GUINEA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,123	6	5,665	+ 7,458
Stroke	2	5,905	5	5,777	+ 128
War	3	5,620	64	20	+ 5,600
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,212	1	12,790	- 7,578
Low Birth Weight	5	3,834	8	4,319	- 485
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,725	9	3,788	- 63
Birth Trauma	7	2,585	7	4,797	- 2,212
Hypertension	8	2,303	21	1,348	+ 955
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,902	3	6,788	- 4,886
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,867	14	2,181	- 314
Lung Disease	11	1,391	20	1,373	+ 18
Measles	12	1,314	4	6,025	- 4,711
Liver Disease	13	1,258	12	2,550	- 1,292
Violence	14	1,235	26	1,128	+ 107
Kidney Disease	15	1,166	16	1,939	- 774
Other Injuries	16	968	18	1,504	- 536
Asthma	17	916	22	1,179	- 263
Tuberculosis	18	827	13	2,369	- 1,542
Diabetes Mellitus	19	781	15	2,138	- 1,357
Malaria	20	748	2	8,180	- 7,432
Suicide	21	739	29	892	- 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	612	30	579	+ 33
Pertussis	23	539	24	1,165	- 626
Falls	24	509	33	480	+ 30
Drownings	25	497	31	528	- 31
Breast Cancer	26	493	38	345	+ 148
Malnutrition	27	461	28	1,032	- 572
Meningitis	28	443	11	2,633	- 2,190
Fires	29	431	36	410	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	397	53	100	+ 297
Stomach Cancer	31	393	41	245	+ 147
Maternal Conditions	32	387	17	1,793	- 1,406
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	363	34	448	- 85
Leukemia	34	338	67	17	+ 321
Oesophagus Cancer	35	333	63	20	+ 313
Endocrine Disorders	36	321	25	1,140	- 819
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	308	42	238	+ 70
Drug Use	38	267	46	169	+ 98
Liver Cancer	39	265	23	1,167	- 902
Inflammatory/Heart	40	254	35	439	- 185
Lung Cancers	41	248	50	128	+ 120
Oral Cancer	42	238	52	122	+ 117
Epilepsy	43	235	37	350	- 115
Poisonings	44	231	40	295	- 63
Lymphomas	45	188	48	158	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	46	172	10	3,020	- 2,847
Tetanus	47	172	45	170	+ 2
Encephalitis	48	160	56	81	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	49	157	44	212	- 55
Hepatitis B	50	130	47	162	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	51	123	65	19	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	52	82	54	93	- 11
Syphilis	53	76	39	328	- 252
Appendicitis	54	70	57	41	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	55	70	60	32	+ 38
Schistosomiasis	56	54	43	232	- 178
Cervical Cancer	57	52	19	1,491	- 1,440
Skin Cancers	58	43	49	152	- 109
Alcohol	59	34	55	83	- 49
Dengue	60	31	73	0	+ 31
Skin Disease	61	19	51	127	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	62	18	66	18	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	17	32	525	- 508
Other Neoplasms	64	9	68	16	- 7
Ascariasis	65	7	62	22	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	70	13	- 7
Diphtheria	67	6	58	40	- 34
Hepatitis C	68	4	61	22	- 19
Uterin Cancer	69	2	59	38	- 36
Upper Respiratory	70	2	69	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Yemen

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.