ICELAND VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	612	1	403	+ 209
Stroke	2	469	3	141	+ 328
Diabetes Mellitus	3	265	16	30	+ 236
Hypertension	4	147	17	24	+ 122
Suicide	5	145	13	40	+ 104
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	138	6	82	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	7	117	59	0	+ 117
Kidney Disease	8	107	15	33	+ 74
Liver Disease	9	90	31	9	+ 81
Violence	10	89	39	4	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	11	80	35	7	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	12	80	27	16	+ 64
Lung Disease	13	80	5	129	- 49
Other Injuries	14	77	11	50	+ 27
Drownings	15	66	56	1	+ 65
Tuberculosis	16	63	82	0	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	17	57	8	61	- 4
Anemia	18	45	40	4	+ 42
Breast Cancer	19	44	9	53	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	20	42	26	16	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	21	42	32	9	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	22	41	43	3	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	23	31	34	7	+ 24
Birth Trauma	24	30	46	2	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	27	7	73	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	25	41	3	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	22	55	1	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	28	18	30	10	+ 9
Lung Cancers	29	17	4	134	- 117
Malnutrition	30	17	57	1	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	31	16	23	18	- 2
Lymphomas	32	15	14	37	- 22
Malaria	33	14	73	0	+ 14
Liver Cancer	34	13	20	22	- 9
Maternal Conditions	35	13	60	0	+ 13
Asthma	36	12	48	2	+ 10
Epilepsy	37	11	37	5	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	10	2	295	- 285
Leukemia	39	10	22	19	- 9
Oral Cancer	40	9	33	9	+ 1
Fires	41	9	58	1	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	42	9	12	43	- 35
Ovary Cancer	43	8	25	16	- 8
Meningitis	44	8	50	1	+ 7
Drug Use	45	7	24	17	- 10
Uterin Cancer	46	6	36	7	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	6	54	1	+ 5
Falls	48	5	18	24	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	49	4	10	53	- 49
Bladder Cancer	50	4	21	20	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	51	4	19	23	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	4	53	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	3	78	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	3	86	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	55	2	29	13	- 11
Skin Disease	56	1	45	3	- 1
Alcohol	57	1	28	14	- 13
Osteoarthritis	58	1	47	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Dengue	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	44	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	62	0	49	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	0	38	4	- 4
War	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Poisonings	65	0	42	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Oral conditions	67	0	85	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Guyana

Iceland

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.