GUYANA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	373	6	302	+ 72
Stroke	2	348	2	1,022	- 674
Coronary Heart Disease	3	324	1	1,335	- 1,011
HIV/AIDS	4	311	7	256	+ 55
Malaria	5	256	33	30	+ 226
Tuberculosis	6	235	16	137	+ 98
Road Traffic Accidents	7	179	11	175	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	8	153	22	89	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	150	27	48	+ 103
Birth Trauma	10	142	24	64	+ 78
Liver Disease	11	139	9	197	- 58
Diabetes Mellitus	12	136	3	579	- 443
Kidney Disease	13	96	8	233	- 138
Congenital Anomalies	14	90	23	69	+ 22
Lung Disease	15	72	13	174	- 102
Meningitis	16	68	44	17	+ 51
Liver Cancer	17	65	34	29	+ 37
Other Injuries	18	56	14	167	- 111
Hypertension	19	51	4	320	- 269
Cervical Cancer	20	50	21	91	- 42
Suicide	21	46	5	315	- 270
Maternal Conditions	22	46	35	28	+ 18
Asthma	23	45	36	25	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	24	45	12	174	- 129
Breast Cancer	25	44	19	96	- 51
Malnutrition	26	43	30	37	+ 6
Violence	27	43	10	194	- 151
Inflammatory/Heart	28	37	20	92	- 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	30	38	23	+ 7
Falls	30	27	48	11	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	31	24	17	123	- 100
Lymphomas	32	20	32	32	- 12
Stomach Cancer	33	20	31	34	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	18	25	59	- 40
Pertussis	35	17	73	0	+ 17
Drownings	36	17	15	145	- 128
Fires	37	17	41	19	- 3
Ovary Cancer	38	16	43	18	- 2
Drug Use	39	14	45	16	- 1
Poisonings	40	12	65	1	+ 11
Syphilis	41	11	71	0	+ 11
Oral Cancer	42	11	40	20	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	9	49	9	- 0
Encephalitis	44	8	53	7	+ 1
Leukemia	45	8	39	21	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	46	8	42	19	- 11
Epilepsy	47	8	37	24	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	7	26	54	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	49	7	51	8	- 1
Skin Disease	50	6	56	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	51	6	84	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	6	47	13	- 7
Bladder Cancer	53	6	50	8	- 2
Alcohol	54	6	57	3	+ 3
Lung Cancers	55	5	29	38	- 32
Tetanus	56	5	72	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	57	5	46	13	- 8
Skin Cancers	58	5	55	5	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	3	54	6	- 3
Measles	60	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 39
War	64	1	64	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.