GUYANA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	1,138	38	23	+ 1,115
Coronary Heart Disease	2	832	1	1,335	- 503
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	470	6	302	+ 169
Stroke	4	436	2	1,022	- 586
Lung Cancers	5	414	29	38	+ 377
Lung Disease	6	382	13	174	+ 208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	214	25	59	+ 155
Prostate Cancer	8	154	17	123	+ 31
Breast Cancer	9	148	19	96	+ 52
Lymphomas	10	108	32	32	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	11	104	42	19	+ 85
Oesophagus Cancer	12	101	51	8	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	13	99	49	9	+ 90
Liver Disease	14	89	9	197	- 108
Falls	15	88	48	11	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	16	71	50	8	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	17	68	3	579	- 511
Kidney Disease	18	63	8	233	- 170
Other Injuries	19	63	14	167	- 104
Suicide	20	62	5	315	- 254
Liver Cancer	21	61	34	29	+ 32
Leukemia	22	60	39	21	+ 39
Hypertension	23	60	4	320	- 260
Stomach Cancer	24	58	31	34	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	25	47	43	18	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	26	46	28	40	+ 6
Skin Cancers	27	43	55	5	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	28	38	12	174	- 136
Inflammatory/Heart	29	36	20	92	- 55
Oral Cancer	30	36	40	20	+ 16
Drug Use	31	33	45	16	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	32	27	46	13	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	33	25	11	175	- 150
Skin Disease	34	25	56	3	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	35	25	23	69	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	24	26	54	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	37	22	61	1	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	19	27	48	- 29
Alcohol	39	18	57	3	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	40	15	22	89	- 74
Asthma	41	15	36	25	- 10
Epilepsy	42	14	37	24	- 10
Cervical Cancer	43	13	21	91	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	12	63	1	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	10	47	13	- 3
Violence	46	10	10	194	- 183
Tuberculosis	47	4	16	137	- 133
Fires	48	4	41	19	- 16
Drownings	49	3	15	145	- 141
Anemia	50	3	18	99	- 96
Hepatitis C	51	3	69	0	+ 3
Meningitis	52	3	44	17	- 15
Poisonings	53	3	65	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	2	24	64	- 62
HIV/AIDS	55	2	7	256	- 254
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	52	8	- 6
Osteoarthritis	57	2	58	3	- 1
Malnutrition	58	1	30	37	- 36
Appendicitis	59	1	54	6	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	61	1	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	1	35	28	- 28
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	53	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	33	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

United Kingdom

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.