ZIMBABWE VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,830	3	8,493	+ 20,337
Stroke	2	22,080	5	5,126	+ 16,954
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,497	9	3,344	+ 9,154
Hypertension	4	6,911	24	1,146	+ 5,765
Suicide	5	6,810	13	2,069	+ 4,742
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,512	2	10,779	- 4,268
HIV/AIDS	7	5,533	1	19,988	- 14,455
Kidney Disease	8	5,040	12	2,214	+ 2,826
Liver Disease	9	4,251	17	1,941	+ 2,310
Violence	10	4,180	18	1,916	+ 2,264
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,776	4	6,037	- 2,261
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,767	34	553	+ 3,213
Lung Disease	13	3,757	23	1,163	+ 2,594
Other Injuries	14	3,611	20	1,656	+ 1,955
Drownings	15	3,128	27	956	+ 2,172
Tuberculosis	16	2,958	16	1,999	+ 959
Prostate Cancer	17	2,662	32	628	+ 2,034
Anemia	18	2,136	84	0	+ 2,136
Breast Cancer	19	2,070	28	839	+ 1,231
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,982	25	1,047	+ 934
Cervical Cancer	21	1,974	14	2,023	- 49
Low Birth Weight	22	1,928	7	4,038	- 2,110
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,484	11	2,217	- 734
Birth Trauma	24	1,391	8	3,405	- 2,015
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,265	40	505	+ 760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,173	35	548	+ 625
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,026	6	4,595	- 3,569
Other Neoplasms	28	867	62	37	+ 830
Lung Cancers	29	815	43	286	+ 529
Malnutrition	30	806	10	2,396	- 1,590
Stomach Cancer	31	734	33	559	+ 175
Lymphomas	32	695	26	960	- 265
Malaria	33	648	15	2,003	- 1,355
Liver Cancer	34	624	38	510	+ 114
Maternal Conditions	35	608	19	1,749	- 1,141
Asthma	36	550	21	1,531	- 980
Epilepsy	37	509	39	508	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	493	31	768	- 274
Leukemia	39	458	45	244	+ 215
Oral Cancer	40	433	49	208	+ 225
Fires	41	420	30	793	- 373
Pancreas Cancer	42	410	47	217	+ 194
Ovary Cancer	43	383	51	173	+ 209
Meningitis	44	376	22	1,325	- 949
Drug Use	45	338	48	213	+ 125
Uterin Cancer	46	280	50	182	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	278	36	542	- 264
Falls	48	240	41	465	- 225
Parkinson's Disease	49	195	46	226	- 31
Bladder Cancer	50	171	54	125	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	51	169	29	801	- 633
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	167	80	0	+ 167
Encephalitis	53	152	56	117	+ 34
Appendicitis	54	129	58	66	+ 63
Skin Cancers	55	104	44	264	- 160
Skin Disease	56	69	52	173	- 104
Alcohol	57	67	61	48	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	65	81	0	+ 65
Hepatitis B	59	43	60	57	- 14
Dengue	60	40	73	0	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	67	14	+ 13
Schizophrenia	62	22	86	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	22	64	26	- 5
War	64	13	65	26	- 13
Poisonings	65	12	37	515	- 503
Upper Respiratory	66	11	59	65	- 54
Oral conditions	67	9	82	0	+ 9
Leprosy	68	8	78	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	69	6	66	14	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	6	85	0	+ 6
Syphilis	71	5	55	124	- 119
Tetanus	72	4	57	102	- 97
Pertussis	73	1	42	419	- 417
Ascariasis	74	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	68	3	- 3
Measles	77	0	63	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	3	- 3
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	53	172	- 172
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Guyana

Zimbabwe

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.