ESTONIA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,222	39	40	+ 1,182
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	607	6	349	+ 258
Malaria	3	444	73	0	+ 444
Low Birth Weight	4	304	55	7	+ 297
Birth Trauma	5	293	57	5	+ 288
Stroke	6	291	3	1,116	- 825
Coronary Heart Disease	7	278	1	3,009	- 2,730
Road Traffic Accidents	8	245	35	59	+ 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	232	53	8	+ 224
Tuberculosis	10	213	47	16	+ 197
Diabetes Mellitus	11	199	19	146	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	12	166	43	25	+ 141
Liver Disease	13	132	7	328	- 196
Kidney Disease	14	132	17	176	- 45
Measles	15	120	84	0	+ 120
Hypertension	16	110	2	2,700	- 2,590
Maternal Conditions	17	92	61	1	+ 91
Syphilis	18	89	62	1	+ 88
Meningitis	19	84	54	7	+ 77
Lung Disease	20	80	13	229	- 149
Pertussis	21	72	83	0	+ 72
Suicide	22	71	16	197	- 126
Other Injuries	23	70	20	141	- 71
Breast Cancer	24	56	11	260	- 204
Endocrine Disorders	25	49	33	66	- 17
Asthma	26	43	44	24	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	27	42	14	217	- 175
Cervical Cancer	28	37	32	68	- 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	37	12	229	- 193
Drug Use	30	33	31	75	- 42
Malnutrition	31	32	79	0	+ 32
Falls	32	30	24	119	- 88
Violence	33	30	42	28	+ 1
Liver Cancer	34	29	26	107	- 79
Prostate Cancer	35	28	8	298	- 270
Drownings	36	26	40	30	- 4
Oral Cancer	37	23	25	110	- 87
Epilepsy	38	21	37	45	- 23
Fires	39	20	38	41	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	19	5	527	- 508
Lung Cancers	41	18	4	657	- 639
Tetanus	42	15	81	0	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	15	36	55	- 40
Poisonings	44	14	52	8	+ 6
Lymphomas	45	13	15	213	- 200
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	29	82	- 70
Trypanosomiasis	47	11	70	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	48	11	30	79	- 68
Stomach Cancer	49	10	9	290	- 279
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	9	45	22	- 12
Skin Disease	51	9	41	29	- 20
Ovary Cancer	52	9	28	87	- 79
Alcohol	53	8	18	148	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	54	8	27	99	- 91
Pancreas Cancer	55	8	10	268	- 261
Bladder Cancer	56	6	21	126	- 120
Encephalitis	57	5	63	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	58	5	34	60	- 55
Appendicitis	59	4	59	2	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	60	3	72	0	+ 3
Leukemia	61	2	22	126	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	46	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	63	2	23	123	- 121
Diphtheria	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	65	2	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	48	16	- 15
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	49	12	- 12
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Equ. Guinea

Estonia

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.