GUYANA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	890	2	1,022	- 132
Coronary Heart Disease	2	703	1	1,335	- 632
Diabetes Mellitus	3	660	3	579	+ 81
Kidney Disease	4	377	8	233	+ 143
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	310	6	302	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	6	266	17	123	+ 143
Road Traffic Accidents	7	258	11	175	+ 83
Lung Disease	8	250	13	174	+ 76
Hypertension	9	248	4	320	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	225	38	23	+ 202
Violence	11	175	10	194	- 19
Liver Disease	12	165	9	197	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	13	149	20	92	+ 57
Breast Cancer	14	120	19	96	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	15	104	31	34	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	100	25	59	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	17	95	12	174	- 79
Lung Cancers	18	88	29	38	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	19	81	22	89	- 8
Skin Disease	20	76	56	3	+ 73
Other Injuries	21	70	14	167	- 97
Suicide	22	68	5	315	- 247
Parkinson's Disease	23	66	49	9	+ 57
Lymphomas	24	62	32	32	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	25	56	21	91	- 35
Falls	26	50	48	11	+ 39
Asthma	27	45	36	25	+ 20
Drownings	28	44	15	145	- 101
Alcohol	29	44	57	3	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	30	38	23	69	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	31	38	42	19	+ 19
Epilepsy	32	34	37	24	+ 10
Malnutrition	33	31	30	37	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	25	26	54	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	22	27	48	- 26
Leukemia	36	21	39	21	- 0
Liver Cancer	37	19	34	29	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	19	47	13	+ 6
Fires	39	16	41	19	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	40	15	51	8	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	41	15	43	18	- 3
Birth Trauma	42	15	24	64	- 50
Oral Cancer	43	15	40	20	- 6
Tuberculosis	44	14	16	137	- 123
Uterin Cancer	45	10	46	13	- 3
Drug Use	46	9	45	16	- 7
Maternal Conditions	47	9	35	28	- 19
Other Neoplasms	48	9	28	40	- 32
Meningitis	49	7	44	17	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	63	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	51	5	54	6	- 1
Encephalitis	52	5	53	7	- 2
Dengue	53	3	60	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	61	1	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	56	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	57	1	71	0	+ 1
War	58	1	64	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	59	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	61	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	55	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	50	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	73	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	74	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	52	8	- 8
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	7	256	- 256
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Saint Lucia

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.