GUYANA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,065	1	1,335	- 269
Stroke	2	732	2	1,022	- 290
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	405	6	302	+ 104
Diabetes Mellitus	4	352	3	579	- 227
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	238	27	48	+ 191
Lung Disease	6	228	13	174	+ 54
Malaria	7	159	33	30	+ 129
Road Traffic Accidents	8	121	11	175	- 54
Suicide	9	107	5	315	- 208
Liver Disease	10	97	9	197	- 100
Drownings	11	88	15	145	- 57
Asthma	12	86	36	25	+ 60
Hypertension	13	83	4	320	- 237
Low Birth Weight	14	71	22	89	- 19
Kidney Disease	15	70	8	233	- 164
Congenital Anomalies	16	69	23	69	+ 0
Other Injuries	17	65	14	167	- 102
Liver Cancer	18	65	34	29	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	64	47	13	+ 51
Falls	20	60	48	11	+ 49
Birth Trauma	21	56	24	64	- 8
Maternal Conditions	22	50	35	28	+ 22
Tuberculosis	23	49	16	137	- 88
Dengue	24	45	60	2	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	25	45	21	91	- 46
Breast Cancer	26	37	19	96	- 59
Lung Cancers	27	37	29	38	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	35	38	23	+ 12
Syphilis	29	30	71	0	+ 30
Violence	30	29	10	194	- 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	25	25	59	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	24	26	54	- 30
Ovary Cancer	33	23	43	18	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	23	49	9	+ 14
Leukemia	35	22	39	21	+ 1
Malnutrition	36	21	30	37	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	37	19	20	92	- 73
Poisonings	38	17	65	1	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	39	16	12	174	- 158
Fires	40	16	41	19	- 4
Prostate Cancer	41	14	17	123	- 109
Lymphomas	42	14	32	32	- 18
Meningitis	43	14	44	17	- 4
Stomach Cancer	44	13	31	34	- 21
Epilepsy	45	12	37	24	- 12
Skin Disease	46	11	56	3	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	47	9	46	13	- 4
Alcohol	48	9	57	3	+ 6
Oral Cancer	49	8	40	20	- 12
Pertussis	50	8	73	0	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	51	5	42	19	- 14
Bladder Cancer	52	5	50	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	53	3	59	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	2	53	7	- 5
Appendicitis	55	2	54	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	56	1	28	40	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	51	8	- 7
Drug Use	58	1	45	16	- 15
Tetanus	59	1	72	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	63	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	1	- 0
War	65	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	55	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	70	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	7	256	- 256
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Solomon Isl.

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.