GUYANA VS MALTA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALTA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,481	1	1,335	+ 146
Stroke	2	493	2	1,022	- 530
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	359	6	302	+ 58
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	350	38	23	+ 327
Lung Cancers	5	333	29	38	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	6	275	3	579	- 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	249	25	59	+ 190
Lung Disease	8	214	13	174	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	9	153	42	19	+ 134
Breast Cancer	10	143	19	96	+ 47
Kidney Disease	11	134	8	233	- 100
Lymphomas	12	90	32	32	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	13	89	17	123	- 34
Falls	14	87	48	11	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	15	84	31	34	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	16	84	49	9	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	17	58	43	18	+ 40
Liver Cancer	18	57	34	29	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	19	56	50	8	+ 48
Hypertension	20	56	4	320	- 264
Leukemia	21	47	39	21	+ 26
Suicide	22	45	5	315	- 270
Oral Cancer	23	42	40	20	+ 22
Liver Disease	24	39	9	197	- 158
Skin Disease	25	39	56	3	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	26	37	28	40	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	27	37	20	92	- 55
Uterin Cancer	28	35	46	13	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	29	34	51	8	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	30	32	12	174	- 142
Road Traffic Accidents	31	31	11	175	- 144
Congenital Anomalies	32	29	23	69	- 39
Other Injuries	33	28	14	167	- 140
Skin Cancers	34	24	55	5	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	35	19	22	89	- 70
Asthma	36	14	36	25	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	12	26	54	- 42
Drug Use	38	12	45	16	- 4
Cervical Cancer	39	8	21	91	- 84
Violence	40	7	10	194	- 186
HIV/AIDS	41	6	7	256	- 250
Prostatic Hypertrophy	42	6	52	8	- 2
Epilepsy	43	6	37	24	- 18
Birth Trauma	44	5	24	64	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	45	5	61	1	+ 4
Anemia	46	5	18	99	- 94
Alcohol	47	5	57	3	+ 1
Drownings	48	4	15	145	- 141
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	4	47	13	- 9
Osteoarthritis	50	4	58	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	3	63	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	52	3	16	137	- 134
Hepatitis C	53	2	69	0	+ 2
War	54	2	64	1	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	2	27	48	- 46
Meningitis	56	1	44	17	- 16
Schizophrenia	57	1	62	1	+ 0
Poisonings	58	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	60	1	30	37	- 37
Hepatitis B	61	1	59	2	- 1
Fires	62	1	41	19	- 19
Appendicitis	63	1	54	6	- 5
Maternal Conditions	64	1	35	28	- 28
Encephalitis	65	0	53	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	67	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	68	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Syphilis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Malta

Guyana

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.