EQU. GUINEA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,626	7	419	+ 3,208
Stroke	2	2,417	6	437	+ 1,980
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,422	2	913	+ 509
Lung Cancers	4	1,263	41	27	+ 1,236
Lung Disease	5	949	20	120	+ 828
Kidney Disease	6	817	14	198	+ 618
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	676	29	55	+ 621
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	560	40	29	+ 532
Hypertension	9	502	16	165	+ 337
Parkinson's Disease	10	454	46	18	+ 437
Breast Cancer	11	433	24	84	+ 348
Prostate Cancer	12	347	35	43	+ 304
Pancreas Cancer	13	327	55	11	+ 316
Liver Cancer	14	269	34	43	+ 226
Bladder Cancer	15	266	56	9	+ 258
Stomach Cancer	16	264	49	16	+ 248
Other Injuries	17	249	23	105	+ 144
Leukemia	18	232	61	4	+ 229
Lymphomas	19	218	45	19	+ 198
Diabetes Mellitus	20	217	11	299	- 82
Falls	21	214	32	46	+ 168
Road Traffic Accidents	22	149	8	368	- 219
Liver Disease	23	139	13	199	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	24	124	27	63	+ 61
Other Neoplasms	25	116	63	3	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	105	43	22	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	27	96	52	13	+ 83
Suicide	28	91	22	107	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	29	90	25	73	+ 17
Oral Cancer	30	76	37	35	+ 41
Skin Cancers	31	75	48	16	+ 59
Drownings	32	75	36	39	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	33	64	58	8	+ 56
Epilepsy	34	43	38	32	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	35	42	54	12	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	36	42	28	56	- 14
Drug Use	37	33	30	50	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	38	30	12	249	- 219
Fires	39	25	39	30	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	40	23	67	1	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	41	22	4	457	- 435
Violence	42	18	33	45	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	17	50	14	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	16	9	349	- 333
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	11	62	4	+ 8
Tuberculosis	46	11	10	321	- 309
Skin Disease	47	10	51	13	- 3
Hepatitis B	48	10	65	3	+ 7
Alcohol	49	9	53	12	- 3
HIV/AIDS	50	8	1	1,838	- 1,830
Anemia	51	8	85	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	52	7	69	0	+ 6
Meningitis	53	6	19	127	- 121
Schizophrenia	54	5	86	0	+ 5
Asthma	55	5	26	65	- 60
Poisonings	56	3	44	21	- 18
Birth Trauma	57	3	5	441	- 438
Appendicitis	58	2	59	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	60	1	78	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	0	17	139	- 138
Tetanus	62	0	42	23	- 23
Oral conditions	63	0	80	0	+ 0
War	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	18	134	- 134
Malnutrition	66	0	31	48	- 48
Encephalitis	67	0	57	8	- 8
Measles	68	0	15	181	- 181
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	3	668	- 668
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Greece

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.