EQU. GUINEA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,139	7	419	+ 2,721
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,092	29	55	+ 1,037
Stroke	3	1,063	6	437	+ 626
Lung Cancers	4	994	41	27	+ 967
Lung Disease	5	914	20	120	+ 793
Hypertension	6	572	16	165	+ 407
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	556	40	29	+ 527
Kidney Disease	8	486	14	198	+ 288
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	442	2	913	- 470
Breast Cancer	10	402	24	84	+ 318
Pancreas Cancer	11	384	55	11	+ 372
Prostate Cancer	12	352	35	43	+ 309
Diabetes Mellitus	13	332	11	299	+ 33
Falls	14	327	32	46	+ 282
Liver Disease	15	324	13	199	+ 125
Parkinson's Disease	16	269	46	18	+ 251
Lymphomas	17	261	45	19	+ 242
Endocrine Disorders	18	228	25	73	+ 155
Suicide	19	220	22	107	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	20	206	49	16	+ 191
Inflammatory/Heart	21	190	27	63	+ 127
Leukemia	22	187	61	4	+ 183
Other Injuries	23	176	23	105	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	24	174	63	3	+ 171
Liver Cancer	25	172	34	43	+ 129
Alcohol	26	134	53	12	+ 122
Oesophagus Cancer	27	133	54	12	+ 121
Bladder Cancer	28	132	56	9	+ 124
Oral Cancer	29	129	37	35	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	30	111	52	13	+ 98
Skin Cancers	31	87	48	16	+ 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	82	9	349	- 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	77	50	14	+ 63
Road Traffic Accidents	34	67	8	368	- 301
Epilepsy	35	66	38	32	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	36	49	12	249	- 200
Uterin Cancer	37	48	58	8	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	46	43	22	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	39	46	28	56	- 11
Drug Use	40	41	30	50	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	41	34	67	1	+ 32
Skin Disease	42	33	51	13	+ 20
Anemia	43	21	85	0	+ 21
Asthma	44	20	26	65	- 45
Low Birth Weight	45	16	4	457	- 440
Violence	46	16	33	45	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	12	62	4	+ 8
Hepatitis C	48	11	69	0	+ 11
Drownings	49	10	36	39	- 30
Malnutrition	50	10	31	48	- 38
Schizophrenia	51	8	86	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	52	8	81	0	+ 8
Fires	53	8	39	30	- 23
HIV/AIDS	54	7	1	1,838	- 1,831
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	6	82	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	6	10	321	- 315
Birth Trauma	57	5	5	441	- 436
Poisonings	58	5	44	21	- 16
Hepatitis B	59	4	65	3	+ 1
Meningitis	60	4	19	127	- 123
Upper Respiratory	61	3	66	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	3	59	6	- 3
Oral conditions	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	17	139	- 138
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	57	8	- 8
Syphilis	68	0	18	134	- 134
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Measles	70	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	42	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Germany

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.