NORWAY VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,262	1	5,321	+ 3,941
Stroke	2	7,094	4	2,475	+ 4,618
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,015	16	560	+ 3,455
Hypertension	4	2,220	28	230	+ 1,990
Suicide	5	2,188	13	633	+ 1,555
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,092	6	1,797	+ 295
HIV/AIDS	7	1,778	61	10	+ 1,767
Kidney Disease	8	1,619	14	611	+ 1,008
Liver Disease	9	1,366	30	214	+ 1,152
Violence	10	1,343	50	32	+ 1,311
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,213	42	114	+ 1,099
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,210	19	359	+ 851
Lung Disease	13	1,207	3	2,723	- 1,516
Other Injuries	14	1,160	15	583	+ 577
Drownings	15	1,005	45	65	+ 940
Tuberculosis	16	950	56	15	+ 935
Prostate Cancer	17	855	8	1,172	- 317
Anemia	18	686	44	75	+ 612
Breast Cancer	19	665	11	698	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	20	637	29	221	+ 416
Cervical Cancer	21	634	39	125	+ 509
Low Birth Weight	22	619	52	23	+ 596
Congenital Anomalies	23	477	34	136	+ 340
Birth Trauma	24	447	54	17	+ 429
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	406	7	1,787	- 1,380
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	377	33	160	+ 217
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	330	37	128	+ 202
Other Neoplasms	28	279	23	324	- 46
Lung Cancers	29	262	5	2,320	- 2,058
Malnutrition	30	259	35	135	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	31	236	22	343	- 108
Lymphomas	32	223	12	646	- 422
Malaria	33	208	84	0	+ 208
Liver Cancer	34	200	26	259	- 59
Maternal Conditions	35	195	66	1	+ 194
Asthma	36	177	43	85	+ 92
Epilepsy	37	164	40	119	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	158	2	4,464	- 4,306
Leukemia	39	147	21	354	- 207
Oral Cancer	40	139	32	168	- 29
Fires	41	135	48	45	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	42	132	10	770	- 638
Ovary Cancer	43	123	24	309	- 186
Meningitis	44	121	58	14	+ 107
Drug Use	45	109	25	264	- 155
Uterin Cancer	46	90	36	134	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	89	46	61	+ 28
Falls	48	77	9	777	- 700
Parkinson's Disease	49	63	17	554	- 492
Bladder Cancer	50	55	20	356	- 301
Oesophagus Cancer	51	54	27	248	- 194
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	54	49	32	+ 21
Encephalitis	53	49	70	0	+ 49
Appendicitis	54	42	59	12	+ 29
Skin Cancers	55	33	18	407	- 374
Skin Disease	56	22	38	128	- 105
Alcohol	57	22	31	205	- 183
Osteoarthritis	58	21	51	27	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	14	63	3	+ 11
Dengue	60	13	75	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	41	119	- 110
Schizophrenia	62	7	53	23	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	47	60	- 53
War	64	4	68	1	+ 4
Poisonings	65	4	57	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	12	- 8
Oral conditions	67	3	62	9	- 6
Leprosy	68	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	2	55	17	- 15
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	85	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	67	1	+ 1
Tetanus	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Guyana

Norway

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.