GUYANA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	308	6	302	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	2	285	7	256	+ 29
Tuberculosis	3	268	16	137	+ 131
Stroke	4	217	2	1,022	- 806
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	210	27	48	+ 163
Road Traffic Accidents	6	203	11	175	+ 28
Liver Disease	7	183	9	197	- 14
Malaria	8	172	33	30	+ 142
Coronary Heart Disease	9	163	1	1,335	- 1,172
Birth Trauma	10	136	24	64	+ 71
Low Birth Weight	11	130	22	89	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	12	83	23	69	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	13	77	35	28	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	14	77	3	579	- 502
Meningitis	15	73	44	17	+ 56
Kidney Disease	16	61	8	233	- 173
Hypertension	17	60	4	320	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	18	60	51	8	+ 52
Other Injuries	19	59	14	167	- 108
Lung Disease	20	58	13	174	- 116
Malnutrition	21	57	30	37	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	22	46	21	91	- 45
Suicide	23	44	5	315	- 272
Violence	24	40	10	194	- 153
Breast Cancer	25	36	19	96	- 60
Asthma	26	31	36	25	+ 6
Tetanus	27	29	72	0	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	28	27	31	34	- 7
Lymphomas	29	26	32	32	- 6
Oral Cancer	30	25	40	20	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	25	38	23	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	20	25	59	- 38
Falls	33	20	48	11	+ 9
Liver Cancer	34	18	34	29	- 10
Leukemia	35	18	39	21	- 3
Fires	36	18	41	19	- 1
Prostate Cancer	37	18	17	123	- 106
Poisonings	38	17	65	1	+ 17
Drownings	39	16	15	145	- 128
Inflammatory/Heart	40	15	20	92	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	15	26	54	- 39
Pertussis	42	14	73	0	+ 14
Epilepsy	43	11	37	24	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	44	11	12	174	- 163
Ovary Cancer	45	11	43	18	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	46	10	42	19	- 9
Lung Cancers	47	9	29	38	- 29
Skin Cancers	48	9	55	5	+ 4
Hepatitis B	49	7	59	2	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	50	6	49	9	- 3
Skin Disease	51	6	56	3	+ 3
Syphilis	52	6	71	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	47	13	- 7
Schistosomiasis	54	5	84	0	+ 5
Alcohol	55	5	57	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	56	4	46	13	- 9
Bladder Cancer	57	4	50	8	- 4
Appendicitis	58	3	54	6	- 3
Leishmaniasis	59	3	83	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	60	3	53	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Drug Use	62	2	45	16	- 14
Measles	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	1	+ 1
War	65	1	64	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	63	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	67	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	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.