GUYANA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	639	1	1,335	- 696
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	462	38	23	+ 440
Stroke	3	306	2	1,022	- 716
Lung Cancers	4	260	29	38	+ 222
Lung Disease	5	252	13	174	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	184	25	59	+ 126
Diabetes Mellitus	7	133	3	579	- 446
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	132	6	302	- 170
Prostate Cancer	9	112	17	123	- 12
Breast Cancer	10	101	19	96	+ 5
Suicide	11	93	5	315	- 222
Kidney Disease	12	93	8	233	- 140
Pancreas Cancer	13	92	42	19	+ 73
Falls	14	92	48	11	+ 81
Lymphomas	15	90	32	32	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	16	69	12	174	- 105
Skin Cancers	17	69	55	5	+ 64
Leukemia	18	63	39	21	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	19	60	49	9	+ 51
Liver Cancer	20	60	34	29	+ 32
Drug Use	21	53	45	16	+ 37
Other Injuries	22	49	14	167	- 118
Hypertension	23	48	4	320	- 272
Inflammatory/Heart	24	47	20	92	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	25	44	51	8	+ 36
Liver Disease	26	42	9	197	- 155
Stomach Cancer	27	38	31	34	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	28	37	28	40	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	29	37	11	175	- 138
Bladder Cancer	30	35	50	8	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	31	30	43	18	+ 12
Oral Cancer	32	29	40	20	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	33	21	23	69	- 48
Skin Disease	34	18	56	3	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	35	16	46	13	+ 3
Asthma	36	14	36	25	- 12
Alcohol	37	11	57	3	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	11	47	13	- 2
Cervical Cancer	39	10	21	91	- 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	9	27	48	- 39
Epilepsy	41	8	37	24	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	8	26	54	- 46
Low Birth Weight	43	7	22	89	- 82
Violence	44	7	10	194	- 186
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	7	63	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	46	6	61	1	+ 4
Drownings	47	5	15	145	- 140
Hepatitis C	48	5	69	0	+ 5
Anemia	49	5	18	99	- 94
Birth Trauma	50	4	24	64	- 60
Malnutrition	51	3	30	37	- 34
Osteoarthritis	52	3	58	3	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	2	52	8	- 6
Schizophrenia	54	2	62	1	+ 1
Fires	55	2	41	19	- 18
Tuberculosis	56	2	16	137	- 135
HIV/AIDS	57	1	7	256	- 255
Hepatitis B	58	1	59	2	- 1
Oral conditions	59	1	67	0	+ 1
Meningitis	60	1	44	17	- 16
Poisonings	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	62	1	54	6	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	1	35	28	- 28
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	1	- 0
War	65	0	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	53	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	33	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Australia

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.