EQU. GUINEA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,013	6	437	+ 1,576
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,590	7	419	+ 1,171
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,492	11	299	+ 1,193
Kidney Disease	4	852	14	198	+ 653
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	702	2	913	- 211
Prostate Cancer	6	601	35	43	+ 559
Road Traffic Accidents	7	583	8	368	+ 214
Lung Disease	8	565	20	120	+ 444
Hypertension	9	561	16	165	+ 396
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	509	29	55	+ 453
Violence	11	395	33	45	+ 351
Liver Disease	12	372	13	199	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	13	337	27	63	+ 274
Breast Cancer	14	272	24	84	+ 188
Stomach Cancer	15	234	49	16	+ 219
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	226	40	29	+ 197
Endocrine Disorders	17	216	25	73	+ 142
Lung Cancers	18	200	41	27	+ 173
Low Birth Weight	19	184	4	457	- 273
Skin Disease	20	173	51	13	+ 160
Other Injuries	21	158	23	105	+ 53
Suicide	22	154	22	107	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	23	148	46	18	+ 131
Lymphomas	24	140	45	19	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	25	127	28	56	+ 71
Falls	26	113	32	46	+ 67
Asthma	27	102	26	65	+ 37
Drownings	28	100	36	39	+ 60
Alcohol	29	99	53	12	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	30	86	12	249	- 163
Pancreas Cancer	31	86	55	11	+ 75
Epilepsy	32	76	38	32	+ 44
Malnutrition	33	70	31	48	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	57	43	22	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	49	9	349	- 300
Leukemia	36	47	61	4	+ 44
Liver Cancer	37	43	34	43	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	42	50	14	+ 28
Fires	39	35	39	30	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	40	34	54	12	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	41	33	52	13	+ 21
Birth Trauma	42	33	5	441	- 408
Oral Cancer	43	33	37	35	- 2
Tuberculosis	44	31	10	321	- 290
Uterin Cancer	45	22	58	8	+ 14
Drug Use	46	20	30	50	- 30
Maternal Conditions	47	20	17	139	- 119
Other Neoplasms	48	19	63	3	+ 16
Meningitis	49	16	19	127	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	62	4	+ 10
Appendicitis	51	12	59	6	+ 6
Encephalitis	52	12	57	8	+ 4
Dengue	53	6	73	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	67	1	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	44	21	- 18
Tetanus	56	2	42	23	- 21
Syphilis	57	2	18	134	- 132
War	58	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	60	1	65	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	61	1	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	21	109	- 109
Ascariasis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	64	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	0	48	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	56	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	81	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Saint Lucia

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.