RWANDA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,901	4	3,605	+ 19,295
Stroke	2	17,539	2	5,060	+ 12,479
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,927	11	1,858	+ 8,069
Hypertension	4	5,490	14	1,357	+ 4,132
Suicide	5	5,410	24	704	+ 4,706
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,173	1	5,280	- 107
HIV/AIDS	7	4,395	7	2,826	+ 1,570
Kidney Disease	8	4,004	15	1,206	+ 2,798
Liver Disease	9	3,377	8	2,548	+ 829
Violence	10	3,320	29	548	+ 2,772
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,999	3	3,718	- 719
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,992	41	219	+ 2,773
Lung Disease	13	2,985	13	1,555	+ 1,430
Other Injuries	14	2,868	17	944	+ 1,924
Drownings	15	2,484	36	285	+ 2,200
Tuberculosis	16	2,350	26	625	+ 1,725
Prostate Cancer	17	2,115	32	396	+ 1,719
Anemia	18	1,697	86	0	+ 1,697
Breast Cancer	19	1,644	27	600	+ 1,045
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,574	34	347	+ 1,227
Cervical Cancer	21	1,568	18	941	+ 627
Low Birth Weight	22	1,531	9	2,193	- 661
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,178	12	1,777	- 599
Birth Trauma	24	1,105	10	1,888	- 783
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,005	28	591	+ 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	932	33	362	+ 570
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	815	6	3,121	- 2,306
Other Neoplasms	28	689	64	16	+ 673
Lung Cancers	29	647	39	234	+ 413
Malnutrition	30	640	16	1,168	- 528
Stomach Cancer	31	583	20	780	- 197
Lymphomas	32	552	30	450	+ 103
Malaria	33	515	5	3,298	- 2,783
Liver Cancer	34	496	23	706	- 211
Maternal Conditions	35	483	21	722	- 239
Asthma	36	437	22	717	- 280
Epilepsy	37	404	45	191	+ 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	392	25	657	- 266
Leukemia	39	364	35	317	+ 47
Oral Cancer	40	344	37	272	+ 72
Fires	41	333	38	270	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	42	326	43	214	+ 112
Ovary Cancer	43	304	53	92	+ 212
Meningitis	44	298	19	847	- 549
Drug Use	45	268	60	45	+ 224
Uterin Cancer	46	223	56	58	+ 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	221	48	136	+ 85
Falls	48	191	31	412	- 222
Parkinson's Disease	49	155	47	146	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	50	136	62	35	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	51	134	44	213	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	133	80	0	+ 133
Encephalitis	53	121	61	39	+ 82
Appendicitis	54	103	54	70	+ 33
Skin Cancers	55	83	50	113	- 30
Skin Disease	56	55	52	103	- 48
Alcohol	57	53	49	125	- 72
Osteoarthritis	58	52	81	0	+ 52
Hepatitis B	59	34	55	68	- 34
Dengue	60	31	72	0	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	61	21	66	7	+ 14
Schizophrenia	62	17	83	0	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	63	23	- 6
War	64	10	69	3	+ 8
Poisonings	65	10	40	220	- 210
Upper Respiratory	66	9	57	58	- 49
Oral conditions	67	7	82	0	+ 7
Leprosy	68	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	5	65	12	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	4	85	0	+ 4
Syphilis	71	4	46	173	- 169
Tetanus	72	4	58	53	- 49
Pertussis	73	1	42	218	- 217
Ascariasis	74	0	67	5	- 4
Diphtheria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	68	4	- 4
Measles	77	0	59	51	- 51
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	111	- 111
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Guyana

Rwanda

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.