GUYANA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	925	7	256	+ 669
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	499	6	302	+ 198
Coronary Heart Disease	3	393	1	1,335	- 942
Road Traffic Accidents	4	280	11	175	+ 105
Stroke	5	237	2	1,022	- 785
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	213	27	48	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	7	187	22	89	+ 98
Birth Trauma	8	158	24	64	+ 93
Diabetes Mellitus	9	155	3	579	- 424
Malnutrition	10	111	30	37	+ 74
Congenital Anomalies	11	103	23	69	+ 34
Kidney Disease	12	102	8	233	- 131
Suicide	13	96	5	315	- 220
Cervical Cancer	14	94	21	91	+ 2
Malaria	15	93	33	30	+ 63
Tuberculosis	16	93	16	137	- 44
Liver Disease	17	90	9	197	- 107
Violence	18	89	10	194	- 105
Maternal Conditions	19	81	35	28	+ 53
Other Injuries	20	77	14	167	- 91
Asthma	21	71	36	25	+ 45
Meningitis	22	61	44	17	+ 44
Lung Disease	23	54	13	174	- 120
Hypertension	24	53	4	320	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	25	48	20	92	- 43
Lymphomas	26	44	32	32	+ 12
Drownings	27	44	15	145	- 101
Breast Cancer	28	39	19	96	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	29	37	51	8	+ 29
Fires	30	37	41	19	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	36	38	23	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	32	29	17	123	- 94
Stomach Cancer	33	26	31	34	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	34	26	12	174	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	25	26	54	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	25	47	13	+ 12
Poisonings	37	24	65	1	+ 23
Liver Cancer	38	24	34	29	- 5
Epilepsy	39	24	37	24	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	23	25	59	- 35
Falls	41	22	48	11	+ 10
Pertussis	42	19	73	0	+ 19
Lung Cancers	43	13	29	38	- 25
Skin Cancers	44	12	55	5	+ 7
Leukemia	45	11	39	21	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	10	49	9	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	10	42	19	- 9
Drug Use	48	10	45	16	- 6
Oral Cancer	49	10	40	20	- 10
Uterin Cancer	50	8	46	13	- 5
Ovary Cancer	51	8	43	18	- 10
Skin Disease	52	8	56	3	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	53	8	84	0	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	54	6	50	8	- 2
Syphilis	55	6	71	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	56	5	53	7	- 2
Tetanus	57	5	72	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	3	54	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	59	3	66	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	2	+ 1
Alcohol	61	2	57	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	28	40	- 38
Measles	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	63	1	+ 0
War	65	1	64	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	69	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
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.