EQU. GUINEA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,019	7	419	+ 2,600
Stroke	2	2,312	6	437	+ 1,875
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,309	11	299	+ 1,009
Hypertension	4	724	16	165	+ 559
Suicide	5	713	22	107	+ 606
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	682	2	913	- 231
HIV/AIDS	7	579	1	1,838	- 1,259
Kidney Disease	8	528	14	198	+ 329
Liver Disease	9	445	13	199	+ 246
Violence	10	438	33	45	+ 393
Road Traffic Accidents	11	395	8	368	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	12	394	25	73	+ 321
Lung Disease	13	393	20	120	+ 273
Other Injuries	14	378	23	105	+ 273
Drownings	15	327	36	39	+ 288
Tuberculosis	16	310	10	321	- 11
Prostate Cancer	17	279	35	43	+ 236
Anemia	18	224	85	0	+ 224
Breast Cancer	19	217	24	84	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	20	207	27	63	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	21	207	28	56	+ 151
Low Birth Weight	22	202	4	457	- 255
Congenital Anomalies	23	155	12	249	- 94
Birth Trauma	24	146	5	441	- 295
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	132	40	29	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	123	43	22	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	107	9	349	- 241
Other Neoplasms	28	91	63	3	+ 88
Lung Cancers	29	85	41	27	+ 59
Malnutrition	30	84	31	48	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	31	77	49	16	+ 61
Lymphomas	32	73	45	19	+ 53
Malaria	33	68	3	668	- 600
Liver Cancer	34	65	34	43	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	35	64	17	139	- 75
Asthma	36	58	26	65	- 8
Epilepsy	37	53	38	32	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	52	29	55	- 4
Leukemia	39	48	61	4	+ 44
Oral Cancer	40	45	37	35	+ 11
Fires	41	44	39	30	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	42	43	55	11	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	43	40	52	13	+ 27
Meningitis	44	39	19	127	- 88
Drug Use	45	35	30	50	- 15
Uterin Cancer	46	29	58	8	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	29	50	14	+ 15
Falls	48	25	32	46	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	49	20	46	18	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	50	18	56	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	51	18	54	12	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	18	82	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	53	16	57	8	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	14	59	6	+ 8
Skin Cancers	55	11	48	16	- 5
Skin Disease	56	7	51	13	- 6
Alcohol	57	7	53	12	- 5
Osteoarthritis	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	5	65	3	+ 2
Dengue	60	4	73	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	67	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	2	86	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	62	4	- 1
War	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	1	44	21	- 20
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Oral conditions	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	18	134	- 133
Tetanus	72	0	42	23	- 23
Pertussis	73	0	21	109	- 109
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	64	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	15	181	- 181
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Guyana

Equ. Guinea

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.