JAMAICA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,747	3	1,726	+ 3,021
Stroke	2	3,635	1	2,415	+ 1,221
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,058	2	2,077	- 19
Hypertension	4	1,138	8	651	+ 487
Suicide	5	1,121	35	70	+ 1,051
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,072	15	393	+ 679
HIV/AIDS	7	911	7	757	+ 154
Kidney Disease	8	830	6	793	+ 37
Liver Disease	9	700	21	155	+ 545
Violence	10	688	4	1,484	- 796
Road Traffic Accidents	11	622	12	444	+ 178
Endocrine Disorders	12	620	20	176	+ 444
Lung Disease	13	619	11	452	+ 167
Other Injuries	14	595	31	91	+ 504
Drownings	15	515	51	10	+ 505
Tuberculosis	16	487	54	8	+ 479
Prostate Cancer	17	438	5	883	- 445
Anemia	18	352	83	0	+ 352
Breast Cancer	19	341	14	413	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	20	326	24	133	+ 193
Cervical Cancer	21	325	16	358	- 33
Low Birth Weight	22	317	18	241	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	23	244	23	139	+ 106
Birth Trauma	24	229	37	65	+ 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	208	13	436	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	193	32	82	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	169	42	35	+ 134
Other Neoplasms	28	143	45	19	+ 124
Lung Cancers	29	134	10	472	- 338
Malnutrition	30	133	40	48	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	31	121	19	231	- 110
Lymphomas	32	114	17	251	- 136
Malaria	33	107	72	0	+ 107
Liver Cancer	34	103	29	101	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	35	100	43	35	+ 66
Asthma	36	91	36	65	+ 25
Epilepsy	37	84	41	46	+ 38
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	81	9	587	- 506
Leukemia	39	75	26	129	- 53
Oral Cancer	40	71	39	59	+ 13
Fires	41	69	46	16	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	42	68	27	119	- 51
Ovary Cancer	43	63	30	97	- 34
Meningitis	44	62	47	16	+ 46
Drug Use	45	56	48	13	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	46	46	28	106	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	46	44	27	+ 19
Falls	48	40	33	82	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	49	32	25	132	- 100
Bladder Cancer	50	28	38	60	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	51	28	34	74	- 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	28	81	0	+ 28
Encephalitis	53	25	49	13	+ 12
Appendicitis	54	21	53	9	+ 12
Skin Cancers	55	17	52	10	+ 7
Skin Disease	56	11	22	145	- 134
Alcohol	57	11	55	7	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	11	82	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	7	59	1	+ 6
Dengue	60	7	58	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	3	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	4	85	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	50	11	- 8
War	64	2	61	1	+ 2
Poisonings	65	2	57	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Leprosy	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	64	0	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	60	1	+ 0
Tetanus	72	1	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	62	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Guyana

Jamaica

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.