GUYANA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	401	6	302	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	297	27	48	+ 250
Stroke	3	264	2	1,022	- 759
Coronary Heart Disease	4	245	1	1,335	- 1,090
Road Traffic Accidents	5	211	11	175	+ 37
Birth Trauma	6	208	24	64	+ 144
Low Birth Weight	7	188	22	89	+ 98
Liver Disease	8	183	9	197	- 14
Tuberculosis	9	144	16	137	+ 7
Diabetes Mellitus	10	109	3	579	- 470
Congenital Anomalies	11	105	23	69	+ 36
Hypertension	12	90	4	320	- 230
Kidney Disease	13	81	8	233	- 152
Meningitis	14	81	44	17	+ 63
Lung Disease	15	80	13	174	- 94
Other Injuries	16	79	14	167	- 89
HIV/AIDS	17	77	7	256	- 179
Maternal Conditions	18	60	35	28	+ 31
Malnutrition	19	58	30	37	+ 21
Breast Cancer	20	57	19	96	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	55	38	23	+ 32
Violence	22	54	10	194	- 139
Pertussis	23	46	73	0	+ 46
Measles	24	42	77	0	+ 42
Suicide	25	40	5	315	- 275
Malaria	26	38	33	30	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	27	34	21	91	- 58
Falls	28	30	48	11	+ 19
Asthma	29	30	36	25	+ 5
Leukemia	30	28	39	21	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	25	25	59	- 33
Poisonings	32	25	65	1	+ 24
Lymphomas	33	24	32	32	- 8
Fires	34	22	41	19	+ 2
Drownings	35	21	15	145	- 124
Ovary Cancer	36	16	43	18	- 1
Tetanus	37	15	72	0	+ 15
Lung Cancers	38	15	29	38	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	39	15	20	92	- 77
Oesophagus Cancer	40	12	51	8	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	12	26	54	- 43
Liver Cancer	42	12	34	29	- 17
Syphilis	43	11	71	0	+ 11
Epilepsy	44	11	37	24	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	45	11	12	174	- 164
Parkinson's Disease	46	11	49	9	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	47	10	31	34	- 24
Oral Cancer	48	10	40	20	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	47	13	- 4
Prostate Cancer	50	8	17	123	- 115
Bladder Cancer	51	7	50	8	- 1
Skin Cancers	52	7	55	5	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	6	56	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	54	6	84	0	+ 6
Alcohol	55	5	57	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	5	59	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	5	66	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	5	54	6	- 1
Leishmaniasis	59	4	83	0	+ 4
Drug Use	60	3	45	16	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	61	3	42	19	- 16
Uterin Cancer	62	3	46	13	- 10
Encephalitis	63	3	53	7	- 4
War	64	2	64	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	63	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	28	40	- 39
Diphtheria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	80	0	+ 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Ethiopia

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.