GUINEA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,675	5	5,777	+ 9,898
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,379	6	5,665	+ 6,714
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,623	15	2,138	+ 9,485
Kidney Disease	4	6,633	16	1,939	+ 4,694
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,466	1	12,790	- 7,324
Prostate Cancer	6	4,684	32	525	+ 4,158
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,540	9	3,788	+ 752
Lung Disease	8	4,397	20	1,373	+ 3,024
Hypertension	9	4,367	21	1,348	+ 3,018
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,960	30	579	+ 3,382
Violence	11	3,080	26	1,128	+ 1,952
Liver Disease	12	2,900	12	2,550	+ 350
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,621	35	439	+ 2,182
Breast Cancer	14	2,119	38	345	+ 1,774
Stomach Cancer	15	1,823	41	245	+ 1,578
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,756	53	100	+ 1,656
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,679	25	1,140	+ 540
Lung Cancers	18	1,556	50	128	+ 1,428
Low Birth Weight	19	1,431	8	4,319	- 2,888
Skin Disease	20	1,345	51	127	+ 1,218
Other Injuries	21	1,228	18	1,504	- 276
Suicide	22	1,198	29	892	+ 306
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,154	44	212	+ 942
Lymphomas	24	1,089	48	158	+ 931
Cervical Cancer	25	987	19	1,491	- 504
Falls	26	876	33	480	+ 397
Asthma	27	798	22	1,179	- 381
Drownings	28	776	31	528	+ 248
Alcohol	29	769	55	83	+ 686
Congenital Anomalies	30	674	14	2,181	- 1,507
Pancreas Cancer	31	671	65	19	+ 652
Epilepsy	32	592	37	350	+ 243
Malnutrition	33	548	28	1,032	- 484
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	447	34	448	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	381	3	6,788	- 6,407
Leukemia	36	368	67	17	+ 351
Liver Cancer	37	336	23	1,167	- 831
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	328	42	238	+ 90
Fires	39	276	36	410	- 134
Oesophagus Cancer	40	261	63	20	+ 241
Ovary Cancer	41	260	54	93	+ 168
Birth Trauma	42	257	7	4,797	- 4,539
Oral Cancer	43	256	52	122	+ 134
Tuberculosis	44	243	13	2,369	- 2,126
Uterin Cancer	45	169	59	38	+ 132
Drug Use	46	159	46	169	- 9
Maternal Conditions	47	154	17	1,793	- 1,640
Other Neoplasms	48	151	68	16	+ 135
Meningitis	49	122	11	2,633	- 2,511
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	109	70	13	+ 96
Appendicitis	51	93	57	41	+ 52
Encephalitis	52	92	56	81	+ 11
Dengue	53	49	73	0	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	54	37	66	18	+ 19
Poisonings	55	22	40	295	- 273
Tetanus	56	18	45	170	- 152
Syphilis	57	16	39	328	- 312
War	58	14	64	20	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	10	69	15	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	5	47	162	- 157
Schistosomiasis	61	4	43	232	- 228
Chlamydia	62	4	71	3	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	24	1,165	- 1,163
Ascariasis	64	1	62	22	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	22	- 22
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	58	40	- 39
Skin Cancers	68	0	49	152	- 152
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	60	32	- 32
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Malaria	81	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	10	3,020	- 3,020
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Saint Lucia

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.