EQU. GUINEA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,752	7	419	+ 1,333
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	797	29	55	+ 742
Lung Cancers	3	695	41	27	+ 668
Stroke	4	687	6	437	+ 250
Lung Disease	5	648	20	120	+ 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	351	40	29	+ 322
Breast Cancer	7	303	24	84	+ 219
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	297	2	913	- 615
Kidney Disease	9	243	14	198	+ 45
Other Injuries	10	236	23	105	+ 131
Pancreas Cancer	11	219	55	11	+ 207
Liver Disease	12	201	13	199	+ 1
Suicide	13	186	22	107	+ 78
Lymphomas	14	172	45	19	+ 153
Prostate Cancer	15	170	35	43	+ 127
Parkinson's Disease	16	166	46	18	+ 148
Diabetes Mellitus	17	163	11	299	- 136
Falls	18	162	32	46	+ 116
Hypertension	19	143	16	165	- 22
Leukemia	20	142	61	4	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	21	141	25	73	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	22	137	49	16	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	23	131	27	63	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	24	131	63	3	+ 127
Liver Cancer	25	130	34	43	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	26	117	56	9	+ 109
Ovary Cancer	27	94	52	13	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	28	85	54	12	+ 73
Alcohol	29	68	53	12	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	30	67	8	368	- 301
Skin Cancers	31	58	48	16	+ 42
Malnutrition	32	52	31	48	+ 4
Oral Cancer	33	51	37	35	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	51	50	14	+ 36
Epilepsy	35	45	38	32	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	36	42	58	8	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	37	28	12	249	- 221
Cervical Cancer	38	26	28	56	- 30
Drug Use	39	25	30	50	- 25
Anemia	40	23	85	0	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	43	22	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	17	9	349	- 332
Schizophrenia	43	16	86	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	44	14	51	13	+ 1
Asthma	45	12	26	65	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	46	11	67	1	+ 10
Hepatitis C	47	10	69	0	+ 10
Violence	48	8	33	45	- 36
Low Birth Weight	49	8	4	457	- 449
Osteoarthritis	50	7	81	0	+ 7
Fires	51	7	39	30	- 23
HIV/AIDS	52	7	1	1,838	- 1,832
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	62	4	+ 3
Drownings	54	5	36	39	- 34
Tuberculosis	55	5	10	321	- 316
Poisonings	56	4	44	21	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	82	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	2	19	127	- 125
Birth Trauma	59	2	5	441	- 439
Hepatitis B	60	1	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	2	- 1
Appendicitis	62	1	59	6	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	1	17	139	- 138
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	0	57	8	- 7
Syphilis	66	0	18	134	- 133
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	21	109	- 109
Tetanus	69	0	42	23	- 23
Measles	70	0	15	181	- 181
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	81	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	47	16	- 16
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Luxembourg

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.