DR CONGO VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	193,992	7	34,713	+ 159,279
Stroke	2	148,577	6	36,596	+ 111,981
Diabetes Mellitus	3	84,093	16	12,902	+ 71,191
Hypertension	4	46,503	12	15,743	+ 30,760
Suicide	5	45,827	26	5,812	+ 40,015
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	43,817	1	73,546	- 29,729
HIV/AIDS	7	37,231	15	13,286	+ 23,945
Kidney Disease	8	33,914	20	9,077	+ 24,837
Liver Disease	9	28,603	13	15,044	+ 13,559
Violence	10	28,127	18	11,120	+ 17,007
Road Traffic Accidents	11	25,408	10	30,256	- 4,849
Endocrine Disorders	12	25,347	25	7,380	+ 17,968
Lung Disease	13	25,283	14	13,527	+ 11,756
Other Injuries	14	24,297	22	8,272	+ 16,026
Drownings	15	21,045	34	3,454	+ 17,592
Tuberculosis	16	19,904	2	43,759	- 23,856
Prostate Cancer	17	17,915	30	3,948	+ 13,966
Anemia	18	14,374	86	0	+ 14,374
Breast Cancer	19	13,930	35	3,416	+ 10,515
Inflammatory/Heart	20	13,334	29	4,045	+ 9,289
Cervical Cancer	21	13,280	27	4,823	+ 8,458
Low Birth Weight	22	12,972	8	34,668	- 21,697
Congenital Anomalies	23	9,983	11	16,256	- 6,273
Birth Trauma	24	9,359	9	33,075	- 23,717
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	8,512	36	2,966	+ 5,545
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	7,893	40	1,923	+ 5,970
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	6,903	5	41,301	- 34,398
Other Neoplasms	28	5,836	67	88	+ 5,748
Lung Cancers	29	5,485	47	1,158	+ 4,327
Malnutrition	30	5,423	21	8,910	- 3,487
Stomach Cancer	31	4,936	37	2,579	+ 2,357
Lymphomas	32	4,677	38	2,061	+ 2,616
Malaria	33	4,360	4	41,813	- 37,453
Liver Cancer	34	4,198	31	3,840	+ 358
Maternal Conditions	35	4,093	19	10,513	- 6,419
Asthma	36	3,703	24	7,733	- 4,031
Epilepsy	37	3,426	44	1,727	+ 1,700
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	3,319	28	4,548	- 1,229
Leukemia	39	3,084	41	1,871	+ 1,212
Oral Cancer	40	2,913	51	1,003	+ 1,910
Fires	41	2,824	39	2,007	+ 817
Pancreas Cancer	42	2,760	50	1,017	+ 1,744
Ovary Cancer	43	2,576	58	656	+ 1,920
Meningitis	44	2,528	17	11,568	- 9,040
Drug Use	45	2,273	59	638	+ 1,634
Uterin Cancer	46	1,887	63	352	+ 1,535
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	1,872	43	1,728	+ 144
Falls	48	1,615	33	3,483	- 1,867
Parkinson's Disease	49	1,310	49	1,035	+ 275
Bladder Cancer	50	1,151	65	270	+ 881
Oesophagus Cancer	51	1,136	53	790	+ 345
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	1,127	81	0	+ 1,127
Encephalitis	53	1,021	57	680	+ 342
Appendicitis	54	870	56	703	+ 167
Skin Cancers	55	701	55	765	- 64
Skin Disease	56	465	54	781	- 316
Alcohol	57	450	60	635	- 185
Osteoarthritis	58	439	80	0	+ 439
Hepatitis B	59	291	61	456	- 165
Dengue	60	267	74	1	+ 266
Multiple Sclerosis	61	180	71	44	+ 136
Schizophrenia	62	147	83	0	+ 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	145	66	217	- 72
War	64	89	45	1,658	- 1,569
Poisonings	65	84	42	1,729	- 1,645
Upper Respiratory	66	74	62	370	- 296
Oral conditions	67	61	82	0	+ 61
Leprosy	68	53	77	0	+ 53
Hepatitis C	69	39	69	69	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	37	85	0	+ 37
Syphilis	71	34	32	3,751	- 3,718
Tetanus	72	30	46	1,166	- 1,136
Pertussis	73	9	23	7,921	- 7,912
Ascariasis	74	3	68	80	- 77
Diphtheria	75	1	70	47	- 46
Otitis Media	76	1	72	38	- 37
Measles	77	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	73	15	- 15
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	83	0	52	869	- 869
Schistosomiasis	84	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Guyana

DR 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.