GUYANA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	1,569	38	23	+ 1,547
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,388	1	1,335	+ 53
Stroke	3	581	2	1,022	- 442
Lung Cancers	4	326	29	38	+ 289
Hypertension	5	287	4	320	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	202	25	59	+ 144
Falls	7	187	48	11	+ 176
Lung Disease	8	182	13	174	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	9	176	42	19	+ 157
Liver Disease	10	151	9	197	- 46
Prostate Cancer	11	137	17	123	+ 14
Breast Cancer	12	134	19	96	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	13	120	49	9	+ 111
Lymphomas	14	120	32	32	+ 88
Suicide	15	119	5	315	- 196
Liver Cancer	16	77	34	29	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	17	73	20	92	- 19
Alcohol	18	66	57	3	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	19	63	31	34	+ 29
Other Injuries	20	62	14	167	- 106
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	62	6	302	- 240
Diabetes Mellitus	22	59	3	579	- 520
Other Neoplasms	23	53	28	40	+ 13
Leukemia	24	52	39	21	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	25	49	43	18	+ 31
Kidney Disease	26	48	8	233	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	27	45	51	8	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	28	44	50	8	+ 36
Skin Cancers	29	42	55	5	+ 37
Drug Use	30	38	45	16	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	31	36	12	174	- 138
Uterin Cancer	32	32	46	13	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	33	30	11	175	- 144
Oral Cancer	34	29	40	20	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	35	27	23	69	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	21	26	54	- 33
Drownings	37	15	15	145	- 130
Epilepsy	38	15	37	24	- 9
Schizophrenia	39	13	62	1	+ 12
Asthma	40	12	36	25	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	12	63	1	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	42	11	61	1	+ 10
Violence	43	9	10	194	- 184
Cervical Cancer	44	9	21	91	- 83
Fires	45	9	41	19	- 11
Tuberculosis	46	5	16	137	- 132
Skin Disease	47	4	56	3	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	48	4	22	89	- 86
Poisonings	49	3	65	1	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	3	47	13	- 10
Osteoarthritis	51	2	58	3	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	2	27	48	- 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	2	52	8	- 6
Appendicitis	54	1	54	6	- 5
Meningitis	55	1	44	17	- 16
Birth Trauma	56	1	24	64	- 63
Malnutrition	57	1	30	37	- 36
Anemia	58	1	18	99	- 98
HIV/AIDS	59	1	7	256	- 255
Hepatitis C	60	1	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	61	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	0	59	2	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	0	35	28	- 28
War	65	0	64	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	53	7	- 7
Syphilis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	60	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Finland

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.