GUYANA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,013	1	1,335	- 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	624	38	23	+ 601
Stroke	3	491	2	1,022	- 531
Lung Cancers	4	449	29	38	+ 412
Lung Disease	5	427	13	174	+ 253
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	376	6	302	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	221	25	59	+ 162
Kidney Disease	8	196	8	233	- 38
Breast Cancer	9	171	19	96	+ 76
Suicide	10	140	5	315	- 175
Other Injuries	11	133	14	167	- 34
Other Neoplasms	12	121	28	40	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	13	121	17	123	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	14	120	42	19	+ 101
Falls	15	116	48	11	+ 105
Lymphomas	16	103	32	32	+ 71
Liver Disease	17	95	9	197	- 102
Endocrine Disorders	18	95	12	174	- 79
Parkinson's Disease	19	91	49	9	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	20	84	3	579	- 494
Leukemia	21	80	39	21	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	22	72	50	8	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	23	70	20	92	- 21
Liver Cancer	24	65	34	29	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	25	60	51	8	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	26	57	31	34	+ 23
Hypertension	27	49	4	320	- 271
Oral Cancer	28	45	40	20	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	29	44	11	175	- 131
Ovary Cancer	30	43	43	18	+ 26
Skin Cancers	31	35	55	5	+ 30
Alcohol	32	33	57	3	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	28	27	48	- 20
Uterin Cancer	34	25	46	13	+ 12
Skin Disease	35	25	56	3	+ 22
Epilepsy	36	23	37	24	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	19	47	13	+ 7
Malnutrition	38	19	30	37	- 18
Drug Use	39	19	45	16	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	40	19	23	69	- 50
Cervical Cancer	41	16	21	91	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	14	26	54	- 40
Anemia	43	13	18	99	- 86
Violence	44	10	10	194	- 184
Multiple Sclerosis	45	10	61	1	+ 9
Asthma	46	8	36	25	- 17
Drownings	47	5	15	145	- 140
Fires	48	5	41	19	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	5	63	1	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	50	5	22	89	- 85
Osteoarthritis	51	4	58	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	4	69	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	53	3	24	64	- 61
Tuberculosis	54	3	16	137	- 134
Poisonings	55	3	65	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	56	3	62	1	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	2	7	256	- 254
Meningitis	58	2	44	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	1	52	8	- 6
Oral conditions	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	0	35	28	- 28
Otitis Media	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	53	7	- 7
War	67	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	60	2	- 2
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

Belgium

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.