EQU. GUINEA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,685	7	419	+ 1,266
Stroke	2	758	6	437	+ 321
War	3	722	71	0	+ 721
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	669	2	913	- 243
Low Birth Weight	5	492	4	457	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	6	478	8	368	+ 110
Birth Trauma	7	332	5	441	- 109
Hypertension	8	296	16	165	+ 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	244	9	349	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	10	240	12	249	- 10
Lung Disease	11	179	20	120	+ 58
Measles	12	169	15	181	- 12
Liver Disease	13	162	13	199	- 38
Violence	14	159	33	45	+ 114
Kidney Disease	15	150	14	198	- 49
Other Injuries	16	124	23	105	+ 19
Asthma	17	118	26	65	+ 52
Tuberculosis	18	106	10	321	- 215
Diabetes Mellitus	19	100	11	299	- 199
Malaria	20	96	3	668	- 571
Suicide	21	95	22	107	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	79	29	55	+ 23
Pertussis	23	69	21	109	- 40
Falls	24	65	32	46	+ 20
Drownings	25	64	36	39	+ 24
Breast Cancer	26	63	24	84	- 21
Malnutrition	27	59	31	48	+ 11
Meningitis	28	57	19	127	- 70
Fires	29	55	39	30	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	51	40	29	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	31	50	49	16	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	32	50	17	139	- 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	47	43	22	+ 25
Leukemia	34	43	61	4	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	35	43	54	12	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	36	41	25	73	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	39	50	14	+ 25
Drug Use	38	34	30	50	- 16
Liver Cancer	39	34	34	43	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	40	33	27	63	- 30
Lung Cancers	41	32	41	27	+ 5
Oral Cancer	42	31	37	35	- 4
Epilepsy	43	30	38	32	- 2
Poisonings	44	30	44	21	+ 9
Lymphomas	45	24	45	19	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	46	22	1	1,838	- 1,816
Tetanus	47	22	42	23	- 1
Encephalitis	48	21	57	8	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	49	20	46	18	+ 3
Hepatitis B	50	17	65	3	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	51	16	55	11	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	52	11	52	13	- 2
Syphilis	53	10	18	134	- 124
Appendicitis	54	9	59	6	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	55	9	56	9	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	56	7	60	4	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	57	7	28	56	- 49
Skin Cancers	58	6	48	16	- 11
Alcohol	59	4	53	12	- 8
Dengue	60	4	73	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	2	51	13	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	2	35	43	- 41
Other Neoplasms	64	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	64	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	58	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Yemen

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.