EQU. GUINEA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,591	6	437	+ 2,154
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,247	7	419	+ 1,828
Lung Disease	3	1,228	20	120	+ 1,108
Lung Cancers	4	906	41	27	+ 879
Stomach Cancer	5	505	49	16	+ 490
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	386	29	55	+ 331
Hypertension	7	382	16	165	+ 217
Road Traffic Accidents	8	317	8	368	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	315	40	29	+ 286
Oesophagus Cancer	10	308	54	12	+ 296
Kidney Disease	11	244	14	198	+ 45
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	233	2	913	- 680
Liver Cancer	13	229	34	43	+ 186
Diabetes Mellitus	14	205	11	299	- 94
Liver Disease	15	185	13	199	- 15
Falls	16	176	32	46	+ 130
Suicide	17	148	22	107	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	18	141	55	11	+ 130
Breast Cancer	19	118	24	84	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	20	90	46	18	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	83	50	14	+ 69
Leukemia	22	74	61	4	+ 70
Lymphomas	23	73	45	19	+ 54
Oral Cancer	24	69	37	35	+ 35
Other Injuries	25	69	23	105	- 37
Drownings	26	67	36	39	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	27	66	28	56	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	28	65	35	43	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	29	48	56	9	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	48	43	22	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	31	46	12	249	- 203
Tuberculosis	32	44	10	321	- 277
Inflammatory/Heart	33	38	27	63	- 25
HIV/AIDS	34	36	1	1,838	- 1,802
Ovary Cancer	35	36	52	13	+ 23
Poisonings	36	33	44	21	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	37	32	25	73	- 41
Drug Use	38	31	30	50	- 20
Asthma	39	29	26	65	- 36
Low Birth Weight	40	27	4	457	- 429
Skin Cancers	41	25	48	16	+ 9
Alcohol	42	24	53	12	+ 12
Birth Trauma	43	22	5	441	- 418
Malnutrition	44	16	31	48	- 32
Uterin Cancer	45	15	58	8	+ 7
Epilepsy	46	14	38	32	- 18
Violence	47	14	33	45	- 31
Fires	48	13	39	30	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	13	62	4	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	11	9	349	- 338
Meningitis	51	7	19	127	- 120
Skin Disease	52	7	51	13	- 6
Other Neoplasms	53	6	63	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	54	5	17	139	- 134
Encephalitis	55	4	57	8	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	3	65	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	3	66	2	+ 2
Syphilis	58	2	18	134	- 132
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	67	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	2	59	6	- 4
War	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	15	181	- 180
Tetanus	63	1	42	23	- 23
Pertussis	64	1	21	109	- 108
Schistosomiasis	65	1	60	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

China

Equ. Guinea

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.