NAMIBIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,713	5	1,221	+ 3,492
Stroke	2	3,610	4	1,333	+ 2,277
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,043	7	724	+ 1,319
Hypertension	4	1,130	12	428	+ 702
Suicide	5	1,113	17	243	+ 871
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,065	2	1,464	- 400
HIV/AIDS	7	905	1	2,928	- 2,024
Kidney Disease	8	824	15	322	+ 502
Liver Disease	9	695	14	336	+ 359
Violence	10	683	11	450	+ 234
Road Traffic Accidents	11	617	6	868	- 251
Endocrine Disorders	12	616	33	73	+ 543
Lung Disease	13	614	10	461	+ 153
Other Injuries	14	590	19	207	+ 384
Drownings	15	511	26	110	+ 402
Tuberculosis	16	484	3	1,416	- 933
Prostate Cancer	17	435	31	94	+ 341
Anemia	18	349	83	0	+ 349
Breast Cancer	19	338	24	121	+ 217
Inflammatory/Heart	20	324	22	162	+ 162
Cervical Cancer	21	323	23	133	+ 190
Low Birth Weight	22	315	9	516	- 201
Congenital Anomalies	23	243	16	283	- 41
Birth Trauma	24	227	13	345	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	207	36	54	+ 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	192	32	76	+ 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	168	8	645	- 477
Other Neoplasms	28	142	60	8	+ 134
Lung Cancers	29	133	35	59	+ 74
Malnutrition	30	132	18	224	- 92
Stomach Cancer	31	120	45	33	+ 87
Lymphomas	32	114	40	46	+ 68
Malaria	33	106	51	22	+ 84
Liver Cancer	34	102	41	45	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	35	99	25	110	- 11
Asthma	36	90	20	200	- 111
Epilepsy	37	83	38	49	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	81	21	176	- 95
Leukemia	39	75	49	24	+ 51
Oral Cancer	40	71	30	100	- 29
Fires	41	69	28	109	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	42	67	53	18	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	43	63	50	23	+ 39
Meningitis	44	61	27	109	- 47
Drug Use	45	55	46	32	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	46	46	56	11	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	45	44	33	+ 12
Falls	48	39	34	62	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	49	32	42	43	- 12
Bladder Cancer	50	28	54	16	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	51	28	52	21	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	27	82	0	+ 27
Encephalitis	53	25	59	8	+ 17
Appendicitis	54	21	58	9	+ 12
Skin Cancers	55	17	29	108	- 91
Skin Disease	56	11	47	31	- 20
Alcohol	57	11	48	28	- 17
Osteoarthritis	58	11	81	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	7	63	4	+ 3
Dengue	60	6	74	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	64	2	+ 2
Schizophrenia	62	4	86	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	57	9	- 6
War	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Poisonings	65	2	39	46	- 44
Upper Respiratory	66	2	61	6	- 5
Oral conditions	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	66	1	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	43	35	- 34
Tetanus	72	1	62	6	- 5
Pertussis	73	0	37	54	- 54
Ascariasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	55	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Guyana

Namibia

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.