MAURITIUS VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,203	2	1,805	+ 398
Stroke	2	1,687	3	985	+ 702
Diabetes Mellitus	3	955	1	1,873	- 918
Hypertension	4	528	6	592	- 64
Suicide	5	520	14	120	+ 400
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	498	7	346	+ 152
HIV/AIDS	7	423	13	141	+ 282
Kidney Disease	8	385	4	724	- 339
Liver Disease	9	325	12	145	+ 179
Violence	10	319	41	30	+ 290
Road Traffic Accidents	11	289	11	155	+ 133
Endocrine Disorders	12	288	19	101	+ 187
Lung Disease	13	287	5	646	- 359
Other Injuries	14	276	21	66	+ 210
Drownings	15	239	33	43	+ 196
Tuberculosis	16	226	45	17	+ 209
Prostate Cancer	17	203	15	115	+ 88
Anemia	18	163	39	33	+ 130
Breast Cancer	19	158	8	232	- 74
Inflammatory/Heart	20	151	16	108	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	21	151	30	49	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	22	147	35	37	+ 111
Congenital Anomalies	23	113	25	57	+ 57
Birth Trauma	24	106	36	37	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	97	10	182	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	90	43	22	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	78	42	23	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	28	66	20	77	- 11
Lung Cancers	29	62	9	182	- 120
Malnutrition	30	62	54	4	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	31	56	18	104	- 48
Lymphomas	32	53	24	57	- 4
Malaria	33	50	70	0	+ 50
Liver Cancer	34	48	27	56	- 9
Maternal Conditions	35	46	48	11	+ 36
Asthma	36	42	17	107	- 65
Epilepsy	37	39	38	35	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	38	34	42	- 4
Leukemia	39	35	31	48	- 13
Oral Cancer	40	33	23	63	- 30
Fires	41	32	50	10	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	42	31	28	55	- 23
Ovary Cancer	43	29	32	46	- 16
Meningitis	44	29	57	2	+ 26
Drug Use	45	26	46	16	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	46	21	40	32	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	21	56	3	+ 18
Falls	48	18	26	57	- 38
Parkinson's Disease	49	15	47	12	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	50	13	44	21	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	51	13	37	35	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	13	58	2	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	12	61	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	54	10	59	1	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	8	53	5	+ 3
Skin Disease	56	5	22	64	- 59
Alcohol	57	5	29	53	- 48
Osteoarthritis	58	5	83	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Dengue	60	3	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	62	2	52	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	60	1	+ 1
War	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	1	49	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	67	1	55	3	- 3
Leprosy	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	51	9	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.