GUYANA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	308	6	302	+ 6
Stroke	2	295	2	1,022	- 727
Road Traffic Accidents	3	217	11	175	+ 42
Coronary Heart Disease	4	210	1	1,335	- 1,125
Malaria	5	192	33	30	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	182	27	48	+ 134
HIV/AIDS	7	165	7	256	- 91
Liver Disease	8	149	9	197	- 48
Low Birth Weight	9	128	22	89	+ 39
Birth Trauma	10	110	24	64	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	11	108	3	579	- 470
Congenital Anomalies	12	104	23	69	+ 35
Lung Disease	13	91	13	174	- 83
Hypertension	14	79	4	320	- 241
Kidney Disease	15	70	8	233	- 163
Malnutrition	16	68	30	37	+ 31
Other Injuries	17	55	14	167	- 112
Cervical Cancer	18	55	21	91	- 37
Meningitis	19	49	44	17	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	20	45	31	34	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	21	42	35	28	+ 14
Asthma	22	42	36	25	+ 16
Liver Cancer	23	41	34	29	+ 12
Suicide	24	41	5	315	- 274
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	38	38	23	+ 15
Tuberculosis	26	36	16	137	- 101
Breast Cancer	27	35	19	96	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	34	25	59	- 24
Violence	29	32	10	194	- 162
Lymphomas	30	26	32	32	- 6
Falls	31	24	48	11	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	32	23	17	123	- 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	21	26	54	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	34	20	20	92	- 72
Leukemia	35	18	39	21	- 3
Drownings	36	17	15	145	- 128
Oral Cancer	37	16	40	20	- 4
Fires	38	16	41	19	- 4
Lung Cancers	39	14	29	38	- 24
Poisonings	40	13	65	1	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	41	13	12	174	- 162
Pertussis	42	13	73	0	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	43	12	42	19	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	12	51	8	+ 5
Epilepsy	45	11	37	24	- 12
Syphilis	46	10	71	0	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	49	9	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	8	47	13	- 5
Alcohol	49	7	57	3	+ 4
Skin Cancers	50	7	55	5	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	51	6	84	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	52	6	56	3	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	5	43	18	- 12
Appendicitis	54	4	54	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	55	4	59	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	56	3	46	13	- 10
Upper Respiratory	57	3	66	1	+ 3
Tetanus	58	3	72	0	+ 3
Measles	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Drug Use	60	3	45	16	- 13
Encephalitis	61	2	53	7	- 5
Bladder Cancer	62	2	50	8	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	63	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	64	1	28	40	- 39
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	18	99	- 99
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.