NEW ZEALAND VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,676	1	5,095	+ 3,581
Stroke	2	6,645	3	2,378	+ 4,267
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,761	8	769	+ 2,992
Hypertension	4	2,080	20	327	+ 1,753
Suicide	5	2,050	15	528	+ 1,521
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,960	7	920	+ 1,040
HIV/AIDS	7	1,665	57	10	+ 1,655
Kidney Disease	8	1,517	17	432	+ 1,085
Liver Disease	9	1,279	32	158	+ 1,122
Violence	10	1,258	42	57	+ 1,201
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,136	16	458	+ 678
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,134	21	325	+ 809
Lung Disease	13	1,131	5	1,815	- 684
Other Injuries	14	1,087	28	218	+ 869
Drownings	15	941	44	54	+ 887
Tuberculosis	16	890	52	17	+ 873
Prostate Cancer	17	801	9	739	+ 62
Anemia	18	643	51	17	+ 625
Breast Cancer	19	623	10	737	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	20	596	23	313	+ 283
Cervical Cancer	21	594	41	61	+ 533
Low Birth Weight	22	580	38	78	+ 502
Congenital Anomalies	23	446	30	176	+ 271
Birth Trauma	24	419	54	15	+ 404
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	381	6	1,495	- 1,114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	353	39	70	+ 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	309	37	81	+ 228
Other Neoplasms	28	261	27	245	+ 16
Lung Cancers	29	245	4	1,873	- 1,628
Malnutrition	30	243	55	14	+ 228
Stomach Cancer	31	221	22	323	- 102
Lymphomas	32	209	13	608	- 399
Malaria	33	195	78	0	+ 195
Liver Cancer	34	188	24	288	- 100
Maternal Conditions	35	183	63	5	+ 178
Asthma	36	166	36	91	+ 75
Epilepsy	37	153	43	55	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	148	2	3,032	- 2,883
Leukemia	39	138	18	391	- 253
Oral Cancer	40	130	31	164	- 33
Fires	41	126	53	17	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	42	123	14	543	- 419
Ovary Cancer	43	115	29	207	- 92
Meningitis	44	113	59	9	+ 104
Drug Use	45	102	40	69	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	46	84	33	145	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	84	35	113	- 29
Falls	48	72	11	627	- 554
Parkinson's Disease	49	59	19	353	- 294
Bladder Cancer	50	51	26	267	- 215
Oesophagus Cancer	51	51	25	279	- 228
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	50	50	22	+ 28
Encephalitis	53	46	66	1	+ 45
Appendicitis	54	39	62	6	+ 33
Skin Cancers	55	31	12	612	- 580
Skin Disease	56	21	34	118	- 97
Alcohol	57	20	45	51	- 31
Osteoarthritis	58	20	49	24	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	13	56	14	- 1
Dengue	60	12	75	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	47	43	- 35
Schizophrenia	62	7	60	8	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	46	47	- 41
War	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Poisonings	65	4	58	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	4	- 0
Oral conditions	67	3	61	8	- 5
Leprosy	68	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	48	30	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	85	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Guyana

New Zealand

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.