GUYANA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,146	2	1,022	+ 123
Coronary Heart Disease	2	993	1	1,335	- 341
Lung Disease	3	543	13	174	+ 369
Lung Cancers	4	401	29	38	+ 363
Stomach Cancer	5	223	31	34	+ 189
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	171	38	23	+ 148
Hypertension	7	169	4	320	- 151
Road Traffic Accidents	8	140	11	175	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	139	25	59	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	10	136	51	8	+ 128
Kidney Disease	11	108	8	233	- 126
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	103	6	302	- 199
Liver Cancer	13	101	34	29	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	14	91	3	579	- 488
Liver Disease	15	82	9	197	- 115
Falls	16	78	48	11	+ 67
Suicide	17	65	5	315	- 250
Pancreas Cancer	18	63	42	19	+ 44
Breast Cancer	19	52	19	96	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	20	40	49	9	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	37	47	13	+ 24
Leukemia	22	33	39	21	+ 11
Lymphomas	23	32	32	32	+ 0
Oral Cancer	24	31	40	20	+ 11
Other Injuries	25	30	14	167	- 137
Drownings	26	30	15	145	- 115
Cervical Cancer	27	29	21	91	- 62
Prostate Cancer	28	29	17	123	- 95
Bladder Cancer	29	21	50	8	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	21	26	54	- 33
Congenital Anomalies	31	21	23	69	- 48
Tuberculosis	32	20	16	137	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	33	17	20	92	- 75
HIV/AIDS	34	16	7	256	- 240
Ovary Cancer	35	16	43	18	- 2
Poisonings	36	14	65	1	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	37	14	12	174	- 160
Drug Use	38	14	45	16	- 2
Asthma	39	13	36	25	- 12
Low Birth Weight	40	12	22	89	- 77
Skin Cancers	41	11	55	5	+ 6
Alcohol	42	11	57	3	+ 8
Birth Trauma	43	10	24	64	- 55
Malnutrition	44	7	30	37	- 30
Uterin Cancer	45	7	46	13	- 6
Epilepsy	46	6	37	24	- 17
Violence	47	6	10	194	- 187
Fires	48	6	41	19	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	63	1	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	5	27	48	- 43
Meningitis	51	3	44	17	- 14
Skin Disease	52	3	56	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	53	2	28	40	- 38
Maternal Conditions	54	2	35	28	- 26
Encephalitis	55	2	53	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	1	66	1	+ 1
Syphilis	58	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	61	1	- 0
Appendicitis	60	1	54	6	- 5
War	61	1	64	1	- 0
Measles	62	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	67	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	82	0	58	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.