SWITZERLAND VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,895	1	10,713	+ 4,181
Stroke	2	11,408	3	3,918	+ 7,490
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,457	17	1,022	+ 5,435
Hypertension	4	3,570	6	2,471	+ 1,099
Suicide	5	3,519	14	1,249	+ 2,270
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,364	8	1,949	+ 1,415
HIV/AIDS	7	2,859	54	29	+ 2,830
Kidney Disease	8	2,604	13	1,261	+ 1,343
Liver Disease	9	2,196	21	677	+ 1,519
Violence	10	2,160	51	42	+ 2,117
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,951	34	193	+ 1,758
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,946	25	593	+ 1,353
Lung Disease	13	1,941	5	2,902	- 961
Other Injuries	14	1,866	30	410	+ 1,456
Drownings	15	1,616	50	49	+ 1,567
Tuberculosis	16	1,528	56	21	+ 1,507
Prostate Cancer	17	1,375	10	1,579	- 204
Anemia	18	1,104	44	102	+ 1,002
Breast Cancer	19	1,070	11	1,577	- 507
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,024	16	1,027	- 3
Cervical Cancer	21	1,020	42	105	+ 915
Low Birth Weight	22	996	43	105	+ 891
Congenital Anomalies	23	766	31	305	+ 461
Birth Trauma	24	719	52	32	+ 687
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	654	7	1,995	- 1,341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	606	41	122	+ 484
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	530	35	186	+ 344
Other Neoplasms	28	448	20	681	- 233
Lung Cancers	29	421	4	3,520	- 3,098
Malnutrition	30	416	47	84	+ 332
Stomach Cancer	31	379	24	614	- 235
Lymphomas	32	359	15	1,131	- 772
Malaria	33	335	77	0	+ 335
Liver Cancer	34	322	19	805	- 483
Maternal Conditions	35	314	64	4	+ 310
Asthma	36	284	46	95	+ 190
Epilepsy	37	263	39	159	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	255	2	7,192	- 6,937
Leukemia	39	237	22	671	- 435
Oral Cancer	40	224	26	500	- 277
Fires	41	217	55	21	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	42	212	12	1,486	- 1,274
Ovary Cancer	43	198	29	457	- 259
Meningitis	44	194	57	20	+ 174
Drug Use	45	175	36	176	- 2
Uterin Cancer	46	145	33	224	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	144	48	78	+ 66
Falls	48	124	9	1,919	- 1,795
Parkinson's Disease	49	101	18	857	- 757
Bladder Cancer	50	88	23	669	- 581
Oesophagus Cancer	51	87	28	491	- 404
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	87	53	32	+ 55
Encephalitis	53	78	68	1	+ 78
Appendicitis	54	67	59	15	+ 52
Skin Cancers	55	54	27	493	- 439
Skin Disease	56	36	40	129	- 94
Alcohol	57	35	32	229	- 194
Osteoarthritis	58	34	37	170	- 136
Hepatitis B	59	22	63	5	+ 18
Dengue	60	20	81	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	38	160	- 146
Schizophrenia	62	11	45	96	- 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	49	68	- 57
War	64	7	67	1	+ 6
Poisonings	65	6	60	13	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	6	61	11	- 5
Oral conditions	67	5	62	8	- 3
Leprosy	68	4	80	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	3	58	15	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	3	86	0	+ 3
Syphilis	71	3	65	2	+ 1
Tetanus	72	2	70	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Guyana

Switzerland

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.