CONGO VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,250	4	2,494	+ 7,756
Stroke	2	7,851	5	2,267	+ 5,584
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,443	10	1,050	+ 3,394
Hypertension	4	2,457	12	933	+ 1,525
Suicide	5	2,421	19	349	+ 2,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,315	3	2,576	- 261
HIV/AIDS	7	1,967	1	4,509	- 2,542
Kidney Disease	8	1,792	15	613	+ 1,179
Liver Disease	9	1,511	13	931	+ 581
Violence	10	1,486	18	539	+ 947
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,343	7	1,598	- 256
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,339	27	208	+ 1,131
Lung Disease	13	1,336	17	541	+ 795
Other Injuries	14	1,284	20	333	+ 951
Drownings	15	1,112	36	104	+ 1,008
Tuberculosis	16	1,052	2	2,781	- 1,729
Prostate Cancer	17	947	28	198	+ 749
Anemia	18	760	82	0	+ 760
Breast Cancer	19	736	32	159	+ 577
Inflammatory/Heart	20	705	26	220	+ 485
Cervical Cancer	21	702	29	196	+ 506
Low Birth Weight	22	685	9	1,283	- 598
Congenital Anomalies	23	527	14	729	- 201
Birth Trauma	24	495	11	997	- 503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	450	38	89	+ 361
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	417	35	105	+ 312
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	365	8	1,304	- 939
Other Neoplasms	28	308	63	8	+ 301
Lung Cancers	29	290	47	54	+ 236
Malnutrition	30	287	24	272	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	31	261	39	88	+ 173
Lymphomas	32	247	45	61	+ 186
Malaria	33	230	6	1,977	- 1,747
Liver Cancer	34	222	30	169	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	35	216	16	578	- 361
Asthma	36	196	23	291	- 95
Epilepsy	37	181	40	76	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	175	25	230	- 55
Leukemia	39	163	46	57	+ 105
Oral Cancer	40	154	54	33	+ 121
Fires	41	149	37	90	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	42	146	52	42	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	43	136	48	49	+ 87
Meningitis	44	134	22	299	- 166
Drug Use	45	120	44	65	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	46	100	60	15	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	99	43	67	+ 32
Falls	48	85	33	149	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	49	69	42	69	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	50	61	61	15	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	51	60	57	19	+ 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	60	84	0	+ 60
Encephalitis	53	54	56	20	+ 34
Appendicitis	54	46	58	18	+ 28
Skin Cancers	55	37	53	36	+ 1
Skin Disease	56	25	50	46	- 21
Alcohol	57	24	49	46	- 22
Osteoarthritis	58	23	85	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	59	15	62	14	+ 1
Dengue	60	14	73	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	66	4	+ 6
Schizophrenia	62	8	81	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	59	15	- 7
War	64	5	72	1	+ 4
Poisonings	65	4	41	71	- 66
Upper Respiratory	66	4	64	7	- 3
Oral conditions	67	3	86	0	+ 3
Leprosy	68	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	2	67	2	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	34	107	- 105
Tetanus	72	2	55	23	- 21
Pertussis	73	0	21	329	- 329
Ascariasis	74	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	31	159	- 159
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	45	- 45
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Guyana

Congo

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.