GUYANA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,172	1	1,335	- 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	667	38	23	+ 644
Lung Disease	3	454	13	174	+ 280
Stroke	4	368	2	1,022	- 654
Lung Cancers	5	361	29	38	+ 323
Kidney Disease	6	199	8	233	- 34
Drug Use	7	173	45	16	+ 157
Hypertension	8	153	4	320	- 167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	144	25	59	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	10	143	3	579	- 436
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	140	6	302	- 161
Suicide	12	123	5	315	- 192
Breast Cancer	13	113	19	96	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	14	109	12	174	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	15	103	42	19	+ 84
Liver Disease	16	101	9	197	- 96
Road Traffic Accidents	17	97	11	175	- 78
Falls	18	94	48	11	+ 83
Lymphomas	19	94	32	32	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	20	83	17	123	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	21	80	49	9	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	22	76	20	92	- 16
Liver Cancer	23	63	34	29	+ 34
Leukemia	24	63	39	21	+ 41
Other Injuries	25	60	14	167	- 107
Bladder Cancer	26	46	50	8	+ 38
Violence	27	44	10	194	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	28	41	51	8	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	29	41	28	40	+ 1
Alcohol	30	34	57	3	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	31	34	43	18	+ 16
Skin Cancers	32	33	55	5	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	33	30	31	34	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	34	27	23	69	- 41
Oral Cancer	35	27	40	20	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	36	23	46	13	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	23	27	48	- 24
Cervical Cancer	38	16	21	91	- 75
Low Birth Weight	39	16	22	89	- 73
Malnutrition	40	16	30	37	- 22
Hepatitis C	41	13	69	0	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	42	13	7	256	- 243
Skin Disease	43	13	56	3	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	44	12	61	1	+ 11
Drownings	45	9	15	145	- 135
Asthma	46	9	36	25	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	47	13	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	8	26	54	- 46
Fires	49	7	41	19	- 12
Epilepsy	50	7	37	24	- 16
Anemia	51	7	18	99	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	63	1	+ 5
Poisonings	53	4	65	1	+ 3
Birth Trauma	54	3	24	64	- 62
War	55	3	64	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	56	2	35	28	- 26
Schizophrenia	57	2	62	1	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	52	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	1	59	2	- 1
Meningitis	60	1	44	17	- 16
Osteoarthritis	61	1	58	3	- 2
Tuberculosis	62	1	16	137	- 136
Appendicitis	63	1	54	6	- 5
Oral conditions	64	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	53	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	77	0	33	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	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

United States

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.