SWAZILAND VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,913	5	755	+ 1,158
Stroke	2	1,465	4	800	+ 665
Diabetes Mellitus	3	829	3	892	- 63
Hypertension	4	459	10	292	+ 167
Suicide	5	452	9	338	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	432	2	921	- 489
HIV/AIDS	7	367	1	2,314	- 1,946
Kidney Disease	8	334	8	381	- 47
Liver Disease	9	282	11	274	+ 8
Violence	10	277	16	212	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	11	251	7	384	- 134
Endocrine Disorders	12	250	28	74	+ 176
Lung Disease	13	249	12	264	- 15
Other Injuries	14	240	17	190	+ 50
Drownings	15	208	25	87	+ 121
Tuberculosis	16	196	13	256	- 60
Prostate Cancer	17	177	31	45	+ 132
Anemia	18	142	84	0	+ 142
Breast Cancer	19	137	35	37	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	20	131	24	94	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	21	131	15	215	- 84
Low Birth Weight	22	128	14	233	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	23	98	19	160	- 62
Birth Trauma	24	92	18	166	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	84	43	19	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	78	29	51	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	68	6	517	- 449
Other Neoplasms	28	58	61	4	+ 54
Lung Cancers	29	54	46	17	+ 37
Malnutrition	30	53	22	106	- 52
Stomach Cancer	31	49	53	7	+ 42
Lymphomas	32	46	36	31	+ 15
Malaria	33	43	67	0	+ 43
Liver Cancer	34	41	37	29	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	35	40	21	116	- 75
Asthma	36	37	20	150	- 113
Epilepsy	37	34	30	46	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	33	27	77	- 44
Leukemia	39	30	47	16	+ 14
Oral Cancer	40	29	51	10	+ 19
Fires	41	28	26	84	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	42	27	56	6	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	43	25	52	10	+ 15
Meningitis	44	25	23	97	- 72
Drug Use	45	22	38	27	- 4
Uterin Cancer	46	19	50	11	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	18	39	26	- 8
Falls	48	16	32	41	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	49	13	41	24	- 11
Bladder Cancer	50	11	55	6	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	51	11	44	18	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	11	80	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	10	59	5	+ 5
Appendicitis	54	9	54	7	+ 2
Skin Cancers	55	7	42	20	- 13
Skin Disease	56	5	40	25	- 21
Alcohol	57	4	48	16	- 12
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	57	6	- 3
Dengue	60	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 0
Schizophrenia	62	1	83	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	58	5	- 3
War	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	1	34	37	- 37
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 3
Oral conditions	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	45	17	- 17
Tetanus	72	0	62	4	- 3
Pertussis	73	0	33	39	- 39
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Guyana

Swaziland

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.