GUINEA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	16,300	10	3,020	+ 13,281
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,791	1	12,790	- 4,000
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,926	6	5,665	+ 1,261
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,924	9	3,788	+ 1,135
Stroke	5	4,180	5	5,777	- 1,597
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,747	3	6,788	- 3,041
Low Birth Weight	7	3,293	8	4,319	- 1,026
Birth Trauma	8	2,777	7	4,797	- 2,019
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,727	15	2,138	+ 589
Malnutrition	10	1,954	28	1,032	+ 922
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,808	14	2,181	- 373
Kidney Disease	12	1,805	16	1,939	- 134
Suicide	13	1,687	29	892	+ 795
Cervical Cancer	14	1,650	19	1,491	+ 158
Malaria	15	1,633	2	8,180	- 6,547
Tuberculosis	16	1,630	13	2,369	- 738
Liver Disease	17	1,583	12	2,550	- 967
Violence	18	1,563	26	1,128	+ 435
Maternal Conditions	19	1,426	17	1,793	- 367
Other Injuries	20	1,350	18	1,504	- 154
Asthma	21	1,248	22	1,179	+ 69
Meningitis	22	1,081	11	2,633	- 1,552
Lung Disease	23	949	20	1,373	- 424
Hypertension	24	934	21	1,348	- 414
Inflammatory/Heart	25	854	35	439	+ 415
Lymphomas	26	783	48	158	+ 625
Drownings	27	779	31	528	+ 251
Breast Cancer	28	684	38	345	+ 339
Oesophagus Cancer	29	654	63	20	+ 634
Fires	30	646	36	410	+ 236
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	626	30	579	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	32	512	32	525	- 13
Stomach Cancer	33	456	41	245	+ 211
Endocrine Disorders	34	451	25	1,140	- 688
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	447	34	448	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	442	42	238	+ 204
Poisonings	37	420	40	295	+ 125
Liver Cancer	38	416	23	1,167	- 752
Epilepsy	39	414	37	350	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	412	53	100	+ 312
Falls	41	379	33	480	- 100
Pertussis	42	341	24	1,165	- 824
Lung Cancers	43	233	50	128	+ 105
Skin Cancers	44	215	49	152	+ 63
Leukemia	45	199	67	17	+ 182
Parkinson's Disease	46	184	44	212	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	47	177	65	19	+ 158
Drug Use	48	173	46	169	+ 5
Oral Cancer	49	169	52	122	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	50	148	59	38	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	51	141	54	93	+ 49
Skin Disease	52	141	51	127	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	53	140	43	232	- 92
Bladder Cancer	54	102	60	32	+ 70
Syphilis	55	102	39	328	- 226
Encephalitis	56	96	56	81	+ 15
Tetanus	57	83	45	170	- 87
Appendicitis	58	54	57	41	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	59	53	69	15	+ 38
Hepatitis B	60	46	47	162	- 116
Alcohol	61	39	55	83	- 44
Other Neoplasms	62	30	68	16	+ 14
Measles	63	25	4	6,025	- 6,000
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	21	70	13	+ 9
War	65	21	64	20	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	12	61	22	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	67	11	66	18	- 6
Otitis Media	68	3	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	3	71	3	- 0
Ascariasis	70	2	62	22	- 20
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	27	1,072	- 1,070
Diphtheria	72	2	58	40	- 38
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	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

Zimbabwe

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.