ICELAND VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	333	6	82	+ 251
Malaria	2	213	73	0	+ 213
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	177	55	1	+ 176
Measles	4	157	67	0	+ 157
Stroke	5	150	3	141	+ 10
Coronary Heart Disease	6	147	1	403	- 256
Birth Trauma	7	125	46	2	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	8	112	43	3	+ 109
Road Traffic Accidents	9	99	35	7	+ 92
HIV/AIDS	10	79	59	0	+ 78
Meningitis	11	69	50	1	+ 67
Liver Disease	12	66	31	9	+ 57
Tuberculosis	13	62	82	0	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	14	57	34	7	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	15	56	16	30	+ 26
Kidney Disease	16	50	15	33	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	17	47	60	0	+ 46
Other Injuries	18	39	11	50	- 11
Cervical Cancer	19	39	32	9	+ 30
Lung Disease	20	36	5	129	- 93
Hypertension	21	35	17	24	+ 11
Asthma	22	31	48	2	+ 29
Liver Cancer	23	30	20	22	+ 8
Pertussis	24	30	62	0	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	25	30	27	16	+ 14
Violence	26	29	39	4	+ 25
Trypanosomiasis	27	28	76	0	+ 28
Malnutrition	28	27	57	1	+ 26
Suicide	29	23	13	40	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	15	2	295	- 280
Drownings	31	14	56	1	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	32	14	8	61	- 47
Falls	33	12	18	24	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	12	41	3	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	35	11	26	16	- 4
Fires	36	11	58	1	+ 10
Epilepsy	37	9	37	5	+ 4
Breast Cancer	38	9	9	53	- 44
Syphilis	39	9	80	0	+ 9
Poisonings	40	8	42	3	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	41	6	23	18	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	6	54	1	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	43	6	75	0	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	44	6	10	53	- 47
Tetanus	45	4	68	0	+ 4
Drug Use	46	4	24	17	- 12
Hepatitis B	47	4	63	0	+ 4
Lymphomas	48	4	14	37	- 33
Skin Cancers	49	4	29	13	- 9
Lung Cancers	50	3	4	134	- 131
Skin Disease	51	3	45	3	+ 1
Oral Cancer	52	3	33	9	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	3	7	73	- 71
Ovary Cancer	54	2	25	16	- 14
Alcohol	55	2	28	14	- 12
Encephalitis	56	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	1	86	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	58	1	66	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	1	36	7	- 6
Bladder Cancer	60	1	21	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	61	1	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	63	1	19	23	- 22
War	64	1	61	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	65	0	12	43	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	44	3	- 2
Leukemia	67	0	22	19	- 18
Other Neoplasms	68	0	30	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	69	0	51	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	0	38	4	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Guinea

Iceland

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.