GUINEA-BISSAU VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,037	5	907	+ 5,130
Stroke	2	6,033	6	829	+ 5,203
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,254	34	69	+ 1,185
Lung Cancers	4	704	50	18	+ 686
Lung Disease	5	601	20	191	+ 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	435	2	1,390	- 955
Stomach Cancer	7	338	36	55	+ 283
Inflammatory/Heart	8	319	37	53	+ 267
Liver Cancer	9	298	28	116	+ 181
Hypertension	10	292	21	177	+ 114
Kidney Disease	11	274	15	268	+ 6
Liver Disease	12	258	11	405	- 147
Parkinson's Disease	13	253	46	27	+ 226
Road Traffic Accidents	14	231	10	619	- 388
Bladder Cancer	15	226	51	17	+ 209
Prostate Cancer	16	213	42	41	+ 173
Breast Cancer	17	157	29	93	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	18	154	54	14	+ 140
Diabetes Mellitus	19	143	14	313	- 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	135	38	50	+ 86
Asthma	21	132	24	150	- 18
Leukemia	22	90	61	6	+ 84
Falls	23	86	33	71	+ 15
Suicide	24	86	26	134	- 48
Low Birth Weight	25	73	8	705	- 631
Other Injuries	26	72	17	234	- 162
Violence	27	70	22	173	- 102
Congenital Anomalies	28	70	12	373	- 303
Endocrine Disorders	29	62	18	221	- 159
Oral Cancer	30	61	56	13	+ 48
Lymphomas	31	47	45	28	+ 20
Skin Cancers	32	44	52	17	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	39	32	77	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	34	35	49	19	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	34	43	33	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	36	33	23	154	- 121
Epilepsy	37	30	39	48	- 18
Uterin Cancer	38	29	59	8	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	39	27	48	19	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	40	27	64	2	+ 24
Birth Trauma	41	22	7	790	- 768
HIV/AIDS	42	18	1	1,445	- 1,428
Drownings	43	17	30	89	- 72
Drug Use	44	17	55	13	+ 4
Fires	45	13	35	64	- 50
Encephalitis	46	13	58	10	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	47	13	65	2	+ 11
Alcohol	48	13	57	12	+ 0
Meningitis	49	9	16	258	- 249
Upper Respiratory	50	8	66	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	8	67	2	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	6	4	913	- 907
Poisonings	53	6	41	45	- 38
Tuberculosis	54	6	3	1,387	- 1,381
Skin Disease	55	4	53	16	- 12
Appendicitis	56	4	60	7	- 3
Tetanus	57	2	40	48	- 46
Malnutrition	58	2	27	121	- 119
Maternal Conditions	59	1	13	333	- 332
Pertussis	60	1	19	212	- 211
Leishmaniasis	61	1	79	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	31	85	- 84
Hepatitis B	63	0	47	20	- 20
War	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	25	147	- 147
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	70	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Albania

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.