ZAMBIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,963	10	4,432	+ 30,531
Stroke	2	26,778	3	7,948	+ 18,830
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,156	14	2,395	+ 12,761
Hypertension	4	8,381	13	2,616	+ 5,765
Suicide	5	8,259	20	1,303	+ 6,957
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,897	2	9,517	- 1,620
HIV/AIDS	7	6,710	1	17,234	- 10,524
Kidney Disease	8	6,112	18	1,760	+ 4,352
Liver Disease	9	5,155	9	4,501	+ 654
Violence	10	5,069	23	1,153	+ 3,916
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,579	11	3,654	+ 925
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,568	37	354	+ 4,215
Lung Disease	13	4,557	21	1,273	+ 3,284
Other Injuries	14	4,379	19	1,729	+ 2,651
Drownings	15	3,793	27	689	+ 3,104
Tuberculosis	16	3,587	6	5,941	- 2,354
Prostate Cancer	17	3,229	30	561	+ 2,667
Anemia	18	2,591	83	0	+ 2,591
Breast Cancer	19	2,511	35	366	+ 2,145
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,403	33	501	+ 1,902
Cervical Cancer	21	2,393	17	1,799	+ 595
Low Birth Weight	22	2,338	8	4,857	- 2,519
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,799	12	3,146	- 1,347
Birth Trauma	24	1,687	7	5,062	- 3,375
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,534	43	203	+ 1,331
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,423	40	246	+ 1,177
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,244	5	6,275	- 5,031
Other Neoplasms	28	1,052	65	20	+ 1,032
Lung Cancers	29	988	41	226	+ 763
Malnutrition	30	977	15	2,303	- 1,325
Stomach Cancer	31	890	42	206	+ 683
Lymphomas	32	843	31	548	+ 295
Malaria	33	786	4	7,882	- 7,096
Liver Cancer	34	757	46	177	+ 580
Maternal Conditions	35	738	22	1,188	- 450
Asthma	36	667	26	741	- 73
Epilepsy	37	618	38	332	+ 286
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	598	29	590	+ 8
Leukemia	39	556	39	261	+ 295
Oral Cancer	40	525	48	155	+ 370
Fires	41	509	32	546	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	42	497	62	42	+ 455
Ovary Cancer	43	464	57	82	+ 382
Meningitis	44	456	16	1,976	- 1,520
Drug Use	45	410	53	122	+ 287
Uterin Cancer	46	340	64	30	+ 310
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	337	45	190	+ 148
Falls	48	291	28	596	- 305
Parkinson's Disease	49	236	47	164	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	50	207	50	132	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	51	205	36	359	- 154
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	203	84	0	+ 203
Encephalitis	53	184	59	70	+ 114
Appendicitis	54	157	56	84	+ 73
Skin Cancers	55	126	54	108	+ 18
Skin Disease	56	84	52	126	- 42
Alcohol	57	81	49	140	- 59
Osteoarthritis	58	79	85	0	+ 79
Hepatitis B	59	52	55	104	- 52
Dengue	60	48	74	1	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	32	67	13	+ 19
Schizophrenia	62	26	81	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	26	63	30	- 4
War	64	16	69	6	+ 10
Poisonings	65	15	34	456	- 441
Upper Respiratory	66	13	60	68	- 54
Oral conditions	67	11	86	0	+ 11
Leprosy	68	10	77	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	69	7	66	18	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	7	82	0	+ 7
Syphilis	71	6	24	885	- 879
Tetanus	72	5	44	190	- 184
Pertussis	73	2	25	743	- 741
Ascariasis	74	1	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	75	0	73	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	70	5	- 5
Measles	77	0	61	48	- 48
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	3	- 3
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	83	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	128	- 128
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Guyana

Zambia

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.