EQU. GUINEA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,642	2	913	+ 730
Malaria	2	1,050	3	668	+ 383
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	872	9	349	+ 523
Measles	4	774	15	181	+ 593
Stroke	5	742	6	437	+ 305
Coronary Heart Disease	6	727	7	419	+ 309
Birth Trauma	7	616	5	441	+ 175
Low Birth Weight	8	555	4	457	+ 98
Road Traffic Accidents	9	486	8	368	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	10	388	1	1,838	- 1,451
Meningitis	11	338	19	127	+ 211
Liver Disease	12	327	13	199	+ 128
Tuberculosis	13	304	10	321	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	14	280	12	249	+ 31
Diabetes Mellitus	15	274	11	299	- 25
Kidney Disease	16	249	14	198	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	17	230	17	139	+ 92
Other Injuries	18	193	23	105	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	19	191	28	56	+ 135
Lung Disease	20	176	20	120	+ 56
Hypertension	21	173	16	165	+ 8
Asthma	22	151	26	65	+ 86
Liver Cancer	23	150	34	43	+ 107
Pertussis	24	150	21	109	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	25	146	25	73	+ 73
Violence	26	145	33	45	+ 100
Trypanosomiasis	27	138	47	16	+ 121
Malnutrition	28	133	31	48	+ 84
Suicide	29	115	22	107	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	74	29	55	+ 19
Drownings	31	68	36	39	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	32	67	35	43	+ 25
Falls	33	62	32	46	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	58	43	22	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	35	56	27	63	- 7
Fires	36	53	39	30	+ 23
Epilepsy	37	45	38	32	+ 13
Breast Cancer	38	44	24	84	- 40
Syphilis	39	42	18	134	- 92
Poisonings	40	38	44	21	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	41	31	49	16	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	31	50	14	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	43	30	60	4	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	44	27	46	18	+ 10
Tetanus	45	22	42	23	- 2
Drug Use	46	22	30	50	- 29
Hepatitis B	47	21	65	3	+ 18
Lymphomas	48	20	45	19	+ 1
Skin Cancers	49	20	48	16	+ 3
Lung Cancers	50	16	41	27	- 10
Skin Disease	51	16	51	13	+ 3
Oral Cancer	52	16	37	35	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	13	40	29	- 16
Ovary Cancer	54	12	52	13	- 1
Alcohol	55	11	53	12	- 1
Encephalitis	56	10	57	8	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	5	59	6	- 0
Diphtheria	58	5	64	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	5	58	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	60	4	56	9	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	62	3	70	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	63	3	54	12	- 9
War	64	3	71	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	65	2	55	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	67	1	+ 1
Leukemia	67	2	61	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	68	2	63	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	2	66	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	62	4	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Guinea

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.