MALTA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	790	1	876	- 86
Stroke	2	605	2	291	+ 313
Diabetes Mellitus	3	342	6	163	+ 180
Hypertension	4	189	20	33	+ 156
Suicide	5	187	22	27	+ 160
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	178	3	213	- 34
HIV/AIDS	7	152	41	4	+ 148
Kidney Disease	8	138	11	79	+ 59
Liver Disease	9	116	24	23	+ 93
Violence	10	114	40	4	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	11	103	31	18	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	12	103	30	19	+ 84
Lung Disease	13	103	8	127	- 24
Other Injuries	14	99	33	16	+ 83
Drownings	15	86	48	2	+ 83
Tuberculosis	16	81	52	2	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	17	73	13	53	+ 20
Anemia	18	59	46	3	+ 56
Breast Cancer	19	57	10	85	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	20	54	27	22	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	21	54	39	4	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	22	53	35	11	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	23	41	32	17	+ 23
Birth Trauma	24	38	44	3	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	35	7	147	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	32	37	7	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	28	55	1	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	28	24	26	22	+ 2
Lung Cancers	29	22	5	197	- 175
Malnutrition	30	22	60	0	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	31	20	15	50	- 30
Lymphomas	32	19	12	53	- 34
Malaria	33	18	69	0	+ 18
Liver Cancer	34	17	18	34	- 17
Maternal Conditions	35	17	64	0	+ 16
Asthma	36	15	36	8	+ 7
Epilepsy	37	14	43	3	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	14	4	207	- 194
Leukemia	39	13	21	28	- 15
Oral Cancer	40	12	23	25	- 13
Fires	41	11	62	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	42	11	9	90	- 79
Ovary Cancer	43	10	17	34	- 24
Meningitis	44	10	56	1	+ 10
Drug Use	45	9	38	7	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	46	8	28	21	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	49	2	+ 5
Falls	48	7	14	52	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	49	5	16	50	- 44
Bladder Cancer	50	5	19	33	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	51	5	29	20	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	5	42	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	53	4	65	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	54	4	63	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	55	3	34	14	- 11
Skin Disease	56	2	25	23	- 21
Alcohol	57	2	47	3	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	2	50	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Dengue	60	1	78	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	45	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	62	1	57	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	51	2	- 1
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Poisonings	65	0	58	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	- 0
Oral conditions	67	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	53	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.