GUYANA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,002	1	1,335	- 333
Stroke	2	960	2	1,022	- 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	559	38	23	+ 537
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	533	6	302	+ 232
Lung Cancers	5	343	29	38	+ 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	341	25	59	+ 283
Lung Disease	7	333	13	174	+ 159
Diabetes Mellitus	8	280	3	579	- 298
Kidney Disease	9	218	8	233	- 15
Stomach Cancer	10	197	31	34	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	11	165	17	123	+ 42
Breast Cancer	12	155	19	96	+ 60
Other Injuries	13	151	14	167	- 16
Hypertension	14	146	4	320	- 174
Pancreas Cancer	15	130	42	19	+ 111
Lymphomas	16	125	32	32	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	17	120	12	174	- 54
Liver Cancer	18	99	34	29	+ 70
Suicide	19	91	5	315	- 224
Bladder Cancer	20	91	50	8	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	21	89	49	9	+ 80
Liver Disease	22	88	9	197	- 109
Falls	23	80	48	11	+ 69
Leukemia	24	79	39	21	+ 58
Oral Cancer	25	71	40	20	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	26	71	20	92	- 21
Road Traffic Accidents	27	65	11	175	- 110
Other Neoplasms	28	51	28	40	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	29	48	51	8	+ 41
Skin Cancers	30	41	55	5	+ 36
Epilepsy	31	32	37	24	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	32	32	46	13	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	33	31	43	18	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	34	26	21	91	- 66
HIV/AIDS	35	25	7	256	- 231
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	18	27	48	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	18	26	54	- 37
Tuberculosis	38	17	16	137	- 120
Skin Disease	39	16	56	3	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	40	15	23	69	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	13	47	13	+ 0
Anemia	42	12	18	99	- 87
Asthma	43	11	36	25	- 14
Drug Use	44	10	45	16	- 6
Alcohol	45	9	57	3	+ 6
Fires	46	8	41	19	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	63	1	+ 7
Violence	48	7	10	194	- 186
Hepatitis C	49	7	69	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	6	52	8	- 1
Drownings	51	6	15	145	- 139
Low Birth Weight	52	6	22	89	- 83
Malnutrition	53	6	30	37	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	61	1	+ 3
Schizophrenia	55	4	62	1	+ 3
Meningitis	56	3	44	17	- 14
Poisonings	57	2	65	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	58	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	2	59	2	+ 0
Birth Trauma	60	2	24	64	- 63
Appendicitis	61	2	54	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	35	28	- 28
Syphilis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	53	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	85	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Portugal

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.