GUYANA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	551	6	302	+ 250
Malaria	2	380	33	30	+ 350
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	369	27	48	+ 322
Stroke	4	316	2	1,022	- 706
Coronary Heart Disease	5	292	1	1,335	- 1,043
Low Birth Weight	6	265	22	89	+ 176
Birth Trauma	7	213	24	64	+ 149
Road Traffic Accidents	8	171	11	175	- 4
Liver Disease	9	132	9	197	- 65
Congenital Anomalies	10	122	23	69	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	11	122	7	256	- 134
Meningitis	12	106	44	17	+ 89
Kidney Disease	13	104	8	233	- 129
Diabetes Mellitus	14	103	3	579	- 475
Other Injuries	15	83	14	167	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	16	79	12	174	- 96
Lung Disease	17	66	13	174	- 108
Pertussis	18	63	73	0	+ 63
Hypertension	19	59	4	320	- 261
Maternal Conditions	20	56	35	28	+ 28
Malnutrition	21	50	30	37	+ 13
Suicide	22	50	5	315	- 266
Tuberculosis	23	50	16	137	- 87
Asthma	24	48	36	25	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	25	47	17	123	- 76
Measles	26	43	77	0	+ 43
Breast Cancer	27	42	19	96	- 53
Violence	28	39	10	194	- 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	39	38	23	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	30	36	21	91	- 55
Drownings	31	31	15	145	- 114
Falls	32	29	48	11	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	33	25	20	92	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	24	26	54	- 30
Fires	35	23	41	19	+ 4
Lymphomas	36	21	32	32	- 11
Epilepsy	37	20	37	24	- 4
Stomach Cancer	38	19	31	34	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	39	18	51	8	+ 10
Liver Cancer	40	17	34	29	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	17	25	59	- 42
Poisonings	42	17	65	1	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	43	11	49	9	+ 2
Drug Use	44	11	45	16	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	11	47	13	- 2
Leukemia	46	11	39	21	- 11
Schistosomiasis	47	10	84	0	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	48	10	42	19	- 9
Oral Cancer	49	8	40	20	- 12
Tetanus	50	8	72	0	+ 8
Syphilis	51	8	71	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	8	56	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	53	8	59	2	+ 6
Skin Cancers	54	5	55	5	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	55	5	46	13	- 8
Ovary Cancer	56	5	43	18	- 13
Encephalitis	57	5	53	7	- 2
Alcohol	58	5	57	3	+ 1
Lung Cancers	59	4	29	38	- 34
Appendicitis	60	2	54	6	- 4
Bladder Cancer	61	2	50	8	- 6
Ascariasis	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	63	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.