GABON VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,127	3	1,019	+ 3,108
Stroke	2	3,161	5	896	+ 2,265
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,789	6	643	+ 1,146
Hypertension	4	989	11	412	+ 577
Suicide	5	975	18	183	+ 792
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	932	4	966	- 34
HIV/AIDS	7	792	2	1,128	- 336
Kidney Disease	8	721	12	384	+ 338
Liver Disease	9	609	10	416	+ 192
Violence	10	598	17	184	+ 415
Road Traffic Accidents	11	541	8	518	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	12	539	25	98	+ 441
Lung Disease	13	538	16	215	+ 323
Other Injuries	14	517	22	140	+ 377
Drownings	15	448	38	42	+ 406
Tuberculosis	16	423	1	1,819	- 1,396
Prostate Cancer	17	381	32	80	+ 302
Anemia	18	306	82	0	+ 306
Breast Cancer	19	296	27	92	+ 204
Inflammatory/Heart	20	284	24	101	+ 182
Cervical Cancer	21	283	26	96	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	22	276	9	494	- 218
Congenital Anomalies	23	212	15	285	- 73
Birth Trauma	24	199	13	362	- 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	181	37	43	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	168	41	36	+ 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	147	14	318	- 171
Other Neoplasms	28	124	64	5	+ 119
Lung Cancers	29	117	29	87	+ 30
Malnutrition	30	115	33	78	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	31	105	48	32	+ 73
Lymphomas	32	100	49	32	+ 68
Malaria	33	93	7	540	- 447
Liver Cancer	34	89	35	53	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	35	87	21	145	- 58
Asthma	36	79	28	90	- 12
Epilepsy	37	73	40	37	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	71	19	152	- 81
Leukemia	39	66	57	17	+ 49
Oral Cancer	40	62	34	69	- 7
Fires	41	60	39	39	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	42	59	53	21	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	43	55	51	27	+ 28
Meningitis	44	54	23	113	- 59
Drug Use	45	48	45	34	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	46	40	55	19	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	40	54	20	+ 20
Falls	48	34	30	84	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	49	28	36	47	- 19
Bladder Cancer	50	24	43	35	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	51	24	44	35	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	24	85	0	+ 24
Encephalitis	53	22	60	7	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	19	61	7	+ 12
Skin Cancers	55	15	46	34	- 19
Skin Disease	56	10	52	22	- 12
Alcohol	57	10	56	19	- 10
Osteoarthritis	58	9	86	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	6	62	7	- 0
Dengue	60	6	73	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	67	2	+ 2
Schizophrenia	62	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	63	6	- 3
War	64	2	65	3	- 1
Poisonings	65	2	50	28	- 26
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	3	- 1
Oral conditions	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	68	1	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	47	33	- 32
Tetanus	72	1	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	73	0	31	81	- 81
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	58	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Guyana

Gabon

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.