EQU. GUINEA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	908	2	913	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	672	9	349	+ 323
Stroke	3	596	6	437	+ 159
Coronary Heart Disease	4	553	7	419	+ 135
Road Traffic Accidents	5	478	8	368	+ 110
Birth Trauma	6	471	5	441	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	7	424	4	457	- 32
Liver Disease	8	413	13	199	+ 214
Tuberculosis	9	325	10	321	+ 4
Diabetes Mellitus	10	246	11	299	- 53
Congenital Anomalies	11	237	12	249	- 12
Hypertension	12	204	16	165	+ 39
Kidney Disease	13	183	14	198	- 15
Meningitis	14	182	19	127	+ 55
Lung Disease	15	180	20	120	+ 59
Other Injuries	16	178	23	105	+ 73
HIV/AIDS	17	174	1	1,838	- 1,665
Maternal Conditions	18	135	17	139	- 4
Malnutrition	19	131	31	48	+ 83
Breast Cancer	20	129	24	84	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	125	29	55	+ 70
Violence	22	122	33	45	+ 78
Pertussis	23	104	21	109	- 5
Measles	24	96	15	181	- 85
Suicide	25	91	22	107	- 16
Malaria	26	85	3	668	- 582
Cervical Cancer	27	76	28	56	+ 20
Falls	28	68	32	46	+ 23
Asthma	29	68	26	65	+ 3
Leukemia	30	64	61	4	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	57	40	29	+ 28
Poisonings	32	56	44	21	+ 35
Lymphomas	33	54	45	19	+ 35
Fires	34	49	39	30	+ 19
Drownings	35	47	36	39	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	36	37	52	13	+ 24
Tetanus	37	33	42	23	+ 10
Lung Cancers	38	33	41	27	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	39	33	27	63	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	40	28	54	12	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	27	43	22	+ 5
Liver Cancer	42	26	34	43	- 17
Syphilis	43	26	18	134	- 108
Epilepsy	44	25	38	32	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	45	25	25	73	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	46	18	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	47	23	49	16	+ 7
Oral Cancer	48	22	37	35	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	50	14	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	50	19	35	43	- 24
Bladder Cancer	51	16	56	9	+ 8
Skin Cancers	52	15	48	16	- 1
Skin Disease	53	14	51	13	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	54	13	60	4	+ 8
Alcohol	55	11	53	12	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	11	65	3	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	57	11	66	2	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	10	59	6	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	59	9	78	0	+ 9
Drug Use	60	8	30	50	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	61	7	55	11	- 4
Uterin Cancer	62	6	58	8	- 1
Encephalitis	63	6	57	8	- 2
War	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	62	4	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	2	63	3	- 1
Diphtheria	67	2	64	3	- 1
Ascariasis	68	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Ethiopia

Equ. Guinea

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.