SOMALIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,882	7	7,233	+ 14,649
Stroke	2	16,759	6	8,595	+ 8,164
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,486	16	2,888	+ 6,598
Hypertension	4	5,245	18	2,643	+ 2,602
Suicide	5	5,169	27	1,219	+ 3,950
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,942	1	21,712	- 16,769
HIV/AIDS	7	4,200	33	610	+ 3,590
Kidney Disease	8	3,825	21	2,051	+ 1,774
Liver Disease	9	3,226	13	3,917	- 690
Violence	10	3,173	29	828	+ 2,344
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,866	11	4,231	- 1,365
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,859	44	406	+ 2,453
Lung Disease	13	2,852	19	2,442	+ 410
Other Injuries	14	2,741	14	3,602	- 861
Drownings	15	2,374	25	1,272	+ 1,102
Tuberculosis	16	2,245	4	10,261	- 8,016
Prostate Cancer	17	2,021	52	285	+ 1,736
Anemia	18	1,621	83	0	+ 1,621
Breast Cancer	19	1,571	26	1,232	+ 340
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,504	39	521	+ 983
Cervical Cancer	21	1,498	28	883	+ 615
Low Birth Weight	22	1,463	8	6,250	- 4,787
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,126	15	3,410	- 2,284
Birth Trauma	24	1,056	5	9,573	- 8,518
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	960	38	546	+ 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	890	36	559	+ 331
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	779	2	15,363	- 14,584
Other Neoplasms	28	658	70	12	+ 646
Lung Cancers	29	619	54	233	+ 386
Malnutrition	30	612	10	4,825	- 4,213
Stomach Cancer	31	557	49	310	+ 247
Lymphomas	32	528	34	605	- 77
Malaria	33	492	22	1,942	- 1,450
Liver Cancer	34	474	53	256	+ 218
Maternal Conditions	35	462	12	4,127	- 3,665
Asthma	36	418	23	1,878	- 1,461
Epilepsy	37	387	43	419	- 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	374	32	647	- 273
Leukemia	39	348	35	562	- 214
Oral Cancer	40	329	46	328	+ 1
Fires	41	319	30	810	- 492
Pancreas Cancer	42	311	62	108	+ 204
Ovary Cancer	43	291	50	295	- 4
Meningitis	44	285	9	5,381	- 5,096
Drug Use	45	256	65	54	+ 202
Uterin Cancer	46	213	64	78	+ 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	211	41	446	- 235
Falls	48	182	37	548	- 366
Parkinson's Disease	49	148	56	184	- 36
Bladder Cancer	50	130	61	149	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	51	128	40	516	- 388
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	127	84	0	+ 127
Encephalitis	53	115	63	91	+ 24
Appendicitis	54	98	55	188	- 90
Skin Cancers	55	79	57	164	- 85
Skin Disease	56	52	58	151	- 99
Alcohol	57	51	59	151	- 100
Osteoarthritis	58	49	85	0	+ 49
Hepatitis B	59	33	48	315	- 282
Dengue	60	30	73	1	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	71	8	+ 12
Schizophrenia	62	17	81	0	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	16	66	35	- 19
War	64	10	24	1,318	- 1,308
Poisonings	65	9	31	758	- 749
Upper Respiratory	66	8	47	326	- 317
Oral conditions	67	7	86	0	+ 7
Leprosy	68	6	77	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	4	67	34	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	4	82	0	+ 4
Syphilis	71	4	45	378	- 374
Tetanus	72	3	17	2,648	- 2,645
Pertussis	73	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Ascariasis	74	0	69	30	- 29
Diphtheria	75	0	60	150	- 150
Otitis Media	76	0	68	32	- 31
Measles	77	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	72	5	- 5
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	435	- 435
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Guyana

Somalia

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.