URUGUAY VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,758	1	4,265	+ 1,493
Stroke	2	4,410	2	2,850	+ 1,560
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,496	11	747	+ 1,749
Hypertension	4	1,380	15	648	+ 732
Suicide	5	1,360	12	735	+ 625
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,301	6	1,370	- 70
HIV/AIDS	7	1,105	28	195	+ 910
Kidney Disease	8	1,007	8	1,040	- 33
Liver Disease	9	849	27	206	+ 643
Violence	10	835	23	295	+ 540
Road Traffic Accidents	11	754	16	512	+ 243
Endocrine Disorders	12	752	17	487	+ 265
Lung Disease	13	750	4	1,706	- 956
Other Injuries	14	721	10	774	- 53
Drownings	15	625	45	65	+ 560
Tuberculosis	16	591	41	81	+ 510
Prostate Cancer	17	532	13	707	- 175
Anemia	18	427	44	71	+ 356
Breast Cancer	19	413	9	848	- 434
Inflammatory/Heart	20	396	22	314	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	21	394	29	172	+ 222
Low Birth Weight	22	385	42	73	+ 312
Congenital Anomalies	23	296	30	170	+ 126
Birth Trauma	24	278	53	22	+ 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	253	7	1,245	- 992
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	234	46	57	+ 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	205	35	134	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	28	173	19	464	- 290
Lung Cancers	29	163	5	1,463	- 1,300
Malnutrition	30	161	43	73	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	31	147	18	480	- 334
Lymphomas	32	139	20	457	- 318
Malaria	33	129	79	0	+ 129
Liver Cancer	34	125	34	147	- 23
Maternal Conditions	35	121	60	9	+ 113
Asthma	36	110	37	127	- 17
Epilepsy	37	102	40	86	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	99	3	1,899	- 1,800
Leukemia	39	92	25	280	- 189
Oral Cancer	40	86	31	167	- 81
Fires	41	84	48	54	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	42	82	14	656	- 574
Ovary Cancer	43	76	32	160	- 84
Meningitis	44	75	58	10	+ 65
Drug Use	45	67	49	41	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	46	56	38	115	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	50	39	+ 16
Falls	48	48	47	55	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	49	39	21	320	- 281
Bladder Cancer	50	34	26	276	- 242
Oesophagus Cancer	51	34	24	286	- 253
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	33	57	12	+ 21
Encephalitis	53	30	64	4	+ 26
Appendicitis	54	26	59	9	+ 17
Skin Cancers	55	21	33	149	- 128
Skin Disease	56	14	36	130	- 116
Alcohol	57	13	39	104	- 91
Osteoarthritis	58	13	52	32	- 19
Hepatitis B	59	9	63	4	+ 4
Dengue	60	8	83	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	56	13	- 8
Schizophrenia	62	4	54	18	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	51	35	- 30
War	64	3	70	0	+ 2
Poisonings	65	2	55	17	- 14
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	5	- 3
Oral conditions	67	2	68	1	+ 1
Leprosy	68	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	65	3	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	85	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	66	3	- 2
Tetanus	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Guyana

Uruguay

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.