NEW GUINEA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,144	1	6,835	+ 33,309
Stroke	2	23,343	2	5,095	+ 18,248
Lung Cancers	3	3,878	23	622	+ 3,256
Inflammatory/Heart	4	3,857	43	229	+ 3,628
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,462	33	343	+ 3,119
Liver Disease	6	3,243	22	624	+ 2,619
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,041	29	445	+ 2,596
Suicide	8	2,613	37	259	+ 2,354
Lung Disease	9	2,611	3	4,538	- 1,927
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,312	6	2,595	- 283
Stomach Cancer	11	2,096	28	447	+ 1,649
Alcohol	12	1,996	53	93	+ 1,903
Breast Cancer	13	1,658	17	764	+ 894
Other Injuries	14	1,606	20	647	+ 960
HIV/AIDS	15	1,517	24	611	+ 906
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,447	52	107	+ 1,340
Hypertension	17	1,309	13	1,096	+ 213
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,309	4	4,533	- 3,224
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,249	12	1,105	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	20	1,006	36	285	+ 722
Falls	21	835	26	502	+ 333
Kidney Disease	22	826	18	687	+ 139
Violence	23	817	15	969	- 152
Liver Cancer	24	796	21	644	+ 152
Oral Cancer	25	776	25	580	+ 196
Parkinson's Disease	26	669	45	185	+ 484
Drug Use	27	650	61	13	+ 637
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	638	35	302	+ 336
Lymphomas	29	636	32	353	+ 284
Tuberculosis	30	601	5	3,969	- 3,368
Leukemia	31	588	38	253	+ 335
Ovary Cancer	32	579	46	179	+ 400
Oesophagus Cancer	33	530	44	199	+ 331
Cervical Cancer	34	530	19	665	- 135
Uterin Cancer	35	490	55	81	+ 409
Drownings	36	473	40	240	+ 233
Fires	37	456	27	488	- 32
Bladder Cancer	38	450	54	82	+ 367
Skin Cancers	39	400	31	417	- 16
Poisonings	40	397	50	121	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	41	300	16	951	- 651
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	198	14	1,072	- 874
Skin Disease	43	195	49	126	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	44	154	10	1,661	- 1,508
Endocrine Disorders	45	143	47	153	- 10
Asthma	46	126	9	1,842	- 1,716
Encephalitis	47	77	57	31	+ 46
Meningitis	48	74	34	324	- 250
Multiple Sclerosis	49	59	66	5	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	54	65	5	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	51	52	60	15	+ 37
Epilepsy	52	51	51	111	- 59
Birth Trauma	53	51	11	1,504	- 1,453
Appendicitis	54	29	59	20	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	29	8	2,295	- 2,266
Maternal Conditions	56	19	30	421	- 402
Malnutrition	57	17	48	134	- 117
Upper Respiratory	58	11	68	2	+ 9
War	59	9	69	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	3	58	27	- 24
Chlamydia	61	2	70	1	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	42	234	- 233
Tetanus	63	0	56	48	- 47
Otitis Media	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	39	248	- 248
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	8	- 8
Diphtheria	67	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	68	0	41	238	- 238
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Russia

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.