EQU. GUINEA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,937	7	419	+ 1,518
Lung Disease	2	1,121	20	120	+ 1,001
Stroke	3	888	6	437	+ 451
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	854	9	349	+ 505
Tuberculosis	5	556	10	321	+ 235
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	500	2	913	- 413
Diabetes Mellitus	7	346	11	299	+ 47
Liver Disease	8	342	13	199	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	9	304	4	457	- 153
Falls	10	288	32	46	+ 242
Kidney Disease	11	284	14	198	+ 86
Road Traffic Accidents	12	271	8	368	- 98
Asthma	13	250	26	65	+ 185
Suicide	14	221	22	107	+ 114
Other Injuries	15	191	23	105	+ 86
Oral Cancer	16	171	37	35	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	161	29	55	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	161	50	14	+ 146
Hypertension	19	138	16	165	- 27
Birth Trauma	20	131	5	441	- 310
Lung Cancers	21	113	41	27	+ 86
Breast Cancer	22	106	24	84	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	23	105	12	249	- 144
Stomach Cancer	24	103	49	16	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	99	40	29	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	87	43	22	+ 65
Violence	27	66	33	45	+ 21
Drownings	28	62	36	39	+ 23
Encephalitis	29	61	57	8	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	30	58	28	56	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	31	57	1	1,838	- 1,782
Parkinson's Disease	32	55	46	18	+ 38
Lymphomas	33	51	45	19	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	34	50	54	12	+ 38
Leukemia	35	43	61	4	+ 39
Meningitis	36	42	19	127	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	37	42	55	11	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	38	39	35	43	- 3
Liver Cancer	39	39	34	43	- 4
Epilepsy	40	39	38	32	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	41	33	17	139	- 106
Fires	42	30	39	30	- 1
Alcohol	43	29	53	12	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	44	28	52	13	+ 15
Skin Disease	45	23	51	13	+ 10
Dengue	46	22	73	0	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	47	19	25	73	- 54
Bladder Cancer	48	18	56	9	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	49	16	27	63	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	62	4	+ 12
Measles	51	15	15	181	- 166
Drug Use	52	15	30	50	- 35
Appendicitis	53	14	59	6	+ 9
Pertussis	54	13	21	109	- 96
Malnutrition	55	11	31	48	- 37
Hepatitis B	56	10	65	3	+ 7
Malaria	57	10	3	668	- 658
Tetanus	58	9	42	23	- 14
Uterin Cancer	59	9	58	8	+ 1
Skin Cancers	60	6	48	16	- 10
Poisonings	61	5	44	21	- 17
Other Neoplasms	62	4	63	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	1	+ 2
Syphilis	64	3	18	134	- 131
Hepatitis C	65	2	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
War	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

India

Equ. Guinea

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.