EQU. GUINEA VS SINGAPORE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SINGAPORE		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,576	7	419	+ 1,157
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,546	2	913	+ 633
Stroke	3	464	6	437	+ 27
Lung Cancers	4	459	41	27	+ 432
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	358	40	29	+ 330
Kidney Disease	6	306	14	198	+ 108
Liver Cancer	7	222	34	43	+ 179
Hypertension	8	218	16	165	+ 53
Suicide	9	194	22	107	+ 87
Breast Cancer	10	180	24	84	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	11	160	55	11	+ 149
Stomach Cancer	12	121	49	16	+ 105
Lymphomas	13	118	45	19	+ 99
Lung Disease	14	114	20	120	- 6
Oral Cancer	15	94	37	35	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	16	90	35	43	+ 47
Leukemia	17	74	61	4	+ 71
Falls	18	65	32	46	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	19	64	27	63	+ 1
Liver Disease	20	62	13	199	- 137
Ovary Cancer	21	61	52	13	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	22	58	63	3	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	23	44	58	8	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	24	41	54	12	+ 29
Skin Disease	25	40	51	13	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	26	36	8	368	- 332
Bladder Cancer	27	36	56	9	+ 27
Diabetes Mellitus	28	32	11	299	- 267
Parkinson's Disease	29	27	46	18	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	30	25	28	56	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	31	24	12	249	- 226
Other Injuries	32	24	23	105	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	21	43	22	- 1
Skin Cancers	34	17	48	16	+ 1
Asthma	35	11	26	65	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	10	29	55	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	37	9	25	73	- 64
Drownings	38	9	36	39	- 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	8	9	349	- 341
Tuberculosis	40	8	10	321	- 313
Low Birth Weight	41	8	4	457	- 449
Epilepsy	42	7	38	32	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	50	14	- 8
Drug Use	44	6	30	50	- 45
HIV/AIDS	45	5	1	1,838	- 1,833
Violence	46	4	33	45	- 40
Alcohol	47	3	53	12	- 9
Meningitis	48	2	19	127	- 125
Fires	49	2	39	30	- 28
Appendicitis	50	2	59	6	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	52	1	65	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	53	1	17	139	- 138
Upper Respiratory	54	1	66	2	- 1
Birth Trauma	55	1	5	441	- 440
Hepatitis C	56	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	67	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	62	4	- 3
War	59	1	71	0	+ 0
Poisonings	60	0	44	21	- 21
Encephalitis	61	0	57	8	- 8
Pertussis	62	0	21	109	- 109
Malnutrition	63	0	31	48	- 48
Diphtheria	64	0	64	3	- 3
Syphilis	65	0	18	134	- 134
Dengue	66	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	68	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	69	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Tetanus	73	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	79	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Singapore

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.