GUYANA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	588	16	137	+ 451
HIV/AIDS	2	365	7	256	+ 109
Coronary Heart Disease	3	330	1	1,335	- 1,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	312	6	302	+ 11
Stroke	5	290	2	1,022	- 732
Diabetes Mellitus	6	208	3	579	- 371
Malaria	7	175	33	30	+ 145
Road Traffic Accidents	8	168	11	175	- 7
Low Birth Weight	9	160	22	89	+ 71
Liver Disease	10	135	9	197	- 62
Hypertension	11	133	4	320	- 187
Kidney Disease	12	124	8	233	- 109
Birth Trauma	13	117	24	64	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	103	27	48	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	15	92	23	69	+ 24
Lung Disease	16	70	13	174	- 104
Violence	17	59	10	194	- 134
Suicide	18	59	5	315	- 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	49	38	23	+ 26
Measles	20	47	77	0	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	21	47	35	28	+ 19
Other Injuries	22	45	14	167	- 122
Meningitis	23	37	44	17	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	24	33	20	92	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	25	32	12	174	- 143
Cervical Cancer	26	31	21	91	- 60
Breast Cancer	27	30	19	96	- 66
Asthma	28	29	36	25	+ 4
Lung Cancers	29	28	29	38	- 10
Falls	30	27	48	11	+ 16
Pertussis	31	26	73	0	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	32	26	17	123	- 98
Malnutrition	33	25	30	37	- 12
Oral Cancer	34	22	40	20	+ 2
Liver Cancer	35	17	34	29	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	36	15	49	9	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	14	25	59	- 45
Drownings	38	14	15	145	- 131
Fires	39	12	41	19	- 7
Epilepsy	40	12	37	24	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	12	26	54	- 43
Trypanosomiasis	42	11	82	0	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	43	11	50	8	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	11	51	8	+ 3
Drug Use	45	11	45	16	- 5
Skin Cancers	46	11	55	5	+ 6
Syphilis	47	11	71	0	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	48	10	31	34	- 23
Lymphomas	49	10	32	32	- 22
Poisonings	50	9	65	1	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	51	9	43	18	- 9
Skin Disease	52	7	56	3	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	42	19	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	6	47	13	- 6
Uterin Cancer	55	6	46	13	- 7
Alcohol	56	6	57	3	+ 3
Leukemia	57	5	39	21	- 16
Schistosomiasis	58	4	84	0	+ 4
Tetanus	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	60	2	53	7	- 5
Appendicitis	61	2	54	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	63	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	28	40	- 38
War	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	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
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	67	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Gabon

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.