GUYANA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	587	7	256	+ 331
Tuberculosis	2	362	16	137	+ 225
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	335	6	302	+ 34
Coronary Heart Disease	4	325	1	1,335	- 1,010
Stroke	5	295	2	1,022	- 727
Malaria	6	257	33	30	+ 227
Road Traffic Accidents	7	208	11	175	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	170	27	48	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	9	167	22	89	+ 78
Diabetes Mellitus	10	137	3	579	- 442
Birth Trauma	11	130	24	64	+ 65
Hypertension	12	121	4	320	- 199
Liver Disease	13	121	9	197	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	14	95	23	69	+ 26
Kidney Disease	15	80	8	233	- 154
Maternal Conditions	16	75	35	28	+ 47
Lung Disease	17	70	13	174	- 104
Violence	18	70	10	194	- 123
Suicide	19	45	5	315	- 270
Other Injuries	20	43	14	167	- 124
Pertussis	21	43	73	0	+ 43
Meningitis	22	39	44	17	+ 22
Asthma	23	38	36	25	+ 12
Malnutrition	24	35	30	37	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	30	38	23	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	26	29	20	92	- 63
Endocrine Disorders	27	27	12	174	- 147
Prostate Cancer	28	26	17	123	- 98
Cervical Cancer	29	26	21	91	- 66
Liver Cancer	30	22	34	29	- 7
Measles	31	21	77	0	+ 21
Breast Cancer	32	21	19	96	- 75
Falls	33	19	48	11	+ 8
Syphilis	34	14	71	0	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	14	26	54	- 41
Drownings	36	14	15	145	- 131
Fires	37	12	41	19	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	12	25	59	- 47
Stomach Cancer	39	11	31	34	- 23
Epilepsy	40	10	37	24	- 14
Poisonings	41	9	65	1	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	42	9	49	9	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	9	47	13	- 4
Drug Use	44	9	45	16	- 7
Lymphomas	45	8	32	32	- 24
Leukemia	46	7	39	21	- 14
Lung Cancers	47	7	29	38	- 31
Ovary Cancer	48	6	43	18	- 11
Alcohol	49	6	57	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	6	56	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	51	6	84	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	52	5	42	19	- 14
Skin Cancers	53	5	55	5	- 0
Oral Cancer	54	4	40	20	- 16
Tetanus	55	3	72	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	56	3	53	7	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	57	3	51	8	- 5
Appendicitis	58	2	54	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	2	46	13	- 11
Bladder Cancer	61	2	50	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
War	72	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
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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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.