GUYANA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,265	1	1,335	- 70
Stroke	2	816	2	1,022	- 207
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	540	38	23	+ 517
Lung Cancers	4	445	29	38	+ 407
Lung Disease	5	422	13	174	+ 248
Hypertension	6	390	4	320	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	277	25	59	+ 218
Diabetes Mellitus	8	258	3	579	- 320
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	213	6	302	- 89
Breast Cancer	10	181	19	96	+ 85
Kidney Disease	11	166	8	233	- 68
Other Injuries	12	158	14	167	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	13	158	42	19	+ 139
Stomach Cancer	14	134	31	34	+ 100
Other Neoplasms	15	130	28	40	+ 90
Lymphomas	16	126	32	32	+ 94
Liver Cancer	17	125	34	29	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	18	110	12	174	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	19	110	49	9	+ 101
Prostate Cancer	20	110	17	123	- 14
Leukemia	21	88	39	21	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	22	87	50	8	+ 79
Liver Disease	23	72	9	197	- 124
Inflammatory/Heart	24	72	20	92	- 20
Falls	25	55	48	11	+ 44
Suicide	26	53	5	315	- 263
Oral Cancer	27	44	40	20	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	28	43	43	18	+ 25
Skin Cancers	29	42	55	5	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	30	42	11	175	- 133
Hepatitis C	31	32	69	0	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	29	47	13	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	33	29	46	13	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	34	27	51	8	+ 19
Anemia	35	22	18	99	- 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	21	27	48	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	37	19	23	69	- 50
Skin Disease	38	19	56	3	+ 16
Epilepsy	39	17	37	24	- 6
Cervical Cancer	40	15	21	91	- 76
Malnutrition	41	10	30	37	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	9	63	1	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	9	26	54	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	44	9	61	1	+ 8
Drug Use	45	9	45	16	- 7
HIV/AIDS	46	7	7	256	- 249
Asthma	47	6	36	25	- 19
Osteoarthritis	48	6	58	3	+ 3
Schizophrenia	49	6	62	1	+ 5
Violence	50	5	10	194	- 188
Low Birth Weight	51	5	22	89	- 85
Drownings	52	4	15	145	- 140
Tuberculosis	53	4	16	137	- 133
Hepatitis B	54	4	59	2	+ 2
Alcohol	55	4	57	3	+ 1
Fires	56	4	41	19	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	52	8	- 5
Poisonings	58	2	65	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	59	2	24	64	- 63
Meningitis	60	2	44	17	- 16
Appendicitis	61	1	54	6	- 5
Oral conditions	62	1	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	76	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	0	35	28	- 28
Encephalitis	68	0	53	7	- 7
Syphilis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	33	30	- 30
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.