GUYANA VS MAURITIUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITIUS		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	1,135	3	579	+ 556
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,094	1	1,335	- 241
Stroke	3	597	2	1,022	- 426
Kidney Disease	4	439	8	233	+ 205
Lung Disease	5	392	13	174	+ 218
Hypertension	6	359	4	320	+ 39
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	210	6	302	- 92
Breast Cancer	8	141	19	96	+ 45
Lung Cancers	9	110	29	38	+ 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	110	25	59	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	11	94	11	175	- 81
Liver Disease	12	88	9	197	- 109
HIV/AIDS	13	85	7	256	- 171
Suicide	14	73	5	315	- 243
Prostate Cancer	15	70	17	123	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	16	66	20	92	- 26
Asthma	17	65	36	25	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	18	63	31	34	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	19	61	12	174	- 113
Other Neoplasms	20	47	28	40	+ 6
Other Injuries	21	40	14	167	- 127
Skin Disease	22	39	56	3	+ 36
Oral Cancer	23	38	40	20	+ 18
Lymphomas	24	34	32	32	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	25	34	23	69	- 34
Falls	26	34	48	11	+ 23
Liver Cancer	27	34	34	29	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	28	33	42	19	+ 14
Alcohol	29	32	57	3	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	30	30	21	91	- 62
Leukemia	31	29	39	21	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	32	28	43	18	+ 10
Drownings	33	26	15	145	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	25	38	23	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	35	22	22	89	- 67
Birth Trauma	36	22	24	64	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	37	21	51	8	+ 14
Epilepsy	38	21	37	24	- 2
Anemia	39	20	18	99	- 79
Uterin Cancer	40	19	46	13	+ 6
Violence	41	18	10	194	- 176
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	14	27	48	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	14	26	54	- 41
Bladder Cancer	44	13	50	8	+ 5
Tuberculosis	45	11	16	137	- 126
Drug Use	46	10	45	16	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	47	7	49	9	- 2
Maternal Conditions	48	7	35	28	- 22
Poisonings	49	6	65	1	+ 6
Fires	50	6	41	19	- 13
Hepatitis C	51	5	69	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	52	3	62	1	+ 2
Skin Cancers	53	3	55	5	- 2
Malnutrition	54	2	30	37	- 35
Oral conditions	55	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	2	47	13	- 11
Meningitis	57	1	44	17	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	52	8	- 6
Appendicitis	59	1	54	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Encephalitis	61	1	53	7	- 7
War	62	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	2	- 2
Pertussis	66	0	73	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	83	0	58	3	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	84	0	61	1	- 1
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.