GUINEA-BISSAU VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,780	5	907	+ 874
Stroke	2	1,515	6	829	+ 686
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,146	14	313	+ 833
Hypertension	4	543	21	177	+ 366
Prostate Cancer	5	537	42	41	+ 497
Breast Cancer	6	536	29	93	+ 443
Kidney Disease	7	522	15	268	+ 254
Endocrine Disorders	8	499	18	221	+ 278
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	486	2	1,390	- 904
Other Injuries	10	419	17	234	+ 185
Lung Disease	11	352	20	191	+ 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	323	38	50	+ 273
Skin Disease	13	185	53	16	+ 168
Cervical Cancer	14	183	23	154	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	15	148	36	55	+ 93
Lung Cancers	16	138	50	18	+ 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	138	34	69	+ 69
HIV/AIDS	18	127	1	1,445	- 1,319
Lymphomas	19	125	45	28	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	20	120	59	8	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	21	117	37	53	+ 64
Anemia	22	107	86	0	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	23	105	54	14	+ 92
Leukemia	24	100	61	6	+ 94
Liver Cancer	25	94	28	116	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	26	88	12	373	- 285
Epilepsy	27	73	39	48	+ 25
Liver Disease	28	73	11	405	- 332
Alcohol	29	71	57	12	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	30	69	48	19	+ 50
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	67	81	0	+ 67
Other Neoplasms	32	62	65	2	+ 60
Oral Cancer	33	53	56	13	+ 40
Violence	34	49	22	173	- 124
Drownings	35	49	30	89	- 41
Asthma	36	40	24	150	- 110
Low Birth Weight	37	35	8	705	- 669
Malnutrition	38	28	27	121	- 93
Appendicitis	39	27	60	7	+ 20
Drug Use	40	26	55	13	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	41	23	51	17	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	42	21	46	27	- 6
Skin Cancers	43	21	52	17	+ 4
Birth Trauma	44	20	7	790	- 770
Schizophrenia	45	19	84	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	17	4	913	- 896
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	17	32	77	- 60
Poisonings	48	15	41	45	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	12	43	33	- 21
Tuberculosis	50	11	3	1,387	- 1,375
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	67	2	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	52	9	13	333	- 324
Meningitis	53	9	16	258	- 250
Suicide	54	8	26	134	- 126
Otitis Media	55	6	71	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	64	2	+ 3
Fires	57	4	35	64	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	58	2	49	19	- 17
War	59	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	61	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	68	1	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	40	48	- 48
Pertussis	64	0	19	212	- 212
Measles	65	0	25	147	- 147
Ascariasis	66	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	67	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	58	10	- 10
Hepatitis B	74	0	47	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	44	30	- 30
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	10	619	- 619
Falls	82	0	33	71	- 71
Oral conditions	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Antigua/Bar.

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.