GUYANA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,412	1	1,335	+ 1,077
Stroke	2	670	2	1,022	- 352
Lung Cancers	3	528	29	38	+ 491
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	410	6	302	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	299	25	59	+ 241
Lung Disease	6	280	13	174	+ 106
Other Neoplasms	7	190	28	40	+ 150
Diabetes Mellitus	8	183	3	579	- 395
Breast Cancer	9	163	19	96	+ 67
Liver Disease	10	162	9	197	- 35
Prostate Cancer	11	133	17	123	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	12	121	31	34	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	13	111	42	19	+ 92
Alcohol	14	107	57	3	+ 104
Hypertension	15	101	4	320	- 219
Falls	16	97	48	11	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	17	96	50	8	+ 88
Suicide	18	88	5	315	- 228
Lymphomas	19	85	32	32	+ 53
Kidney Disease	20	83	8	233	- 150
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	76	38	23	+ 53
Road Traffic Accidents	22	73	11	175	- 102
Inflammatory/Heart	23	72	20	92	- 20
Leukemia	24	71	39	21	+ 50
Oral Cancer	25	69	40	20	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	63	26	54	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	27	60	43	18	+ 42
Other Injuries	28	52	14	167	- 115
Liver Cancer	29	47	34	29	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	30	44	46	13	+ 31
Skin Cancers	31	44	55	5	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	32	39	21	91	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	33	37	51	8	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	34	31	49	9	+ 22
Epilepsy	35	23	37	24	- 0
Congenital Anomalies	36	19	23	69	- 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	17	27	48	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	38	17	12	174	- 157
Drownings	39	13	15	145	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	13	47	13	- 0
Tuberculosis	41	12	16	137	- 125
Low Birth Weight	42	12	22	89	- 77
Asthma	43	11	36	25	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	44	10	61	1	+ 9
Fires	45	10	41	19	- 10
Skin Disease	46	10	56	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	63	1	+ 7
Drug Use	48	7	45	16	- 9
Violence	49	6	10	194	- 188
Malnutrition	50	6	30	37	- 31
Poisonings	51	4	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	4	69	0	+ 4
Meningitis	53	3	44	17	- 14
HIV/AIDS	54	2	7	256	- 254
Appendicitis	55	1	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	1	59	2	- 1
Birth Trauma	57	1	24	64	- 63
Schizophrenia	58	1	62	1	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	52	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	60	0	66	1	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	0	58	3	- 3
Anemia	62	0	18	99	- 99
Maternal Conditions	63	0	35	28	- 28
Encephalitis	64	0	53	7	- 7
Oral conditions	65	0	67	0	- 0
War	66	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	33	30	- 30
Leprosy	79	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	60	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Poland

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.