EQU. GUINEA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,446	7	419	+ 1,027
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,046	29	55	+ 990
Stroke	3	693	6	437	+ 256
Lung Cancers	4	588	41	27	+ 562
Lung Disease	5	569	20	120	+ 449
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	417	40	29	+ 388
Diabetes Mellitus	7	300	11	299	+ 1
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	298	2	913	- 614
Prostate Cancer	9	253	35	43	+ 210
Breast Cancer	10	228	24	84	+ 144
Suicide	11	211	22	107	+ 104
Kidney Disease	12	211	14	198	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	13	209	55	11	+ 198
Falls	14	209	32	46	+ 163
Lymphomas	15	204	45	19	+ 184
Endocrine Disorders	16	156	25	73	+ 83
Skin Cancers	17	156	48	16	+ 139
Leukemia	18	143	61	4	+ 139
Parkinson's Disease	19	137	46	18	+ 119
Liver Cancer	20	137	34	43	+ 94
Drug Use	21	120	30	50	+ 69
Other Injuries	22	110	23	105	+ 5
Hypertension	23	109	16	165	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	24	105	27	63	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	25	100	54	12	+ 88
Liver Disease	26	95	13	199	- 104
Stomach Cancer	27	86	49	16	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	28	84	63	3	+ 81
Road Traffic Accidents	29	84	8	368	- 285
Bladder Cancer	30	80	56	9	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	31	67	52	13	+ 54
Oral Cancer	32	65	37	35	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	33	48	12	249	- 202
Skin Disease	34	40	51	13	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	35	35	58	8	+ 27
Asthma	36	31	26	65	- 35
Alcohol	37	25	53	12	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	25	50	14	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	39	23	28	56	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	9	349	- 329
Epilepsy	41	19	38	32	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	19	43	22	- 3
Low Birth Weight	43	17	4	457	- 440
Violence	44	16	33	45	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	15	62	4	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	46	13	67	1	+ 11
Drownings	47	12	36	39	- 28
Hepatitis C	48	12	69	0	+ 11
Anemia	49	11	85	0	+ 11
Birth Trauma	50	9	5	441	- 431
Malnutrition	51	8	31	48	- 40
Osteoarthritis	52	8	81	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	82	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	54	4	86	0	+ 4
Fires	55	4	39	30	- 26
Tuberculosis	56	4	10	321	- 317
HIV/AIDS	57	3	1	1,838	- 1,835
Hepatitis B	58	3	65	3	- 0
Oral conditions	59	3	80	0	+ 3
Meningitis	60	2	19	127	- 125
Poisonings	61	2	44	21	- 19
Appendicitis	62	2	59	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	1	17	139	- 137
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 1
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	18	134	- 134
Encephalitis	68	0	57	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Tetanus	70	0	42	23	- 23
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	15	181	- 181
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	3	668	- 668
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Australia

Equ. 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.