GHANA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,144	3	14,103	+ 44,042
Stroke	2	44,532	2	15,163	+ 29,369
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,205	12	5,929	+ 19,276
Hypertension	4	13,938	19	2,231	+ 11,708
Suicide	5	13,735	21	1,993	+ 11,742
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	13,133	1	16,262	- 3,129
HIV/AIDS	7	11,159	4	13,565	- 2,406
Kidney Disease	8	10,165	13	4,161	+ 6,003
Liver Disease	9	8,573	11	6,053	+ 2,520
Violence	10	8,430	27	1,857	+ 6,573
Road Traffic Accidents	11	7,615	7	7,808	- 192
Endocrine Disorders	12	7,597	24	1,965	+ 5,632
Lung Disease	13	7,578	15	3,120	+ 4,458
Other Injuries	14	7,282	18	2,433	+ 4,850
Drownings	15	6,308	36	740	+ 5,567
Tuberculosis	16	5,966	6	10,214	- 4,249
Prostate Cancer	17	5,370	31	1,031	+ 4,339
Anemia	18	4,308	83	0	+ 4,308
Breast Cancer	19	4,175	25	1,937	+ 2,238
Inflammatory/Heart	20	3,997	28	1,615	+ 2,382
Cervical Cancer	21	3,980	20	2,161	+ 1,819
Low Birth Weight	22	3,888	8	6,662	- 2,774
Congenital Anomalies	23	2,992	14	3,935	- 943
Birth Trauma	24	2,805	10	6,194	- 3,389
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	2,551	34	803	+ 1,748
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	2,366	48	321	+ 2,045
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	2,069	9	6,538	- 4,469
Other Neoplasms	28	1,749	63	48	+ 1,701
Lung Cancers	29	1,644	55	237	+ 1,406
Malnutrition	30	1,625	26	1,868	- 243
Stomach Cancer	31	1,479	33	870	+ 609
Lymphomas	32	1,402	32	875	+ 527
Malaria	33	1,307	5	11,162	- 9,855
Liver Cancer	34	1,258	17	2,851	- 1,593
Maternal Conditions	35	1,227	22	1,991	- 764
Asthma	36	1,110	23	1,979	- 870
Epilepsy	37	1,027	47	329	+ 698
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	995	29	1,294	- 299
Leukemia	39	924	45	340	+ 584
Oral Cancer	40	873	42	483	+ 390
Fires	41	846	37	729	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	42	827	46	334	+ 493
Ovary Cancer	43	772	38	698	+ 74
Meningitis	44	758	16	2,983	- 2,226
Drug Use	45	681	39	630	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	46	565	57	219	+ 347
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	561	52	256	+ 305
Falls	48	484	30	1,168	- 683
Parkinson's Disease	49	393	43	387	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	50	345	53	245	+ 100
Oesophagus Cancer	51	340	49	285	+ 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	338	85	0	+ 338
Encephalitis	53	306	44	357	- 51
Appendicitis	54	261	59	146	+ 115
Skin Cancers	55	210	58	214	- 4
Skin Disease	56	139	50	264	- 125
Alcohol	57	135	54	244	- 109
Osteoarthritis	58	131	84	0	+ 131
Hepatitis B	59	87	62	101	- 14
Dengue	60	80	71	0	+ 80
Multiple Sclerosis	61	54	61	113	- 58
Schizophrenia	62	44	81	0	+ 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	44	67	16	+ 27
War	64	27	64	29	- 3
Poisonings	65	25	40	522	- 496
Upper Respiratory	66	22	66	16	+ 6
Oral conditions	67	18	86	0	+ 18
Leprosy	68	16	73	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	69	12	65	28	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	11	82	0	+ 11
Syphilis	71	10	41	483	- 473
Tetanus	72	9	56	220	- 211
Pertussis	73	3	35	744	- 742
Ascariasis	74	1	68	12	- 11
Diphtheria	75	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	60	135	- 135
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	3	- 3
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	257	- 257
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Guyana

Ghana

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.