NEW GUINEA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,427	1	6,835	+ 2,591
Stroke	2	4,241	2	5,095	- 853
War	3	4,037	69	1	+ 4,036
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,744	6	2,595	+ 1,149
Low Birth Weight	5	2,754	10	1,661	+ 1,092
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,676	12	1,105	+ 1,571
Birth Trauma	7	1,857	11	1,504	+ 353
Hypertension	8	1,655	13	1,096	+ 559
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,366	8	2,295	- 928
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,341	16	951	+ 391
Lung Disease	11	999	3	4,538	- 3,539
Measles	12	944	41	238	+ 706
Liver Disease	13	904	22	624	+ 279
Violence	14	887	15	969	- 81
Kidney Disease	15	837	18	687	+ 151
Other Injuries	16	696	20	647	+ 49
Asthma	17	658	9	1,842	- 1,184
Tuberculosis	18	594	5	3,969	- 3,375
Diabetes Mellitus	19	561	4	4,533	- 3,972
Malaria	20	537	7	2,446	- 1,909
Suicide	21	531	37	259	+ 272
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	439	33	343	+ 96
Pertussis	23	387	39	248	+ 140
Falls	24	366	26	502	- 136
Drownings	25	357	40	240	+ 117
Breast Cancer	26	354	17	764	- 409
Malnutrition	27	331	48	134	+ 197
Meningitis	28	318	34	324	- 5
Fires	29	310	27	488	- 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	285	29	445	- 160
Stomach Cancer	31	282	28	447	- 165
Maternal Conditions	32	278	30	421	- 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	261	35	302	- 41
Leukemia	34	243	38	253	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	35	239	44	199	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	36	231	47	153	+ 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	221	14	1,072	- 851
Drug Use	38	192	61	13	+ 179
Liver Cancer	39	190	21	644	- 454
Inflammatory/Heart	40	183	43	229	- 46
Lung Cancers	41	178	23	622	- 444
Oral Cancer	42	171	25	580	- 409
Epilepsy	43	168	51	111	+ 58
Poisonings	44	166	50	121	+ 45
Lymphomas	45	135	32	353	- 218
HIV/AIDS	46	124	24	611	- 487
Tetanus	47	123	56	48	+ 76
Encephalitis	48	115	57	31	+ 85
Parkinson's Disease	49	113	45	185	- 72
Hepatitis B	50	94	58	27	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	51	88	52	107	- 18
Ovary Cancer	52	59	46	179	- 120
Syphilis	53	55	42	234	- 179
Appendicitis	54	51	59	20	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	55	50	54	82	- 32
Schistosomiasis	56	39	73	0	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	57	37	19	665	- 627
Skin Cancers	58	31	31	417	- 385
Alcohol	59	24	53	93	- 69
Dengue	60	22	64	6	+ 16
Skin Disease	61	14	49	126	- 112
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	66	5	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	63	12	36	285	- 273
Other Neoplasms	64	6	60	15	- 9
Ascariasis	65	5	63	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	65	5	- 1
Diphtheria	67	4	67	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	3	62	8	- 5
Uterin Cancer	69	2	55	81	- 80
Upper Respiratory	70	2	68	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Yemen

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.