ECUADOR VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,779	1	9,805	+ 20,974
Stroke	2	23,573	3	5,429	+ 18,144
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,342	5	4,321	+ 9,021
Hypertension	4	7,378	10	2,507	+ 4,871
Suicide	5	7,271	14	1,326	+ 5,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,952	4	5,083	+ 1,869
HIV/AIDS	7	5,907	27	609	+ 5,298
Kidney Disease	8	5,381	2	6,184	- 803
Liver Disease	9	4,538	7	3,330	+ 1,208
Violence	10	4,463	15	1,210	+ 3,253
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,031	6	3,490	+ 541
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,022	31	507	+ 3,515
Lung Disease	13	4,011	8	2,576	+ 1,435
Other Injuries	14	3,855	17	1,161	+ 2,694
Drownings	15	3,339	32	470	+ 2,869
Tuberculosis	16	3,158	29	574	+ 2,584
Prostate Cancer	17	2,842	12	1,362	+ 1,481
Anemia	18	2,281	82	0	+ 2,281
Breast Cancer	19	2,210	25	825	+ 1,385
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,116	36	308	+ 1,808
Cervical Cancer	21	2,107	24	840	+ 1,267
Low Birth Weight	22	2,058	16	1,172	+ 886
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,584	13	1,335	+ 249
Birth Trauma	24	1,485	38	302	+ 1,182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,350	19	1,109	+ 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,252	33	417	+ 836
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,095	34	410	+ 685
Other Neoplasms	28	926	57	64	+ 862
Lung Cancers	29	870	20	1,075	- 204
Malnutrition	30	860	28	578	+ 282
Stomach Cancer	31	783	11	2,089	- 1,306
Lymphomas	32	742	22	883	- 141
Malaria	33	692	77	0	+ 692
Liver Cancer	34	666	21	954	- 288
Maternal Conditions	35	649	46	164	+ 485
Asthma	36	587	53	85	+ 502
Epilepsy	37	544	40	273	+ 271
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	527	9	2,565	- 2,038
Leukemia	39	489	23	882	- 392
Oral Cancer	40	462	45	166	+ 296
Fires	41	448	43	175	+ 273
Pancreas Cancer	42	438	30	562	- 124
Ovary Cancer	43	409	35	322	+ 86
Meningitis	44	401	52	90	+ 312
Drug Use	45	361	41	214	+ 147
Uterin Cancer	46	299	48	129	+ 171
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	297	47	163	+ 134
Falls	48	256	18	1,114	- 858
Parkinson's Disease	49	208	26	658	- 450
Bladder Cancer	50	183	44	168	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	51	180	42	180	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	179	86	0	+ 179
Encephalitis	53	162	55	82	+ 80
Appendicitis	54	138	50	110	+ 28
Skin Cancers	55	111	37	308	- 196
Skin Disease	56	74	51	103	- 29
Alcohol	57	71	39	280	- 209
Osteoarthritis	58	70	85	0	+ 70
Hepatitis B	59	46	64	3	+ 43
Dengue	60	42	61	10	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	60	18	+ 11
Schizophrenia	62	23	83	0	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	23	49	124	- 101
War	64	14	66	2	+ 12
Poisonings	65	13	58	59	- 45
Upper Respiratory	66	12	63	8	+ 3
Oral conditions	67	10	84	0	+ 10
Leprosy	68	8	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	69	6	67	1	+ 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	6	81	0	+ 6
Syphilis	71	5	54	85	- 80
Tetanus	72	5	62	9	- 4
Pertussis	73	1	56	79	- 78
Ascariasis	74	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Guyana

Ecuador

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.