TANZANIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	113,403	9	13,215	+ 100,189
Stroke	2	86,855	7	16,894	+ 69,961
Diabetes Mellitus	3	49,159	15	6,247	+ 42,913
Hypertension	4	27,185	17	5,209	+ 21,976
Suicide	5	26,789	24	2,474	+ 24,315
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	25,614	2	26,028	- 414
HIV/AIDS	7	21,764	1	27,402	- 5,637
Kidney Disease	8	19,825	19	4,547	+ 15,278
Liver Disease	9	16,721	13	6,586	+ 10,135
Violence	10	16,443	18	4,713	+ 11,730
Road Traffic Accidents	11	14,853	5	18,054	- 3,201
Endocrine Disorders	12	14,818	29	1,778	+ 13,040
Lung Disease	13	14,780	22	3,051	+ 11,729
Other Injuries	14	14,204	20	4,270	+ 9,934
Drownings	15	12,303	32	1,642	+ 10,661
Tuberculosis	16	11,635	4	20,269	- 8,634
Prostate Cancer	17	10,473	28	1,819	+ 8,653
Anemia	18	8,403	82	0	+ 8,403
Breast Cancer	19	8,143	37	1,285	+ 6,859
Inflammatory/Heart	20	7,795	38	1,227	+ 6,567
Cervical Cancer	21	7,763	14	6,424	+ 1,340
Low Birth Weight	22	7,583	10	12,173	- 4,590
Congenital Anomalies	23	5,836	11	9,791	- 3,955
Birth Trauma	24	5,471	8	15,086	- 9,615
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	4,976	33	1,567	+ 3,409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	4,614	46	462	+ 4,152
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	4,036	6	17,587	- 13,551
Other Neoplasms	28	3,411	64	58	+ 3,354
Lung Cancers	29	3,206	61	159	+ 3,048
Malnutrition	30	3,170	16	5,574	- 2,404
Stomach Cancer	31	2,886	39	1,190	+ 1,695
Lymphomas	32	2,734	41	805	+ 1,929
Malaria	33	2,549	3	21,758	- 19,209
Liver Cancer	34	2,454	36	1,413	+ 1,041
Maternal Conditions	35	2,393	12	6,835	- 4,442
Asthma	36	2,164	30	1,700	+ 464
Epilepsy	37	2,003	43	707	+ 1,296
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	1,940	27	2,048	- 108
Leukemia	39	1,803	47	416	+ 1,387
Oral Cancer	40	1,703	31	1,646	+ 57
Fires	41	1,651	35	1,424	+ 227
Pancreas Cancer	42	1,614	62	158	+ 1,456
Ovary Cancer	43	1,506	53	337	+ 1,169
Meningitis	44	1,478	21	3,188	- 1,710
Drug Use	45	1,329	48	404	+ 925
Uterin Cancer	46	1,103	57	218	+ 885
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	1,094	50	401	+ 693
Falls	48	944	34	1,533	- 589
Parkinson's Disease	49	766	45	513	+ 252
Bladder Cancer	50	673	44	667	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	51	664	25	2,247	- 1,583
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	659	86	0	+ 659
Encephalitis	53	597	59	199	+ 399
Appendicitis	54	509	58	218	+ 291
Skin Cancers	55	410	42	744	- 334
Skin Disease	56	272	52	359	- 88
Alcohol	57	263	56	270	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	256	85	0	+ 256
Hepatitis B	59	170	60	168	+ 2
Dengue	60	156	73	2	+ 154
Multiple Sclerosis	61	105	68	27	+ 79
Schizophrenia	62	86	80	0	+ 86
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	85	63	81	+ 4
War	64	52	67	30	+ 22
Poisonings	65	49	40	1,170	- 1,121
Upper Respiratory	66	43	54	299	- 255
Oral conditions	67	36	84	0	+ 36
Leprosy	68	31	76	0	+ 31
Hepatitis C	69	23	66	40	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	22	83	0	+ 22
Syphilis	71	20	26	2,115	- 2,095
Tetanus	72	18	49	402	- 384
Pertussis	73	5	23	2,774	- 2,769
Ascariasis	74	2	65	56	- 54
Diphtheria	75	0	70	11	- 10
Otitis Media	76	0	69	17	- 16
Measles	77	0	55	295	- 295
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	9	- 9
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	371	- 371
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Guyana

Tanzania

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.