GUINEA-BISSAU VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,136	5	907	+ 1,229
War	2	1,362	70	0	+ 1,361
Stroke	3	1,013	6	829	+ 184
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	779	2	1,390	- 611
Low Birth Weight	5	671	8	705	- 33
Birth Trauma	6	570	7	790	- 220
Tuberculosis	7	523	3	1,387	- 864
Hypertension	8	425	21	177	+ 248
Maternal Conditions	9	415	13	333	+ 82
Kidney Disease	10	350	15	268	+ 82
Road Traffic Accidents	11	321	10	619	- 298
Diabetes Mellitus	12	306	14	313	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	295	4	913	- 618
Congenital Anomalies	14	266	12	373	- 107
Lung Disease	15	247	20	191	+ 56
Liver Disease	16	244	11	405	- 160
Asthma	17	181	24	150	+ 31
Other Injuries	18	172	17	234	- 62
Violence	19	171	22	173	- 2
Meningitis	20	140	16	258	- 119
Pertussis	21	112	19	212	- 100
Breast Cancer	22	97	29	93	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	94	34	69	+ 25
Suicide	24	84	26	134	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	80	32	77	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	26	80	36	55	+ 25
Oral Cancer	27	78	56	13	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	28	72	18	221	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	29	70	49	19	+ 51
Tetanus	30	67	40	48	+ 18
Encephalitis	31	63	58	10	+ 53
Lung Cancers	32	57	50	18	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	55	43	33	+ 22
Drownings	34	53	30	89	- 37
Epilepsy	35	53	39	48	+ 4
Lymphomas	36	50	45	28	+ 23
Falls	37	48	33	71	- 23
Hepatitis B	38	46	47	20	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	39	38	50	- 10
Liver Cancer	40	35	28	116	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	41	33	46	27	+ 6
Leukemia	42	32	61	6	+ 26
Malnutrition	43	31	27	121	- 90
Cervical Cancer	44	29	23	154	- 126
Inflammatory/Heart	45	28	37	53	- 25
HIV/AIDS	46	25	1	1,445	- 1,421
Poisonings	47	20	41	45	- 24
Ovary Cancer	48	20	48	19	+ 1
Measles	49	19	25	147	- 128
Fires	50	18	35	64	- 45
Drug Use	51	17	55	13	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	16	60	7	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	53	15	59	8	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	54	14	51	17	- 3
Prostate Cancer	55	14	42	41	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	56	12	54	14	- 2
Malaria	57	10	9	684	- 674
Alcohol	58	8	57	12	- 4
Skin Cancers	59	8	52	17	- 10
Syphilis	60	5	31	85	- 80
Skin Disease	61	5	53	16	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	44	30	- 30
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Afghanistan

Guinea-Bissau

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.