NEW GUINEA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,982	1	6,835	+ 4,147
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,996	33	343	+ 8,653
Stroke	3	6,163	2	5,095	+ 1,068
Lung Cancers	4	4,702	23	622	+ 4,080
Lung Disease	5	4,022	3	4,538	- 516
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,603	29	445	+ 3,158
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,915	6	2,595	+ 320
Kidney Disease	8	2,066	18	687	+ 1,380
Hypertension	9	1,937	13	1,096	+ 841
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,652	4	4,533	- 2,881
Breast Cancer	11	1,502	17	764	+ 738
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,435	52	107	+ 1,328
Prostate Cancer	13	1,364	36	285	+ 1,079
Stomach Cancer	14	1,232	28	447	+ 785
Other Injuries	15	1,176	20	647	+ 530
Lymphomas	16	1,133	32	353	+ 781
Bladder Cancer	17	1,110	54	82	+ 1,027
Liver Cancer	18	1,083	21	644	+ 439
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,059	43	229	+ 830
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,050	45	185	+ 866
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,033	47	153	+ 880
Other Neoplasms	22	1,009	60	15	+ 994
Liver Disease	23	899	22	624	+ 275
Leukemia	24	802	38	253	+ 548
Suicide	25	767	37	259	+ 508
Falls	26	690	26	502	+ 188
Oral Cancer	27	549	25	580	- 31
Ovary Cancer	28	430	46	179	+ 251
Oesophagus Cancer	29	427	44	199	+ 228
Skin Disease	30	391	49	126	+ 265
Road Traffic Accidents	31	389	12	1,105	- 717
Skin Cancers	32	383	31	417	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	343	14	1,072	- 729
Uterin Cancer	34	342	55	81	+ 261
Asthma	35	241	9	1,842	- 1,601
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	226	8	2,295	- 2,069
Anemia	37	194	82	0	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	38	183	16	951	- 767
Cervical Cancer	39	182	19	665	- 483
Epilepsy	40	175	51	111	+ 65
Drug Use	41	165	61	13	+ 152
Hepatitis C	42	139	62	8	+ 131
HIV/AIDS	43	114	24	611	- 497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	101	35	302	- 201
Drownings	45	95	40	240	- 145
Alcohol	46	71	53	93	- 23
Malnutrition	47	64	48	134	- 70
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	62	65	5	+ 57
Multiple Sclerosis	49	61	66	5	+ 56
Tuberculosis	50	57	5	3,969	- 3,911
Violence	51	56	15	969	- 913
Low Birth Weight	52	54	10	1,661	- 1,608
Osteoarthritis	53	45	85	0	+ 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	43	84	0	+ 43
Fires	55	39	27	488	- 449
Schizophrenia	56	38	80	0	+ 38
Poisonings	57	36	50	121	- 85
Hepatitis B	58	34	58	27	+ 7
Meningitis	59	27	34	324	- 296
Birth Trauma	60	24	11	1,504	- 1,480
Appendicitis	61	17	59	20	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	10	68	2	+ 8
Oral conditions	63	9	86	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	64	3	30	421	- 418
Leishmaniasis	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	2	42	234	- 232
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	57	31	- 30
Chagas disease	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	56	48	- 47
Pertussis	73	0	39	248	- 247
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	77	0	64	6	- 6
Ascariasis	78	0	63	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	41	238	- 238
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Spain

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.