GUYANA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	540	1	1,335	- 795
Stroke	2	403	2	1,022	- 620
Lung Disease	3	359	13	174	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	4	358	3	579	- 220
Tuberculosis	5	314	16	137	+ 177
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	205	6	302	- 96
Malaria	7	193	33	30	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	181	27	48	+ 134
Asthma	9	146	36	25	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	10	131	22	89	+ 42
Birth Trauma	11	119	24	64	+ 54
Road Traffic Accidents	12	87	11	175	- 87
Hypertension	13	87	4	320	- 233
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	85	47	13	+ 72
Violence	15	77	10	194	- 117
Congenital Anomalies	16	75	23	69	+ 6
Breast Cancer	17	60	19	96	- 35
Kidney Disease	18	54	8	233	- 179
Cervical Cancer	19	53	21	91	- 39
Other Injuries	20	51	14	167	- 116
Liver Cancer	21	51	34	29	+ 22
Liver Disease	22	49	9	197	- 147
Lung Cancers	23	49	29	38	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	24	48	7	256	- 208
Oral Cancer	25	46	40	20	+ 26
Falls	26	40	48	11	+ 29
Fires	27	39	41	19	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	28	35	31	34	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	35	25	59	- 23
Maternal Conditions	30	33	35	28	+ 5
Skin Cancers	31	33	55	5	+ 28
Lymphomas	32	28	32	32	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	27	38	23	+ 4
Meningitis	34	26	44	17	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	24	26	54	- 30
Prostate Cancer	36	23	17	123	- 101
Suicide	37	20	5	315	- 295
Leukemia	38	20	39	21	- 1
Pertussis	39	20	73	0	+ 20
Drownings	40	19	15	145	- 126
Measles	41	19	77	0	+ 19
Syphilis	42	18	71	0	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	43	18	20	92	- 74
Oesophagus Cancer	44	16	51	8	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	45	15	49	9	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	46	14	43	18	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	47	12	12	174	- 162
Malnutrition	48	11	30	37	- 27
Skin Disease	49	10	56	3	+ 7
Poisonings	50	10	65	1	+ 9
Epilepsy	51	9	37	24	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	52	8	42	19	- 11
Alcohol	53	7	57	3	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	54	7	50	8	- 1
Uterin Cancer	55	6	46	13	- 7
Tetanus	56	4	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	57	2	53	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	58	2	59	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	2	54	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	60	1	28	40	- 39
Drug Use	61	1	45	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	62	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	60	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	63	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	1	- 0
War	69	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

New Guinea

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.