COLOMBIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	83,358	1	43,066	+ 40,292
Stroke	2	63,843	3	16,573	+ 47,270
Diabetes Mellitus	3	36,135	11	5,028	+ 31,106
Hypertension	4	19,982	8	6,400	+ 13,583
Suicide	5	19,692	26	1,965	+ 17,727
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	18,828	5	10,773	+ 8,055
HIV/AIDS	7	15,998	17	2,683	+ 13,315
Kidney Disease	8	14,573	7	6,834	+ 7,739
Liver Disease	9	12,291	19	2,426	+ 9,864
Violence	10	12,086	2	19,268	- 7,182
Road Traffic Accidents	11	10,918	6	7,765	+ 3,153
Endocrine Disorders	12	10,892	30	1,367	+ 9,525
Lung Disease	13	10,864	4	15,928	- 5,064
Other Injuries	14	10,440	28	1,592	+ 8,848
Drownings	15	9,043	40	689	+ 8,354
Tuberculosis	16	8,552	32	1,272	+ 7,281
Prostate Cancer	17	7,698	14	3,584	+ 4,113
Anemia	18	6,177	57	101	+ 6,076
Breast Cancer	19	5,986	13	3,669	+ 2,317
Inflammatory/Heart	20	5,730	31	1,329	+ 4,400
Cervical Cancer	21	5,706	20	2,266	+ 3,440
Low Birth Weight	22	5,574	23	2,095	+ 3,479
Congenital Anomalies	23	4,290	16	2,963	+ 1,327
Birth Trauma	24	4,021	41	648	+ 3,373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	3,657	12	4,371	- 714
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	3,392	39	698	+ 2,693
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	2,966	38	747	+ 2,219
Other Neoplasms	28	2,508	15	3,205	- 697
Lung Cancers	29	2,357	10	5,250	- 2,893
Malnutrition	30	2,330	27	1,878	+ 452
Stomach Cancer	31	2,121	9	6,112	- 3,991
Lymphomas	32	2,010	18	2,603	- 593
Malaria	33	1,873	67	26	+ 1,848
Liver Cancer	34	1,804	24	2,065	- 261
Maternal Conditions	35	1,759	46	394	+ 1,365
Asthma	36	1,591	54	191	+ 1,400
Epilepsy	37	1,472	43	597	+ 875
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	1,426	22	2,157	- 731
Leukemia	39	1,325	21	2,208	- 883
Oral Cancer	40	1,252	37	807	+ 445
Fires	41	1,213	56	127	+ 1,087
Pancreas Cancer	42	1,186	25	2,022	- 836
Ovary Cancer	43	1,107	33	1,122	- 16
Meningitis	44	1,086	50	244	+ 842
Drug Use	45	977	44	492	+ 485
Uterin Cancer	46	811	45	423	+ 388
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	804	63	38	+ 766
Falls	48	694	29	1,518	- 824
Parkinson's Disease	49	563	47	383	+ 180
Bladder Cancer	50	495	42	609	- 114
Oesophagus Cancer	51	488	36	835	- 347
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	484	48	333	+ 151
Encephalitis	53	439	64	38	+ 401
Appendicitis	54	374	52	213	+ 161
Skin Cancers	55	301	35	1,028	- 727
Skin Disease	56	200	34	1,102	- 902
Alcohol	57	194	68	23	+ 171
Osteoarthritis	58	188	58	67	+ 122
Hepatitis B	59	125	62	50	+ 75
Dengue	60	115	55	133	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	61	77	60	62	+ 15
Schizophrenia	62	63	70	18	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	62	51	242	- 180
War	64	38	49	260	- 222
Poisonings	65	36	61	61	- 25
Upper Respiratory	66	32	66	27	+ 5
Oral conditions	67	26	75	7	+ 19
Leprosy	68	23	72	8	+ 15
Hepatitis C	69	17	59	65	- 48
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	16	86	0	+ 16
Syphilis	71	14	65	30	- 16
Tetanus	72	13	71	14	- 1
Pertussis	73	4	69	18	- 14
Ascariasis	74	1	76	5	- 3
Diphtheria	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	73	7	- 7
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	74	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Guyana

Colombia

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.