ERITREA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,664	4	2,154	+ 8,510
Stroke	2	8,168	2	2,564	+ 5,604
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,623	7	944	+ 3,678
Hypertension	4	2,556	8	926	+ 1,631
Suicide	5	2,519	21	382	+ 2,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,409	1	3,277	- 868
HIV/AIDS	7	2,047	25	308	+ 1,739
Kidney Disease	8	1,864	12	578	+ 1,287
Liver Disease	9	1,572	6	1,215	+ 358
Violence	10	1,546	20	384	+ 1,162
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,397	5	1,326	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,393	43	71	+ 1,322
Lung Disease	13	1,390	9	662	+ 728
Other Injuries	14	1,336	15	540	+ 796
Drownings	15	1,157	33	118	+ 1,039
Tuberculosis	16	1,094	14	543	+ 551
Prostate Cancer	17	985	47	54	+ 931
Anemia	18	790	81	0	+ 790
Breast Cancer	19	766	23	311	+ 454
Inflammatory/Heart	20	733	32	123	+ 610
Cervical Cancer	21	730	30	132	+ 598
Low Birth Weight	22	713	16	531	+ 182
Congenital Anomalies	23	549	18	432	+ 117
Birth Trauma	24	514	11	616	- 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	468	35	113	+ 355
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	434	27	147	+ 287
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	379	3	2,292	- 1,913
Other Neoplasms	28	321	66	6	+ 315
Lung Cancers	29	302	46	62	+ 240
Malnutrition	30	298	10	660	- 362
Stomach Cancer	31	271	48	48	+ 223
Lymphomas	32	257	28	147	+ 110
Malaria	33	240	17	437	- 197
Liver Cancer	34	231	45	69	+ 162
Maternal Conditions	35	225	13	544	- 319
Asthma	36	204	22	326	- 123
Epilepsy	37	188	38	81	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	182	24	310	- 127
Leukemia	39	170	29	144	+ 25
Oral Cancer	40	160	44	71	+ 89
Fires	41	155	31	132	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	42	152	58	20	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	43	142	40	79	+ 62
Meningitis	44	139	19	404	- 265
Drug Use	45	125	53	36	+ 89
Uterin Cancer	46	104	61	18	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	103	41	77	+ 26
Falls	48	89	26	168	- 79
Parkinson's Disease	49	72	37	85	- 13
Bladder Cancer	50	63	51	42	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	51	62	39	81	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	62	84	0	+ 62
Encephalitis	53	56	62	16	+ 41
Appendicitis	54	48	55	31	+ 16
Skin Cancers	55	39	56	30	+ 9
Skin Disease	56	26	50	45	- 19
Alcohol	57	25	49	45	- 21
Osteoarthritis	58	24	85	0	+ 24
Hepatitis B	59	16	57	28	- 12
Dengue	60	15	73	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	67	4	+ 6
Schizophrenia	62	8	83	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	64	12	- 4
War	64	5	71	0	+ 4
Poisonings	65	5	34	114	- 110
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	18	- 14
Oral conditions	67	3	86	0	+ 3
Leprosy	68	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	2	65	6	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	54	35	- 33
Tetanus	72	2	52	37	- 36
Pertussis	73	1	36	90	- 89
Ascariasis	74	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	63	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	73	- 73
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Guyana

Eritrea

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.