GUYANA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	323	7	256	+ 66
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	306	6	302	+ 5
Malaria	3	256	33	30	+ 226
Tuberculosis	4	239	16	137	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	5	213	11	175	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	207	27	48	+ 160
Stroke	7	199	2	1,022	- 824
Birth Trauma	8	178	24	64	+ 113
Coronary Heart Disease	9	156	1	1,335	- 1,179
Low Birth Weight	10	143	22	89	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	11	115	23	69	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	12	80	35	28	+ 52
Liver Disease	13	78	9	197	- 119
Cervical Cancer	14	76	21	91	- 16
Diabetes Mellitus	15	74	3	579	- 505
Malnutrition	16	66	30	37	+ 28
Hypertension	17	61	4	320	- 259
Violence	18	55	10	194	- 138
Kidney Disease	19	54	8	233	- 180
Other Injuries	20	50	14	167	- 117
Meningitis	21	38	44	17	+ 20
Lung Disease	22	36	13	174	- 138
Pertussis	23	33	73	0	+ 33
Suicide	24	29	5	315	- 286
Oesophagus Cancer	25	26	51	8	+ 19
Syphilis	26	25	71	0	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	24	38	23	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	28	21	17	123	- 102
Endocrine Disorders	29	21	12	174	- 153
Asthma	30	20	36	25	- 5
Oral Cancer	31	19	40	20	- 1
Drownings	32	19	15	145	- 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	18	25	59	- 40
Falls	34	18	48	11	+ 7
Fires	35	17	41	19	- 3
Liver Cancer	36	17	34	29	- 12
Breast Cancer	37	15	19	96	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	38	14	20	92	- 77
Stomach Cancer	39	14	31	34	- 20
Poisonings	40	14	65	1	+ 13
Lymphomas	41	9	32	32	- 23
Skin Cancers	42	9	55	5	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	8	37	24	- 15
Bladder Cancer	44	8	50	8	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	45	6	49	9	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	5	26	54	- 49
Leukemia	47	5	39	21	- 16
Drug Use	48	5	45	16	- 11
Tetanus	49	5	72	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	47	13	- 8
Schistosomiasis	51	4	84	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	4	56	3	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	53	4	43	18	- 14
Upper Respiratory	54	4	66	1	+ 3
Measles	55	3	77	0	+ 3
Alcohol	56	3	57	3	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	57	3	46	13	- 10
Appendicitis	58	3	54	6	- 3
Encephalitis	59	2	53	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	2	- 0
Lung Cancers	61	2	29	38	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	62	2	42	19	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	63	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	64	1	28	40	- 39
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	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
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	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

Tanzania

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.