GUYANA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	410	6	302	+ 109
Stroke	2	321	2	1,022	- 701
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	287	27	48	+ 239
Coronary Heart Disease	4	270	1	1,335	- 1,065
Road Traffic Accidents	5	166	11	175	- 9
Liver Disease	6	152	9	197	- 45
Diabetes Mellitus	7	118	3	579	- 460
Hypertension	8	116	4	320	- 204
Lung Disease	9	83	13	174	- 91
Malnutrition	10	83	30	37	+ 45
Birth Trauma	11	77	24	64	+ 13
Kidney Disease	12	72	8	233	- 161
Maternal Conditions	13	68	35	28	+ 40
Tuberculosis	14	68	16	137	- 69
Other Injuries	15	68	14	167	- 100
Low Birth Weight	16	66	22	89	- 23
Malaria	17	55	33	30	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	18	54	23	69	- 15
Meningitis	19	51	44	17	+ 33
Violence	20	48	10	194	- 145
Suicide	21	48	5	315	- 268
Asthma	22	41	36	25	+ 15
Breast Cancer	23	39	19	96	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	39	38	23	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	25	38	7	256	- 218
Falls	26	21	48	11	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	18	26	54	- 36
Lymphomas	28	18	32	32	- 14
Leukemia	29	18	39	21	- 3
Cervical Cancer	30	17	21	91	- 75
Fires	31	17	41	19	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	32	15	20	92	- 76
Drownings	33	15	15	145	- 130
Poisonings	34	14	65	1	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	14	25	59	- 44
Pertussis	36	11	73	0	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	37	11	49	9	+ 2
Epilepsy	38	10	37	24	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	39	10	51	8	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	40	10	43	18	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	47	13	- 3
Schistosomiasis	42	9	84	0	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	43	9	12	174	- 165
Oral Cancer	44	9	40	20	- 11
Liver Cancer	45	9	34	29	- 20
Lung Cancers	46	8	29	38	- 30
Prostate Cancer	47	7	17	123	- 116
Stomach Cancer	48	6	31	34	- 28
Alcohol	49	6	57	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	6	56	3	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	51	5	50	8	- 3
Tetanus	52	5	72	0	+ 4
Drug Use	53	5	45	16	- 11
Syphilis	54	4	71	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	55	4	54	6	- 2
Skin Cancers	56	4	55	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	3	59	2	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	42	19	- 17
Leishmaniasis	59	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	2	66	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	2	46	13	- 11
Encephalitis	62	2	53	7	- 5
Measles	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	63	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
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

Eritrea

Guyana

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.