EQU. GUINEA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,139	1	1,838	+ 301
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,169	2	913	+ 256
Coronary Heart Disease	3	973	7	419	+ 554
Stroke	4	912	6	437	+ 475
Diabetes Mellitus	5	897	11	299	+ 598
Tuberculosis	6	653	10	321	+ 332
Violence	7	624	33	45	+ 579
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	471	9	349	+ 122
Kidney Disease	9	455	14	198	+ 256
Suicide	10	409	22	107	+ 302
Road Traffic Accidents	11	387	8	368	+ 18
Hypertension	12	380	16	165	+ 215
Lung Disease	13	353	20	120	+ 233
Liver Disease	14	268	13	199	+ 69
Lung Cancers	15	229	41	27	+ 202
Low Birth Weight	16	186	4	457	- 271
Other Injuries	17	179	23	105	+ 74
Asthma	18	177	26	65	+ 112
Endocrine Disorders	19	175	25	73	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	20	165	28	56	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	21	161	27	63	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	139	29	55	+ 83
Breast Cancer	23	135	24	84	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	24	130	35	43	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	25	129	12	249	- 120
Meningitis	26	109	19	127	- 18
Fires	27	107	39	30	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	107	40	29	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	29	104	54	12	+ 92
Birth Trauma	30	89	5	441	- 352
Lymphomas	31	84	45	19	+ 64
Drownings	32	71	36	39	+ 32
Liver Cancer	33	71	34	43	+ 28
Malnutrition	34	71	31	48	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	35	60	55	11	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	56	43	22	+ 34
Epilepsy	37	56	38	32	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	38	50	17	139	- 88
Stomach Cancer	39	46	49	16	+ 30
Leukemia	40	43	61	4	+ 40
Oral Cancer	41	42	37	35	+ 7
Falls	42	42	32	46	- 4
Pertussis	43	34	21	109	- 75
Syphilis	44	34	18	134	- 100
Skin Disease	45	33	51	13	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	46	32	46	18	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	50	14	+ 16
Skin Cancers	48	29	48	16	+ 13
Alcohol	49	29	53	12	+ 17
Poisonings	50	29	44	21	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	51	28	52	13	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	52	25	56	9	+ 16
Drug Use	53	23	30	50	- 27
Uterin Cancer	54	15	58	8	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	11	62	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	8	59	6	+ 3
Measles	57	8	15	181	- 173
Other Neoplasms	58	8	63	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	7	57	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	7	66	2	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	4	65	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	1	+ 2
Malaria	63	2	3	668	- 665
War	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	65	1	42	23	- 22
Schistosomiasis	66	1	60	4	- 3
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	70	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

South Africa

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.