SRI LANKA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,953	1	26,304	+ 10,649
Stroke	2	28,302	6	6,805	+ 21,497
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,019	2	12,460	+ 3,558
Hypertension	4	8,858	20	1,055	+ 7,803
Suicide	5	8,729	10	2,977	+ 5,752
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,347	8	5,117	+ 3,230
HIV/AIDS	7	7,092	55	39	+ 7,053
Kidney Disease	8	6,460	5	6,858	- 398
Liver Disease	9	5,449	17	1,303	+ 4,146
Violence	10	5,358	31	499	+ 4,859
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,840	9	4,200	+ 640
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,828	32	462	+ 4,366
Lung Disease	13	4,816	3	9,456	- 4,640
Other Injuries	14	4,628	14	1,529	+ 3,099
Drownings	15	4,009	27	731	+ 3,278
Tuberculosis	16	3,791	25	769	+ 3,022
Prostate Cancer	17	3,413	30	507	+ 2,906
Anemia	18	2,738	33	445	+ 2,293
Breast Cancer	19	2,654	15	1,383	+ 1,271
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,540	35	425	+ 2,115
Cervical Cancer	21	2,530	26	762	+ 1,767
Low Birth Weight	22	2,471	29	536	+ 1,935
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,902	22	989	+ 912
Birth Trauma	24	1,783	44	193	+ 1,590
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,621	24	911	+ 710
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,504	56	38	+ 1,465
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,315	28	605	+ 710
Other Neoplasms	28	1,112	50	86	+ 1,026
Lung Cancers	29	1,045	12	1,775	- 730
Malnutrition	30	1,033	54	43	+ 990
Stomach Cancer	31	940	16	1,321	- 381
Lymphomas	32	891	21	1,027	- 136
Malaria	33	830	80	0	+ 830
Liver Cancer	34	800	19	1,090	- 291
Maternal Conditions	35	780	48	96	+ 684
Asthma	36	705	7	6,471	- 5,766
Epilepsy	37	653	39	269	+ 383
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	632	4	6,939	- 6,306
Leukemia	39	587	18	1,155	- 568
Oral Cancer	40	555	11	2,893	- 2,338
Fires	41	538	41	239	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	42	526	43	214	+ 312
Ovary Cancer	43	491	37	281	+ 209
Meningitis	44	482	46	146	+ 336
Drug Use	45	433	40	257	+ 176
Uterin Cancer	46	359	42	218	+ 141
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	356	53	49	+ 307
Falls	48	308	23	964	- 656
Parkinson's Disease	49	250	45	168	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	50	219	34	432	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	51	216	13	1,544	- 1,328
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	215	70	2	+ 213
Encephalitis	53	195	61	10	+ 184
Appendicitis	54	166	64	5	+ 160
Skin Cancers	55	134	52	58	+ 75
Skin Disease	56	89	36	293	- 204
Alcohol	57	86	51	82	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	84	67	3	+ 80
Hepatitis B	59	55	62	6	+ 50
Dengue	60	51	47	131	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	61	34	69	2	+ 32
Schizophrenia	62	28	65	5	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	28	60	11	+ 17
War	64	17	38	280	- 263
Poisonings	65	16	49	93	- 77
Upper Respiratory	66	14	66	5	+ 10
Oral conditions	67	12	68	3	+ 9
Leprosy	68	10	63	6	+ 5
Hepatitis C	69	7	75	0	+ 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	7	85	0	+ 7
Syphilis	71	6	58	15	- 8
Tetanus	72	6	57	27	- 22
Pertussis	73	2	59	15	- 13
Ascariasis	74	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Guyana

Sri Lanka

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.