GUYANA VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	505	6	302	+ 204
HIV/AIDS	2	356	7	256	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	304	27	48	+ 256
Malaria	4	288	33	30	+ 258
Stroke	5	287	2	1,022	- 735
Coronary Heart Disease	6	274	1	1,335	- 1,061
Birth Trauma	7	211	24	64	+ 147
Low Birth Weight	8	204	22	89	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	9	200	11	175	+ 25
Tuberculosis	10	190	16	137	+ 53
Diabetes Mellitus	11	140	3	579	- 438
Congenital Anomalies	12	135	23	69	+ 66
Kidney Disease	13	132	8	233	- 102
Liver Disease	14	116	9	197	- 81
Meningitis	15	88	44	17	+ 71
Other Injuries	16	84	14	167	- 83
Maternal Conditions	17	67	35	28	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	18	63	12	174	- 111
Suicide	19	60	5	315	- 256
Lung Disease	20	59	13	174	- 115
Pertussis	21	59	73	0	+ 59
Hypertension	22	52	4	320	- 268
Breast Cancer	23	48	19	96	- 48
Violence	24	43	10	194	- 151
Asthma	25	42	36	25	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	26	41	21	91	- 51
Falls	27	32	48	11	+ 21
Malnutrition	28	31	30	37	- 6
Drownings	29	30	15	145	- 115
Syphilis	30	30	71	0	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	30	38	23	+ 7
Measles	32	26	77	0	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	33	25	20	92	- 66
Prostate Cancer	34	24	17	123	- 99
Drug Use	35	24	45	16	+ 8
Fires	36	23	41	19	+ 4
Liver Cancer	37	22	34	29	- 6
Epilepsy	38	22	37	24	- 1
Oral Cancer	39	22	40	20	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	19	26	54	- 35
Poisonings	41	17	65	1	+ 16
War	42	16	64	1	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	15	25	59	- 44
Lymphomas	44	13	32	32	- 20
Stomach Cancer	45	12	31	34	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	49	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	47	9	59	2	+ 7
Skin Disease	48	8	56	3	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	47	13	- 5
Ovary Cancer	50	8	43	18	- 10
Lung Cancers	51	8	29	38	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	52	7	42	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	53	7	84	0	+ 7
Leukemia	54	7	39	21	- 14
Tetanus	55	6	72	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	56	5	55	5	+ 0
Alcohol	57	5	57	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	58	5	53	7	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	3	51	8	- 4
Uterin Cancer	60	2	46	13	- 11
Appendicitis	61	2	54	6	- 4
Bladder Cancer	62	2	50	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	63	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Cameroon

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.