GUYANA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	946	7	256	+ 690
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	517	6	302	+ 215
Coronary Heart Disease	3	430	1	1,335	- 905
Stroke	4	403	2	1,022	- 619
Diabetes Mellitus	5	397	3	579	- 182
Tuberculosis	6	289	16	137	+ 152
Violence	7	276	10	194	+ 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	208	27	48	+ 161
Kidney Disease	9	201	8	233	- 32
Suicide	10	181	5	315	- 134
Road Traffic Accidents	11	171	11	175	- 4
Hypertension	12	168	4	320	- 152
Lung Disease	13	156	13	174	- 18
Liver Disease	14	118	9	197	- 78
Lung Cancers	15	101	29	38	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	16	82	22	89	- 7
Other Injuries	17	79	14	167	- 88
Asthma	18	78	36	25	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	19	77	12	174	- 97
Cervical Cancer	20	73	21	91	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	21	71	20	92	- 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	61	38	23	+ 39
Breast Cancer	23	60	19	96	- 36
Prostate Cancer	24	57	17	123	- 66
Congenital Anomalies	25	57	23	69	- 12
Meningitis	26	48	44	17	+ 31
Fires	27	48	41	19	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	47	25	59	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	29	46	51	8	+ 38
Birth Trauma	30	39	24	64	- 25
Lymphomas	31	37	32	32	+ 5
Drownings	32	32	15	145	- 113
Liver Cancer	33	31	34	29	+ 2
Malnutrition	34	31	30	37	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	35	26	42	19	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	25	26	54	- 29
Epilepsy	37	25	37	24	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	38	22	35	28	- 6
Stomach Cancer	39	20	31	34	- 14
Leukemia	40	19	39	21	- 2
Oral Cancer	41	18	40	20	- 2
Falls	42	18	48	11	+ 7
Pertussis	43	15	73	0	+ 15
Syphilis	44	15	71	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	45	14	56	3	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	46	14	49	9	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	13	47	13	+ 0
Skin Cancers	48	13	55	5	+ 8
Alcohol	49	13	57	3	+ 10
Poisonings	50	13	65	1	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	51	12	43	18	- 5
Bladder Cancer	52	11	50	8	+ 3
Drug Use	53	10	45	16	- 6
Uterin Cancer	54	7	46	13	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	5	63	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	54	6	- 2
Measles	57	4	77	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	4	28	40	- 37
Encephalitis	59	3	53	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	3	66	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	2	59	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	+ 0
Malaria	63	1	33	30	- 29
War	64	1	64	1	+ 0
Tetanus	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	52	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

South Africa

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.