GUINEA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,259	6	5,665	+ 5,593
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,145	30	579	+ 7,566
Stroke	3	5,398	5	5,777	- 379
Lung Cancers	4	4,581	50	128	+ 4,453
Lung Disease	5	4,435	20	1,373	+ 3,062
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,244	53	100	+ 3,144
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,336	15	2,138	+ 198
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,323	1	12,790	- 10,467
Prostate Cancer	9	1,968	32	525	+ 1,443
Breast Cancer	10	1,779	38	345	+ 1,434
Suicide	11	1,646	29	892	+ 754
Kidney Disease	12	1,640	16	1,939	- 299
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,629	65	19	+ 1,610
Falls	14	1,628	33	480	+ 1,148
Lymphomas	15	1,588	48	158	+ 1,430
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,217	25	1,140	+ 77
Skin Cancers	17	1,211	49	152	+ 1,059
Leukemia	18	1,111	67	17	+ 1,094
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,064	44	212	+ 852
Liver Cancer	20	1,064	23	1,167	- 103
Drug Use	21	931	46	169	+ 763
Other Injuries	22	858	18	1,504	- 646
Hypertension	23	852	21	1,348	- 496
Inflammatory/Heart	24	821	35	439	+ 381
Oesophagus Cancer	25	780	63	20	+ 761
Liver Disease	26	743	12	2,550	- 1,807
Stomach Cancer	27	673	41	245	+ 428
Other Neoplasms	28	654	68	16	+ 638
Road Traffic Accidents	29	650	9	3,788	- 3,138
Bladder Cancer	30	620	60	32	+ 589
Ovary Cancer	31	524	54	93	+ 431
Oral Cancer	32	508	52	122	+ 386
Congenital Anomalies	33	371	14	2,181	- 1,810
Skin Disease	34	311	51	127	+ 183
Uterin Cancer	35	274	59	38	+ 236
Asthma	36	238	22	1,179	- 941
Alcohol	37	198	55	83	+ 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	198	42	238	- 40
Cervical Cancer	39	178	19	1,491	- 1,313
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	154	3	6,788	- 6,634
Epilepsy	41	149	37	350	- 201
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	144	34	448	- 304
Low Birth Weight	43	130	8	4,319	- 4,189
Violence	44	127	26	1,128	- 1,001
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	120	70	13	+ 107
Multiple Sclerosis	46	98	66	18	+ 80
Drownings	47	93	31	528	- 436
Hepatitis C	48	90	61	22	+ 68
Anemia	49	82	83	0	+ 82
Birth Trauma	50	73	7	4,797	- 4,723
Malnutrition	51	61	28	1,032	- 971
Osteoarthritis	52	60	85	0	+ 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	37	84	0	+ 37
Schizophrenia	54	33	81	0	+ 33
Fires	55	29	36	410	- 382
Tuberculosis	56	27	13	2,369	- 2,341
HIV/AIDS	57	26	10	3,020	- 2,994
Hepatitis B	58	21	47	162	- 141
Oral conditions	59	21	86	0	+ 21
Meningitis	60	19	11	2,633	- 2,613
Poisonings	61	18	40	295	- 277
Appendicitis	62	14	57	41	- 27
Maternal Conditions	63	11	17	1,793	- 1,783
Upper Respiratory	64	9	69	15	- 6
War	65	4	64	20	- 15
Otitis Media	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Syphilis	67	1	39	328	- 326
Encephalitis	68	1	56	81	- 79
Pertussis	69	1	24	1,165	- 1,165
Tetanus	70	1	45	170	- 169
Diphtheria	71	0	58	40	- 39
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	62	22	- 22
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Schistosomiasis	79	0	43	232	- 232
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Australia

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.