ICELAND VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	488	1	403	+ 85
Stroke	2	336	3	141	+ 195
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	186	6	82	+ 103
Diabetes Mellitus	4	161	16	30	+ 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	109	55	1	+ 108
Lung Disease	6	104	5	129	- 24
Malaria	7	73	73	0	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	8	55	35	7	+ 48
Suicide	9	49	13	40	+ 9
Liver Disease	10	44	31	9	+ 35
Drownings	11	40	56	1	+ 39
Asthma	12	39	48	2	+ 38
Hypertension	13	38	17	24	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	14	32	43	3	+ 29
Kidney Disease	15	32	15	33	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	16	32	34	7	+ 24
Other Injuries	17	30	11	50	- 20
Liver Cancer	18	30	20	22	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	29	54	1	+ 28
Falls	20	27	18	24	+ 4
Birth Trauma	21	26	46	2	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	22	23	60	0	+ 23
Tuberculosis	23	22	82	0	+ 22
Dengue	24	21	72	0	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	25	21	32	9	+ 12
Breast Cancer	26	17	9	53	- 36
Lung Cancers	27	17	4	134	- 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	16	2	295	- 280
Syphilis	29	14	80	0	+ 14
Violence	30	13	39	4	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	12	7	73	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	11	41	3	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	33	11	25	16	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	10	10	53	- 43
Leukemia	35	10	22	19	- 9
Malnutrition	36	10	57	1	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	37	9	26	16	- 7
Poisonings	38	8	42	3	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	39	7	27	16	- 8
Fires	40	7	58	1	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	41	6	8	61	- 54
Lymphomas	42	6	14	37	- 30
Meningitis	43	6	50	1	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	44	6	23	18	- 12
Epilepsy	45	5	37	5	- 0
Skin Disease	46	5	45	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	47	4	36	7	- 3
Alcohol	48	4	28	14	- 10
Oral Cancer	49	4	33	9	- 5
Pertussis	50	4	62	0	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	51	2	12	43	- 41
Bladder Cancer	52	2	21	20	- 18
Hepatitis B	53	2	63	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	1	78	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	1	86	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	1	30	10	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	19	23	- 22
Drug Use	58	0	24	17	- 16
Tetanus	59	0	68	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	38	4	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	44	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	62	0	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	51	1	- 1
War	65	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	29	13	- 13
Schizophrenia	70	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	40	4	- 4
Depression	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	59	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Solomon Isl.

Iceland

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.