GUYANA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	950	1	1,335	- 385
Diabetes Mellitus	2	450	3	579	- 129
Lung Disease	3	342	13	174	+ 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	251	38	23	+ 228
Kidney Disease	5	248	8	233	+ 14
Stroke	6	246	2	1,022	- 777
Asthma	7	234	36	25	+ 208
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	185	6	302	- 117
Road Traffic Accidents	9	152	11	175	- 23
Suicide	10	108	5	315	- 208
Oral Cancer	11	105	40	20	+ 84
Lung Cancers	12	64	29	38	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	13	56	51	8	+ 48
Other Injuries	14	55	14	167	- 112
Breast Cancer	15	50	19	96	- 46
Stomach Cancer	16	48	31	34	+ 14
Liver Disease	17	47	9	197	- 150
Leukemia	18	42	39	21	+ 21
Liver Cancer	19	39	34	29	+ 11
Hypertension	20	38	4	320	- 282
Lymphomas	21	37	32	32	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	22	36	23	69	- 33
Falls	23	35	48	11	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	33	25	59	- 26
Tuberculosis	25	28	16	137	- 109
Cervical Cancer	26	28	21	91	- 64
Drownings	27	26	15	145	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	22	27	48	- 26
Low Birth Weight	29	19	22	89	- 70
Prostate Cancer	30	18	17	123	- 105
Violence	31	18	10	194	- 176
Endocrine Disorders	32	17	12	174	- 158
Anemia	33	16	18	99	- 83
Bladder Cancer	34	16	50	8	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	35	15	20	92	- 76
Skin Disease	36	11	56	3	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	37	10	43	18	- 8
War	38	10	64	1	+ 9
Epilepsy	39	10	37	24	- 14
Drug Use	40	9	45	16	- 6
Fires	41	9	41	19	- 11
Uterin Cancer	42	8	46	13	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	43	8	42	19	- 11
Birth Trauma	44	7	24	64	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	45	6	49	9	- 3
Meningitis	46	5	44	17	- 12
Dengue	47	5	60	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	48	3	35	28	- 25
Poisonings	49	3	65	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	50	3	28	40	- 37
Alcohol	51	3	57	3	- 0
Skin Cancers	52	2	55	5	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	2	47	13	- 11
Malnutrition	54	2	30	37	- 36
HIV/AIDS	55	1	7	256	- 255
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	1	26	54	- 53
Tetanus	57	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	58	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	59	1	73	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	63	1	- 1
Encephalitis	61	0	53	7	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	0	59	2	- 2
Leprosy	63	0	68	0	- 0
Appendicitis	64	0	54	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	65	0	62	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	68	0	67	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	61	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	52	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Sri Lanka

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.