GUYANA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,194	2	1,022	+ 172
Coronary Heart Disease	2	690	1	1,335	- 645
Lung Disease	3	269	13	174	+ 95
Diabetes Mellitus	4	254	3	579	- 324
Road Traffic Accidents	5	221	11	175	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	220	38	23	+ 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	209	6	302	- 92
Kidney Disease	8	190	8	233	- 44
Liver Cancer	9	188	34	29	+ 159
Liver Disease	10	179	9	197	- 17
Lung Cancers	11	160	29	38	+ 122
Hypertension	12	149	4	320	- 171
Falls	13	116	48	11	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	14	114	31	34	+ 80
Tuberculosis	15	71	16	137	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	62	25	59	+ 3
Asthma	17	61	36	25	+ 36
Suicide	18	54	5	315	- 261
Low Birth Weight	19	54	22	89	- 36
Oral Cancer	20	53	40	20	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	21	53	23	69	- 16
Breast Cancer	22	46	19	96	- 49
Other Injuries	23	42	14	167	- 126
Inflammatory/Heart	24	40	20	92	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	25	40	49	9	+ 31
Drownings	26	38	15	145	- 107
HIV/AIDS	27	37	7	256	- 219
Leukemia	28	37	39	21	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	33	27	48	- 15
Lymphomas	30	22	32	32	- 10
Cervical Cancer	31	18	21	91	- 73
Birth Trauma	32	18	24	64	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	33	17	51	8	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	34	16	12	174	- 159
Prostate Cancer	35	14	17	123	- 109
Violence	36	13	10	194	- 180
Measles	37	13	77	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	47	13	- 0
Encephalitis	39	12	53	7	+ 5
Skin Disease	40	11	56	3	+ 8
Drug Use	41	10	45	16	- 5
Uterin Cancer	42	9	46	13	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	7	26	54	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	44	7	42	19	- 12
Bladder Cancer	45	7	50	8	- 1
Alcohol	46	7	57	3	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	47	6	43	18	- 11
Poisonings	48	6	65	1	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	49	6	35	28	- 22
Pertussis	50	5	73	0	+ 5
Meningitis	51	5	44	17	- 13
Fires	52	4	41	19	- 15
Epilepsy	53	4	37	24	- 19
Skin Cancers	54	4	55	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	3	59	2	+ 1
Syphilis	56	2	71	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	2	28	40	- 38
Tetanus	58	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	2	54	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	62	1	60	2	- 1
Malnutrition	63	1	30	37	- 36
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 0
War	65	0	64	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Malaria	67	0	33	30	- 30
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Schizophrenia	82	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.