EQU. GUINEA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,546	7	419	+ 1,127
Violence	2	1,042	33	45	+ 997
Stroke	3	697	6	437	+ 260
Diabetes Mellitus	4	642	11	299	+ 343
Road Traffic Accidents	5	639	8	368	+ 271
HIV/AIDS	6	430	1	1,838	- 1,408
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	413	2	913	- 500
Kidney Disease	8	341	14	198	+ 142
Hypertension	9	299	16	165	+ 133
Lung Disease	10	296	20	120	+ 175
Lung Cancers	11	224	41	27	+ 197
Low Birth Weight	12	177	4	457	- 279
Prostate Cancer	13	164	35	43	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	14	164	12	249	- 86
Breast Cancer	15	147	24	84	+ 63
Liver Disease	16	134	13	199	- 65
Stomach Cancer	17	125	49	16	+ 109
Other Neoplasms	18	125	63	3	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	117	40	29	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	20	114	28	56	+ 58
Other Injuries	21	97	23	105	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	78	9	349	- 271
Lymphomas	23	72	45	19	+ 52
Birth Trauma	24	62	5	441	- 378
Pancreas Cancer	25	62	55	11	+ 51
Liver Cancer	26	59	34	43	+ 16
Leukemia	27	58	61	4	+ 54
Falls	28	50	32	46	+ 4
Chagas disease	29	47	77	0	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	30	44	25	73	- 29
Tuberculosis	31	43	10	321	- 278
Malnutrition	32	36	31	48	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	33	34	27	63	- 29
Suicide	34	34	22	107	- 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	33	29	55	- 23
Ovary Cancer	36	32	52	13	+ 20
Skin Cancers	37	32	48	16	+ 16
Oral Cancer	38	31	37	35	- 3
Maternal Conditions	39	24	17	139	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	24	43	22	+ 2
Epilepsy	41	24	38	32	- 9
Malaria	42	23	3	668	- 644
Drownings	43	22	36	39	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	54	12	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	45	21	56	9	+ 12
Asthma	46	18	26	65	- 47
Uterin Cancer	47	18	58	8	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	48	14	46	18	- 3
Meningitis	49	14	19	127	- 113
Drug Use	50	13	30	50	- 37
War	51	11	71	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	62	4	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	9	82	0	+ 9
Fires	54	8	39	30	- 22
Anemia	55	7	85	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	6	59	6	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	5	50	14	- 10
Poisonings	58	4	44	21	- 17
Dengue	59	4	73	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	67	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	2	57	8	- 6
Alcohol	62	2	53	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	3	- 1
Pertussis	64	1	21	109	- 108
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	66	1	51	13	- 12
Syphilis	67	1	18	134	- 133
Tetanus	68	0	42	23	- 23
Schizophrenia	69	0	86	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	15	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	47	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Venezuela

Equ. Guinea

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.