NEW GUINEA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,833	1	6,835	+ 7,998
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,437	33	343	+ 8,094
Lung Disease	3	5,740	3	4,538	+ 1,202
Stroke	4	4,657	2	5,095	- 437
Lung Cancers	5	4,569	23	622	+ 3,947
Kidney Disease	6	2,522	18	687	+ 1,836
Drug Use	7	2,187	61	13	+ 2,174
Hypertension	8	1,938	13	1,096	+ 842
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,816	29	445	+ 1,371
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,804	4	4,533	- 2,729
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,772	6	2,595	- 823
Suicide	12	1,560	37	259	+ 1,301
Breast Cancer	13	1,430	17	764	+ 666
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,380	47	153	+ 1,227
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,301	52	107	+ 1,194
Liver Disease	16	1,275	22	624	+ 651
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,225	12	1,105	+ 120
Falls	18	1,187	26	502	+ 686
Lymphomas	19	1,183	32	353	+ 831
Prostate Cancer	20	1,046	36	285	+ 761
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,013	45	185	+ 829
Inflammatory/Heart	22	956	43	229	+ 727
Liver Cancer	23	795	21	644	+ 151
Leukemia	24	792	38	253	+ 539
Other Injuries	25	764	20	647	+ 117
Bladder Cancer	26	576	54	82	+ 494
Violence	27	557	15	969	- 411
Oesophagus Cancer	28	524	44	199	+ 325
Other Neoplasms	29	521	60	15	+ 506
Alcohol	30	431	53	93	+ 337
Ovary Cancer	31	429	46	179	+ 249
Skin Cancers	32	420	31	417	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	33	384	28	447	- 63
Congenital Anomalies	34	346	16	951	- 605
Oral Cancer	35	339	25	580	- 241
Uterin Cancer	36	296	55	81	+ 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	292	8	2,295	- 2,003
Cervical Cancer	38	205	19	665	- 459
Low Birth Weight	39	203	10	1,661	- 1,458
Malnutrition	40	199	48	134	+ 65
Hepatitis C	41	167	62	8	+ 159
HIV/AIDS	42	166	24	611	- 445
Skin Disease	43	159	49	126	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	44	149	66	5	+ 144
Drownings	45	120	40	240	- 120
Asthma	46	112	9	1,842	- 1,730
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	107	14	1,072	- 965
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	102	35	302	- 200
Fires	49	94	27	488	- 394
Epilepsy	50	93	51	111	- 18
Anemia	51	92	82	0	+ 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	72	65	5	+ 67
Poisonings	53	49	50	121	- 72
Birth Trauma	54	36	11	1,504	- 1,467
War	55	35	69	1	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	56	23	30	421	- 398
Schizophrenia	57	21	80	0	+ 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	20	84	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	59	18	58	27	- 9
Meningitis	60	18	34	324	- 306
Osteoarthritis	61	17	85	0	+ 17
Tuberculosis	62	16	5	3,969	- 3,953
Appendicitis	63	12	59	20	- 8
Oral conditions	64	8	86	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	7	68	2	+ 5
Syphilis	66	1	42	234	- 232
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	57	31	- 30
Pertussis	69	0	39	248	- 247
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	56	48	- 48
Schistosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	64	6	- 6
Malaria	77	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	41	238	- 238
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

United States

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.