BRAZIL VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	369,905	1	165,788	+ 204,118
Stroke	2	283,308	2	123,207	+ 160,101
Diabetes Mellitus	3	160,350	5	59,608	+ 100,742
Hypertension	4	88,673	11	28,822	+ 59,850
Suicide	5	87,383	20	14,540	+ 72,843
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	83,551	3	94,705	- 11,154
HIV/AIDS	7	70,992	22	12,558	+ 58,434
Kidney Disease	8	64,667	7	37,690	+ 26,977
Liver Disease	9	54,541	13	21,422	+ 33,119
Violence	10	53,633	4	68,779	- 15,146
Road Traffic Accidents	11	48,448	8	33,871	+ 14,577
Endocrine Disorders	12	48,333	19	16,927	+ 31,406
Lung Disease	13	48,210	6	59,373	- 11,163
Other Injuries	14	46,330	21	13,807	+ 32,524
Drownings	15	40,129	39	4,937	+ 35,192
Tuberculosis	16	37,952	40	4,895	+ 33,057
Prostate Cancer	17	34,160	15	19,001	+ 15,160
Anemia	18	27,409	50	2,417	+ 24,992
Breast Cancer	19	26,563	14	20,759	+ 5,804
Inflammatory/Heart	20	25,426	18	17,508	+ 7,918
Cervical Cancer	21	25,322	29	9,511	+ 15,812
Low Birth Weight	22	24,735	33	6,881	+ 17,854
Congenital Anomalies	23	19,036	23	12,317	+ 6,719
Birth Trauma	24	17,846	45	3,777	+ 14,069
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	16,230	12	23,161	- 6,931
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	15,051	44	4,258	+ 10,793
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	13,163	35	5,659	+ 7,504
Other Neoplasms	28	11,128	42	4,665	+ 6,463
Lung Cancers	29	10,458	9	31,659	- 21,201
Malnutrition	30	10,341	34	6,695	+ 3,645
Stomach Cancer	31	9,412	17	17,992	- 8,580
Lymphomas	32	8,919	27	10,376	- 1,457
Malaria	33	8,313	74	44	+ 8,269
Liver Cancer	34	8,005	25	11,514	- 3,509
Maternal Conditions	35	7,805	53	1,507	+ 6,298
Asthma	36	7,060	48	2,595	+ 4,466
Epilepsy	37	6,534	46	3,263	+ 3,271
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	6,329	10	30,717	- 24,388
Leukemia	39	5,880	30	8,531	- 2,651
Oral Cancer	40	5,555	28	9,951	- 4,396
Fires	41	5,385	58	1,028	+ 4,357
Pancreas Cancer	42	5,263	24	11,999	- 6,736
Ovary Cancer	43	4,911	43	4,355	+ 556
Meningitis	44	4,821	54	1,359	+ 3,462
Drug Use	45	4,334	49	2,467	+ 1,867
Uterin Cancer	46	3,597	47	2,780	+ 817
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	3,569	51	2,193	+ 1,376
Falls	48	3,080	16	18,847	- 15,766
Parkinson's Disease	49	2,498	41	4,770	- 2,273
Bladder Cancer	50	2,195	36	5,306	- 3,111
Oesophagus Cancer	51	2,165	26	10,466	- 8,300
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	2,149	55	1,097	+ 1,052
Encephalitis	53	1,948	72	65	+ 1,883
Appendicitis	54	1,659	57	1,067	+ 592
Skin Cancers	55	1,337	38	5,032	- 3,694
Skin Disease	56	886	31	7,179	- 6,293
Alcohol	57	859	32	7,121	- 6,262
Osteoarthritis	58	836	65	330	+ 506
Hepatitis B	59	555	59	775	- 220
Dengue	60	508	76	14	+ 495
Multiple Sclerosis	61	344	64	356	- 12
Schizophrenia	62	280	60	661	- 381
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	277	61	596	- 320
War	64	169	56	1,090	- 921
Poisonings	65	160	66	317	- 157
Upper Respiratory	66	142	67	260	- 118
Oral conditions	67	117	73	62	+ 55
Leprosy	68	101	69	173	- 72
Hepatitis C	69	74	52	1,955	- 1,881
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	71	82	1	+ 69
Syphilis	71	64	68	223	- 159
Tetanus	72	57	71	88	- 30
Pertussis	73	17	75	30	- 13
Ascariasis	74	6	78	7	- 2
Diphtheria	75	1	79	7	- 5
Otitis Media	76	1	70	94	- 92
Measles	77	0	81	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	85	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	5	- 5
Chagas disease	81	0	37	5,045	- 5,045
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	83	0	63	432	- 432
Schistosomiasis	84	0	62	593	- 593
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	77	10	- 10
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

Guyana

Brazil

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.