GUYANA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	636	6	302	+ 334
Malaria	2	513	33	30	+ 483
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	483	27	48	+ 436
Low Birth Weight	4	288	22	89	+ 199
Stroke	5	263	2	1,022	- 760
Coronary Heart Disease	6	248	1	1,335	- 1,087
Birth Trauma	7	242	24	64	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	8	179	11	175	+ 4
Meningitis	9	158	44	17	+ 140
Congenital Anomalies	10	131	23	69	+ 62
Liver Disease	11	124	9	197	- 73
Other Injuries	12	115	14	167	- 52
Tuberculosis	13	112	16	137	- 25
Maternal Conditions	14	100	35	28	+ 72
Pertussis	15	86	73	0	+ 86
Kidney Disease	16	82	8	233	- 151
Diabetes Mellitus	17	79	3	579	- 499
Measles	18	73	77	0	+ 73
Violence	19	68	10	194	- 126
Lung Disease	20	65	13	174	- 108
Malnutrition	21	65	30	37	+ 28
Asthma	22	57	36	25	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	23	54	12	174	- 120
Drownings	24	48	15	145	- 97
Hypertension	25	41	4	320	- 279
Falls	26	39	48	11	+ 28
Suicide	27	37	5	315	- 278
Fires	28	34	41	19	+ 14
Breast Cancer	29	32	19	96	- 63
HIV/AIDS	30	32	7	256	- 225
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	31	26	54	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	26	38	23	+ 3
Poisonings	33	23	65	1	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	20	92	- 69
Liver Cancer	35	22	34	29	- 6
Epilepsy	36	20	37	24	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	16	25	59	- 43
Cervical Cancer	38	15	21	91	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	14	47	13	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	40	13	43	18	- 5
War	41	12	64	1	+ 12
Tetanus	42	11	72	0	+ 11
Lymphomas	43	11	32	32	- 22
Stomach Cancer	44	9	31	34	- 25
Skin Cancers	45	9	55	5	+ 4
Hepatitis B	46	8	59	2	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	47	8	49	9	- 1
Leukemia	48	8	39	21	- 13
Oral Cancer	49	7	40	20	- 13
Schistosomiasis	50	7	84	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	51	7	83	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	6	56	3	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	53	5	50	8	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	54	4	42	19	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	55	4	51	8	- 4
Appendicitis	56	4	54	6	- 2
Prostate Cancer	57	4	17	123	- 119
Drug Use	58	4	45	16	- 12
Ascariasis	59	4	74	0	+ 4
Alcohol	60	4	57	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	3	53	7	- 4
Syphilis	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	66	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	3	46	13	- 10
Diphtheria	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Lung Cancers	67	1	29	38	- 36
Other Neoplasms	68	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	63	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	18	99	- 99
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.