GUYANA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	796	1	1,335	- 539
War	2	507	64	1	+ 506
Stroke	3	377	2	1,022	- 645
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	290	6	302	- 12
Low Birth Weight	5	250	22	89	+ 161
Birth Trauma	6	212	24	64	+ 148
Tuberculosis	7	195	16	137	+ 58
Hypertension	8	158	4	320	- 162
Maternal Conditions	9	155	35	28	+ 126
Kidney Disease	10	130	8	233	- 103
Road Traffic Accidents	11	119	11	175	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	12	114	3	579	- 465
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	110	27	48	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	14	99	23	69	+ 30
Lung Disease	15	92	13	174	- 82
Liver Disease	16	91	9	197	- 106
Asthma	17	67	36	25	+ 42
Other Injuries	18	64	14	167	- 103
Violence	19	64	10	194	- 130
Meningitis	20	52	44	17	+ 35
Pertussis	21	42	73	0	+ 42
Breast Cancer	22	36	19	96	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	35	38	23	+ 12
Suicide	24	31	5	315	- 284
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	30	26	54	- 25
Stomach Cancer	26	30	31	34	- 4
Oral Cancer	27	29	40	20	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	28	27	12	174	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	29	26	51	8	+ 18
Tetanus	30	25	72	0	+ 25
Encephalitis	31	24	53	7	+ 17
Lung Cancers	32	21	29	38	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	21	47	13	+ 8
Drownings	34	20	15	145	- 125
Epilepsy	35	20	37	24	- 4
Lymphomas	36	19	32	32	- 13
Falls	37	18	48	11	+ 7
Hepatitis B	38	17	59	2	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	15	25	59	- 44
Liver Cancer	40	13	34	29	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	41	12	49	9	+ 3
Leukemia	42	12	39	21	- 9
Malnutrition	43	12	30	37	- 26
Cervical Cancer	44	11	21	91	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	45	10	20	92	- 81
HIV/AIDS	46	9	7	256	- 247
Poisonings	47	8	65	1	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	48	7	43	18	- 10
Measles	49	7	77	0	+ 7
Fires	50	7	41	19	- 13
Drug Use	51	6	45	16	- 9
Appendicitis	52	6	54	6	- 0
Uterin Cancer	53	6	46	13	- 7
Bladder Cancer	54	5	50	8	- 3
Prostate Cancer	55	5	17	123	- 118
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	42	19	- 14
Malaria	57	4	33	30	- 26
Alcohol	58	3	57	3	- 0
Skin Cancers	59	3	55	5	- 2
Syphilis	60	2	71	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	2	56	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	61	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 40
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	63	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Afghanistan

Guyana

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.