GUYANA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,604	1	1,335	+ 269
Stroke	2	1,069	2	1,022	+ 46
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	629	6	302	+ 327
Lung Cancers	4	558	29	38	+ 521
Lung Disease	5	419	13	174	+ 246
Kidney Disease	6	361	8	233	+ 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	299	38	23	+ 276
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	248	25	59	+ 189
Hypertension	9	222	4	320	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	10	201	49	9	+ 192
Breast Cancer	11	191	19	96	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	12	154	17	123	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	13	145	42	19	+ 126
Liver Cancer	14	119	34	29	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	15	118	50	8	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	16	117	31	34	+ 83
Other Injuries	17	110	14	167	- 57
Leukemia	18	103	39	21	+ 82
Lymphomas	19	96	32	32	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	20	96	3	579	- 483
Falls	21	95	48	11	+ 83
Road Traffic Accidents	22	66	11	175	- 109
Liver Disease	23	61	9	197	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	24	55	20	92	- 37
Other Neoplasms	25	52	28	40	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	46	26	54	- 8
Ovary Cancer	27	42	43	18	+ 25
Suicide	28	40	5	315	- 275
Endocrine Disorders	29	40	12	174	- 134
Oral Cancer	30	33	40	20	+ 13
Skin Cancers	31	33	55	5	+ 28
Drownings	32	33	15	145	- 112
Uterin Cancer	33	28	46	13	+ 15
Epilepsy	34	19	37	24	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	35	19	51	8	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	36	18	21	91	- 73
Drug Use	37	15	45	16	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	38	13	23	69	- 55
Fires	39	11	41	19	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	40	10	61	1	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	41	10	22	89	- 80
Violence	42	8	10	194	- 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	8	47	13	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	7	27	48	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	5	63	1	+ 4
Tuberculosis	46	5	16	137	- 132
Skin Disease	47	4	56	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	48	4	59	2	+ 2
Alcohol	49	4	57	3	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	50	4	7	256	- 253
Anemia	51	4	18	99	- 95
Hepatitis C	52	3	69	0	+ 3
Meningitis	53	3	44	17	- 15
Schizophrenia	54	2	62	1	+ 1
Asthma	55	2	36	25	- 23
Poisonings	56	1	65	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	57	1	24	64	- 63
Appendicitis	58	1	54	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	60	0	83	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	61	0	35	28	- 28
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	63	0	67	0	- 0
War	64	0	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	71	0	- 0
Malnutrition	66	0	30	37	- 37
Encephalitis	67	0	53	7	- 7
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	33	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	52	8	- 8
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.