TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,368	1	1,476	+ 893
Stroke	2	1,814	3	822	+ 992
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,027	2	1,275	- 249
Hypertension	4	568	11	201	+ 366
Suicide	5	560	17	121	+ 438
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	535	10	205	+ 330
HIV/AIDS	7	455	12	196	+ 259
Kidney Disease	8	414	5	439	- 25
Liver Disease	9	349	14	136	+ 213
Violence	10	343	4	549	- 206
Road Traffic Accidents	11	310	15	130	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	12	309	18	119	+ 190
Lung Disease	13	309	16	129	+ 179
Other Injuries	14	297	30	61	+ 236
Drownings	15	257	39	31	+ 226
Tuberculosis	16	243	43	22	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	17	219	6	330	- 111
Anemia	18	175	85	0	+ 175
Breast Cancer	19	170	7	258	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	20	163	25	72	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	21	162	21	97	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	22	158	23	83	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	23	122	22	93	+ 29
Birth Trauma	24	114	40	25	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	104	13	196	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	96	31	52	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	84	45	18	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	28	71	51	10	+ 61
Lung Cancers	29	67	8	217	- 150
Malnutrition	30	66	47	17	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	31	60	26	69	- 9
Lymphomas	32	57	20	111	- 54
Malaria	33	53	72	0	+ 53
Liver Cancer	34	51	28	66	- 15
Maternal Conditions	35	50	50	10	+ 40
Asthma	36	45	35	40	+ 5
Epilepsy	37	42	37	32	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	41	9	215	- 174
Leukemia	39	38	29	62	- 25
Oral Cancer	40	36	38	31	+ 5
Fires	41	34	48	16	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	42	34	19	114	- 80
Ovary Cancer	43	31	24	80	- 49
Meningitis	44	31	52	9	+ 21
Drug Use	45	28	44	19	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	46	23	27	68	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	23	49	11	+ 12
Falls	48	20	33	43	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	49	16	32	51	- 35
Bladder Cancer	50	14	34	41	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	51	14	41	24	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	14	82	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	53	12	54	6	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	11	56	4	+ 6
Skin Cancers	55	9	57	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	56	6	36	39	- 33
Alcohol	57	5	42	23	- 18
Osteoarthritis	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	60	0	+ 3
Dengue	60	3	55	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	58	2	- 0
Schizophrenia	62	2	86	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	53	8	- 6
War	64	1	46	17	- 16
Poisonings	65	1	59	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	61	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	63	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Guyana

Trinidad/Tob.

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.