GUYANA VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	646	1	1,335	- 689
Stroke	2	433	2	1,022	- 589
Hypertension	3	382	4	320	+ 62
Diabetes Mellitus	4	297	3	579	- 282
Violence	5	287	10	194	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	6	259	7	256	+ 3
Kidney Disease	7	231	8	233	- 2
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	189	6	302	- 113
Breast Cancer	9	133	19	96	+ 37
Other Injuries	10	130	14	167	- 38
Liver Disease	11	129	9	197	- 67
Prostate Cancer	12	126	17	123	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	13	119	12	174	- 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	103	38	23	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	15	91	20	92	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	82	25	59	+ 23
Lung Disease	17	64	13	174	- 110
Road Traffic Accidents	18	58	11	175	- 117
Lung Cancers	19	57	29	38	+ 19
Skin Disease	20	51	56	3	+ 48
Drownings	21	50	15	145	- 95
Lymphomas	22	48	32	32	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	23	40	21	91	- 52
Alcohol	24	39	57	3	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	25	34	31	34	+ 0
Falls	26	34	48	11	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	27	33	49	9	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	28	32	22	89	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	29	31	23	69	- 38
Uterin Cancer	30	27	46	13	+ 14
Suicide	31	27	5	315	- 289
Liver Cancer	32	23	34	29	- 6
Fires	33	20	41	19	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	20	26	54	- 34
Leukemia	35	20	39	21	- 2
Ovary Cancer	36	19	43	18	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	37	19	42	19	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	38	17	51	8	+ 9
Asthma	39	16	36	25	- 9
Epilepsy	40	15	37	24	- 8
Maternal Conditions	41	12	35	28	- 16
Birth Trauma	42	12	24	64	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	10	27	48	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	8	47	13	- 4
Malnutrition	45	8	30	37	- 29
Oral Cancer	46	7	40	20	- 13
Other Neoplasms	47	6	28	40	- 34
Drug Use	48	5	45	16	- 11
Meningitis	49	5	44	17	- 13
Bladder Cancer	50	4	50	8	- 4
Encephalitis	51	4	53	7	- 3
Appendicitis	52	3	54	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	3	63	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	61	1	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	2	55	5	- 3
Poisonings	56	1	65	1	+ 1
War	57	1	64	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	58	1	16	137	- 136
Dengue	59	0	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	59	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	0	66	1	- 0
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	- 0
Syphilis	63	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	69	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	33	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	84	0	67	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Bahamas

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.