	580	- 332
Suicide	35	198	37	259	- 61
Lymphomas	36	194	32	353	- 159
Pancreas Cancer	37	180	52	107	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	38	173	30	421	- 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	171	33	343	- 172
Ovary Cancer	40	169	46	179	- 10
Stomach Cancer	41	159	28	447	- 288
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	153	14	1,072	- 918
Pertussis	43	149	39	248	- 98
Syphilis	44	98	42	234	- 136
Epilepsy	45	95	51	111	- 15
Dengue	46	90	64	6	+ 84
Meningitis	47	88	34	324	- 235
Measles	48	76	41	238	- 162
War	49	69	69	1	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	50	65	55	81	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	64	84	0	+ 64
Drug Use	52	59	61	13	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	53	57	44	199	- 142
Fires	54	51	27	488	- 437
Parkinson's Disease	55	50	45	185	- 134
Hepatitis B	56	50	58	27	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	57	48	85	0	+ 48
Bladder Cancer	58	48	54	82	- 34
Tetanus	59	44	56	48	- 3
Alcohol	60	34	53	93	- 59
Skin Cancers	61	31	31	417	- 385
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	27	65	5	+ 22
Appendicitis	63	23	59	20	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	64	20	73	0	+ 20
Poisonings	65	19	50	121	- 102
HIV/AIDS	66	17	24	611	- 594
Encephalitis	67	16	57	31	- 15
Schizophrenia	68	11	80	0	+ 11
Malaria	69	8	7	2,446	- 2,438
Upper Respiratory	70	3	68	2	+ 1
Leprosy	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	72	3	66	5	- 2
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	75	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	76	1	63	7	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	62	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Philippines

New 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.