SENEGAL VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,683	2	6,224	+ 25,458
Stroke	2	24,265	4	5,342	+ 18,923
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,734	10	2,395	+ 11,339
Hypertension	4	7,595	21	1,095	+ 6,500
Suicide	5	7,484	24	978	+ 6,507
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,156	1	7,184	- 28
HIV/AIDS	7	6,081	20	1,186	+ 4,894
Kidney Disease	8	5,539	12	2,210	+ 3,328
Liver Disease	9	4,671	13	2,147	+ 2,525
Violence	10	4,594	19	1,247	+ 3,347
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,150	6	3,832	+ 318
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,140	23	1,041	+ 3,099
Lung Disease	13	4,129	18	1,351	+ 2,778
Other Injuries	14	3,968	16	1,512	+ 2,456
Drownings	15	3,437	33	494	+ 2,943
Tuberculosis	16	3,251	9	2,678	+ 572
Prostate Cancer	17	2,926	29	642	+ 2,284
Anemia	18	2,348	85	0	+ 2,348
Breast Cancer	19	2,275	27	861	+ 1,414
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,178	36	426	+ 1,752
Cervical Cancer	21	2,169	17	1,405	+ 764
Low Birth Weight	22	2,119	7	3,636	- 1,518
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,630	11	2,364	- 734
Birth Trauma	24	1,528	8	3,448	- 1,919
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,390	37	384	+ 1,006
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,289	35	433	+ 856
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,127	3	5,343	- 4,216
Other Neoplasms	28	953	62	24	+ 929
Lung Cancers	29	896	44	180	+ 715
Malnutrition	30	886	32	494	+ 391
Stomach Cancer	31	806	31	557	+ 249
Lymphomas	32	764	39	315	+ 449
Malaria	33	712	5	4,595	- 3,883
Liver Cancer	34	686	22	1,087	- 401
Maternal Conditions	35	669	14	1,669	- 1,000
Asthma	36	605	25	936	- 331
Epilepsy	37	560	38	330	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	542	26	879	- 337
Leukemia	39	504	54	113	+ 391
Oral Cancer	40	476	43	208	+ 268
Fires	41	461	34	448	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	42	451	48	159	+ 292
Ovary Cancer	43	421	42	220	+ 201
Meningitis	44	413	15	1,628	- 1,216
Drug Use	45	371	52	138	+ 233
Uterin Cancer	46	308	56	94	+ 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	306	46	166	+ 140
Falls	48	264	30	622	- 358
Parkinson's Disease	49	214	41	273	- 59
Bladder Cancer	50	188	50	155	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	51	185	55	99	+ 86
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	184	81	0	+ 184
Encephalitis	53	167	57	85	+ 81
Appendicitis	54	142	61	38	+ 104
Skin Cancers	55	115	51	147	- 32
Skin Disease	56	76	47	159	- 83
Alcohol	57	74	59	74	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	72	80	0	+ 72
Hepatitis B	59	48	60	70	- 23
Dengue	60	44	73	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	64	20	+ 10
Schizophrenia	62	24	83	0	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	24	67	15	+ 9
War	64	14	69	4	+ 10
Poisonings	65	14	40	315	- 301
Upper Respiratory	66	12	66	15	- 3
Oral conditions	67	10	82	0	+ 10
Leprosy	68	9	76	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	69	6	68	11	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	6	84	0	+ 6
Syphilis	71	5	53	122	- 117
Tetanus	72	5	58	85	- 80
Pertussis	73	1	28	771	- 770
Ascariasis	74	0	65	18	- 17
Diphtheria	75	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	158	- 158
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	63	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	84	0	45	176	- 176
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Guyana

Senegal

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.