GUYANA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	767	1	1,335	- 568
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	643	38	23	+ 621
Lung Disease	3	392	13	174	+ 218
Stroke	4	357	2	1,022	- 666
Lung Cancers	5	334	29	38	+ 297
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	259	6	302	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	257	25	59	+ 199
Prostate Cancer	8	169	17	123	+ 46
Falls	9	112	48	11	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	10	111	42	19	+ 92
Breast Cancer	11	101	19	96	+ 5
Lymphomas	12	93	32	32	+ 61
Suicide	13	91	5	315	- 224
Kidney Disease	14	88	8	233	- 145
Other Injuries	15	84	14	167	- 83
Diabetes Mellitus	16	81	3	579	- 498
Parkinson's Disease	17	80	49	9	+ 71
Skin Cancers	18	59	55	5	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	19	52	12	174	- 123
Bladder Cancer	20	51	50	8	+ 43
Leukemia	21	51	39	21	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	22	49	31	34	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	23	47	28	40	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	24	45	43	18	+ 27
Drug Use	25	38	45	16	+ 22
Liver Cancer	26	37	34	29	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	27	36	51	8	+ 28
Hypertension	28	33	4	320	- 287
Inflammatory/Heart	29	32	20	92	- 60
Liver Disease	30	31	9	197	- 166
Alcohol	31	29	57	3	+ 26
Oral Cancer	32	24	40	20	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	23	26	54	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	34	20	23	69	- 49
Malnutrition	35	19	30	37	- 18
Uterin Cancer	36	19	46	13	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	18	27	48	- 29
Skin Disease	38	18	56	3	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	39	18	21	91	- 73
Epilepsy	40	17	37	24	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	41	17	61	1	+ 16
Road Traffic Accidents	42	16	11	175	- 158
Asthma	43	12	36	25	- 13
Anemia	44	11	18	99	- 88
Drownings	45	9	15	145	- 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	9	47	13	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	9	63	1	+ 8
Fires	48	6	41	19	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	52	8	- 3
Violence	50	5	10	194	- 189
Osteoarthritis	51	4	58	3	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	52	3	22	89	- 86
Schizophrenia	53	3	62	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	3	24	64	- 62
Hepatitis C	55	2	69	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	2	16	137	- 135
Poisonings	57	2	65	1	+ 1
Meningitis	58	2	44	17	- 15
Appendicitis	59	2	54	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	2	66	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	61	1	7	256	- 255
Oral conditions	62	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	59	2	- 2
Pertussis	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	35	28	- 28
Syphilis	67	0	71	0	- 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	53	7	- 7
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	33	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Norway

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.