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Guyana
COUNTRY #1
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GUYANA VS CONGO

Compare Guyana and Congo health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Congo
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Guyana Population Pyramid
824,958
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
54.8
57.9
56.3
71
75
73
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
57.8
61.6
59.7
83
85
84
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
58.2
63.7
60.9
105
94
99
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
59.1
65.6
62.3
127
115
118
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
62.7
68.4
65.4
114
116
116
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
63.4
68.6
65.9
128
126
129
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
62.5
69.4
65.7
152
135
142
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.5
69.4
152
135
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
62.5
69.4
152
135
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
64.6
71.2
167
147
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
64.8
71.3
168
151
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
65.0
71.5
168
154
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
65.3
71.9
168
152
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
66.3
72.2
166
152
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
67.5
72.9
166
149
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
68.2
73.2
167
153
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
69.2
73.8
166
152
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
70.5
74.7
166
152
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
71.5
75.6
167
153
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
73.4
76.8
165
152
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
75.1
78.1
165
151
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
77.7
79.8
153
148
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
79.6
81.4
168
156
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.7
84.4
103
122
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
85.3
85.7
172
171
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
91.0
90.1
26
116
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192.95
31
133.74
63
2. Stroke
149.26
24
120.40
39
3. Diabetes Mellitus
82.60
14
51.04
38
4. Hypertension
45.77
18
52.27
12
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
42.19
65
86.29
37
6. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
31.52
25
7. Suicide
40.85
2
11.62
55
8. HIV/AIDS
34.94
29
101.72
12
9. Kidney Disease
32.95
45
29.78
60
10. Liver Disease
26.93
68
36.31
40
11. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.95
160
12. Violence
25.46
14
11.99
41
13. Lung Disease
25.43
78
31.45
46
14. Endocrine Disorders
24.94
3
6.36
46
15. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
13.92
60
16. Other Injuries
22.64
4
9.74
68
17. Road Traffic Accidents
22.39
63
39.65
27
18. Tuberculosis
18.83
52
75.20
10
19. Drownings
18.48
1
1.92
118
20. Anemia
14.15
1
0.00
89
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.69
18
9.18
32
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
4.17
161
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.61
26
5.10
56
24. Low Birth Weight
7.54
57
9.29
42
25. Congenital Anomalies
7.16
50
6.57
65
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.60
74
43.98
42
27. Other Neoplasms
5.49
10
0.39
105
28. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
2.77
164
29. Malnutrition
5.24
53
9.47
31
30. Birth Trauma
5.24
62
7.30
48
31. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
3.94
131
32. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
3.37
130
33. Lymphomas
4.43
105
2.21
171
34. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
6.39
68
35. Malaria
3.88
44
49.23
9
36. Maternal Conditions
3.59
53
12.50
22
37. Asthma
3.57
100
13.81
44
38. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
1.40
146
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.28
171
20.22
43
40. Epilepsy
3.18
26
2.02
67
41. Leukemia
2.77
131
1.70
157
42. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
1.35
166
43. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
1.96
144
44. Fires
2.65
61
2.74
56
45. Drug Use
2.12
43
1.92
49
46. Meningitis
1.91
62
6.68
42
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.69
81
2.80
45
48. Falls
1.52
177
7.27
66
49. Parkinson's Disease
1.31
172
4.68
62
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.15
6
0.00
88
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,335
18.58
2,494
7.60
2. Stroke
1,022
14.22
2,267
6.90
3. Diabetes Mellitus
579
8.06
1,050
3.20
4. Hypertension
320
4.45
933
2.84
5. Suicide
315
4.38
349
1.06
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
302
4.20
2,576
7.85
7. HIV/AIDS
256
3.56
4,509
13.73
8. Kidney Disease
233
3.24
613
1.87
9. Liver Disease
197
2.74
931
2.84
10. Violence
194
2.70
539
1.64
11. Road Traffic Accidents
175
2.44
1,598
4.87
12. Endocrine Disorders
174
2.42
208
0.63
13. Lung Disease
174
2.42
541
1.65
14. Other Injuries
167
2.32
333
1.01
15. Drownings
145
2.02
104
0.32
16. Tuberculosis
137
1.91
2,781
8.47
17. Prostate Cancer
123
1.71
198
0.60
18. Anemia
99
1.38
0
0.00
19. Breast Cancer
96
1.34
159
0.48
20. Inflammatory/Heart
92
1.28
220
0.67
21. Cervical Cancer
91
1.27
196
0.60
22. Low Birth Weight
89
1.24
1,283
3.91
23. Congenital Anomalies
69
0.96
729
2.22
24. Birth Trauma
64
0.89
997
3.04
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
59
0.82
89
0.27
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
54
0.75
105
0.32
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
48
0.67
1,304
3.97
28. Other Neoplasms
40
0.56
8
0.02
29. Lung Cancers
38
0.53
54
0.16
30. Malnutrition
37
0.51
272
0.83
31. Stomach Cancer
34
0.47
88
0.27
32. Lymphomas
32
0.45
61
0.19
33. Malaria
30
0.42
1,977
6.02
34. Liver Cancer
29
0.40
169
0.51
35. Maternal Conditions
28
0.39
578
1.76
36. Asthma
25
0.35
291
0.89
37. Epilepsy
24
0.33
76
0.23
38. Alzheimers & Dementia
23
0.32
230
0.70
39. Leukemia
21
0.29
57
0.17
40. Oral Cancer
20
0.28
33
0.10
41. Pancreas Cancer
19
0.26
42
0.13
42. Fires
19
0.26
90
0.27
43. Ovary Cancer
18
0.25
49
0.15
44. Meningitis
17
0.24
299
0.91
45. Drug Use
16
0.22
65
0.20
46. Uterin Cancer
13
0.18
15
0.05
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13
0.18
67
0.20
48. Falls
11
0.15
149
0.45
49. Parkinson's Disease
9
0.13
69
0.21
50. Oesophagus Cancer
8
0.11
19
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guyana GUYANA   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
41.13
12
31.52
25
2. Breast Cancer
25.59
23
9.95
160
3. Cervical Cancer
24.77
25
13.92
60
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.32
96
4.17
161
5. Lung Cancers
5.31
135
2.77
164
6. Stomach Cancer
4.88
110
3.94
131
7. Ovary Cancer
4.75
77
3.37
130
8. Lymphomas
4.43
105
2.21
171
9. Liver Cancer
4.07
126
6.39
68
10. Uterin Cancer
3.50
36
1.40
146
11. Leukemia
2.77
131
1.70
157
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
94
1.35
166
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.70
123
1.96
144
14. Bladder Cancer
1.11
150
0.72
168
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.07
152
0.87
164
16. Skin Cancers
0.71
152
1.82
96
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.