GUYANA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	695	6	302	+ 394
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	485	27	48	+ 438
Tuberculosis	3	427	16	137	+ 290
Malaria	4	339	33	30	+ 309
Birth Trauma	5	336	24	64	+ 272
Low Birth Weight	6	322	22	89	+ 233
Coronary Heart Disease	7	206	1	1,335	- 1,129
Stroke	8	194	2	1,022	- 829
Congenital Anomalies	9	167	23	69	+ 98
HIV/AIDS	10	148	7	256	- 108
Meningitis	11	146	44	17	+ 129
Road Traffic Accidents	12	140	11	175	- 35
Liver Disease	13	129	9	197	- 68
Measles	14	99	77	0	+ 99
Maternal Conditions	15	79	35	28	+ 51
Pertussis	16	78	73	0	+ 78
Other Injuries	17	76	14	167	- 91
Diabetes Mellitus	18	75	3	579	- 503
Violence	19	62	10	194	- 132
Kidney Disease	20	61	8	233	- 172
Endocrine Disorders	21	53	12	174	- 121
Lung Disease	22	42	13	174	- 132
Breast Cancer	23	40	19	96	- 56
Hypertension	24	36	4	320	- 284
Cervical Cancer	25	35	21	91	- 56
Tetanus	26	28	72	0	+ 28
Asthma	27	27	36	25	+ 2
Falls	28	25	48	11	+ 14
Fires	29	24	41	19	+ 4
Suicide	30	24	5	315	- 292
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	23	38	23	- 0
Drownings	32	22	15	145	- 123
Poisonings	33	22	65	1	+ 21
Drug Use	34	21	45	16	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	35	20	17	123	- 103
Malnutrition	36	20	30	37	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	20	26	54	- 35
Syphilis	38	18	71	0	+ 18
Liver Cancer	39	18	34	29	- 11
Lymphomas	40	17	32	32	- 15
Epilepsy	41	17	37	24	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	42	16	20	92	- 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	14	25	59	- 45
Diphtheria	44	13	75	0	+ 13
War	45	11	64	1	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	8	49	9	- 1
Leukemia	47	8	39	21	- 14
Oral Cancer	48	8	40	20	- 13
Ovary Cancer	49	7	43	18	- 11
Stomach Cancer	50	7	31	34	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	51	7	42	19	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	7	47	13	- 6
Skin Cancers	53	6	55	5	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	54	5	84	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	5	59	2	+ 3
Skin Disease	56	5	56	3	+ 2
Lung Cancers	57	4	29	38	- 33
Alcohol	58	3	57	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	3	53	7	- 4
Appendicitis	60	3	54	6	- 3
Ascariasis	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	2	46	13	- 11
Bladder Cancer	63	2	50	8	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	64	2	51	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	28	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	63	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	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

Nigeria

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.