EQU. GUINEA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	844	2	913	- 68
Coronary Heart Disease	2	758	7	419	+ 340
Stroke	3	425	6	437	- 12
Kidney Disease	4	399	14	198	+ 200
Liver Disease	5	351	13	199	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	320	29	55	+ 265
Stomach Cancer	7	279	49	16	+ 264
Diabetes Mellitus	8	244	11	299	- 55
Road Traffic Accidents	9	243	8	368	- 125
Lung Cancers	10	175	41	27	+ 148
Prostate Cancer	11	174	35	43	+ 132
Violence	12	166	33	45	+ 121
Other Injuries	13	158	23	105	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	146	40	29	+ 117
Lung Disease	15	139	20	120	+ 18
Liver Cancer	16	136	34	43	+ 93
Tuberculosis	17	131	10	321	- 190
Lymphomas	18	124	45	19	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	19	110	12	249	- 139
Breast Cancer	20	108	24	84	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	21	106	28	56	+ 50
Leukemia	22	102	61	4	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	23	89	55	11	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	24	81	4	457	- 376
Falls	25	71	32	46	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	26	70	46	18	+ 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	61	9	349	- 288
Hypertension	28	58	16	165	- 107
Malnutrition	29	55	31	48	+ 7
Suicide	30	50	22	107	- 57
HIV/AIDS	31	47	1	1,838	- 1,792
Skin Cancers	32	43	48	16	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	33	39	52	13	+ 26
Drug Use	34	35	30	50	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	34	43	22	+ 12
Drownings	36	32	36	39	- 7
Birth Trauma	37	30	5	441	- 411
Oral Cancer	38	29	37	35	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	39	27	27	63	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	40	26	25	73	- 47
Bladder Cancer	41	25	56	9	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	42	22	54	12	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	43	19	17	139	- 120
Alcohol	44	18	53	12	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	45	17	58	8	+ 9
Encephalitis	46	15	57	8	+ 8
Epilepsy	47	14	38	32	- 18
Pertussis	48	14	21	109	- 95
Fires	49	13	39	30	- 17
Asthma	50	11	26	65	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	11	50	14	- 3
Syphilis	52	10	18	134	- 124
Appendicitis	53	9	59	6	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	9	51	13	- 4
Poisonings	55	7	44	21	- 14
Meningitis	56	6	19	127	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	6	62	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	3	63	3	- 0
Chagas disease	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	60	3	42	23	- 21
Malaria	61	2	3	668	- 666
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	66	0	73	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	15	181	- 181
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Peru

Equ. Guinea

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.