ICELAND VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	373	59	0	+ 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	185	6	82	+ 103
Malaria	3	135	73	0	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	4	93	43	3	+ 90
Birth Trauma	5	89	46	2	+ 87
Stroke	6	89	3	141	- 52
Coronary Heart Disease	7	85	1	403	- 319
Road Traffic Accidents	8	75	35	7	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	71	55	1	+ 70
Tuberculosis	10	65	82	0	+ 65
Diabetes Mellitus	11	61	16	30	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	12	51	34	7	+ 43
Liver Disease	13	40	31	9	+ 31
Kidney Disease	14	40	15	33	+ 7
Measles	15	37	67	0	+ 37
Hypertension	16	33	17	24	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	17	28	60	0	+ 28
Syphilis	18	27	80	0	+ 27
Meningitis	19	26	50	1	+ 24
Lung Disease	20	24	5	129	- 104
Pertussis	21	22	62	0	+ 22
Suicide	22	22	13	40	- 19
Other Injuries	23	21	11	50	- 29
Breast Cancer	24	17	9	53	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	25	15	27	16	- 1
Asthma	26	13	48	2	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	27	13	26	16	- 3
Cervical Cancer	28	11	32	9	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	11	2	295	- 284
Drug Use	30	10	24	17	- 7
Malnutrition	31	10	57	1	+ 9
Falls	32	9	18	24	- 14
Violence	33	9	39	4	+ 5
Liver Cancer	34	9	20	22	- 14
Prostate Cancer	35	9	8	61	- 52
Drownings	36	8	56	1	+ 7
Oral Cancer	37	7	33	9	- 2
Epilepsy	38	7	37	5	+ 1
Fires	39	6	58	1	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	6	7	73	- 68
Lung Cancers	41	5	4	134	- 129
Tetanus	42	5	68	0	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	4	41	3	+ 1
Poisonings	44	4	42	3	+ 1
Lymphomas	45	4	14	37	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	46	4	10	53	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	47	3	76	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	48	3	29	13	- 10
Stomach Cancer	49	3	23	18	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	3	54	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	3	45	3	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	52	3	25	16	- 14
Alcohol	53	2	28	14	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	19	23	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	55	2	12	43	- 41
Bladder Cancer	56	2	21	20	- 19
Encephalitis	57	2	78	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	58	2	36	7	- 5
Appendicitis	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	75	0	+ 1
Leukemia	61	1	22	19	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	38	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	1	30	10	- 9
Diphtheria	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	44	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	53	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Equ. Guinea

Iceland

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.