GUINEA-BISSAU VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,734	5	907	+ 827
Stroke	2	1,163	6	829	+ 334
Hypertension	3	1,026	21	177	+ 849
Diabetes Mellitus	4	797	14	313	+ 484
Violence	5	771	22	173	+ 598
HIV/AIDS	6	697	1	1,445	- 748
Kidney Disease	7	622	15	268	+ 354
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	506	2	1,390	- 883
Breast Cancer	9	358	29	93	+ 265
Other Injuries	10	348	17	234	+ 114
Liver Disease	11	348	11	405	- 57
Prostate Cancer	12	340	42	41	+ 299
Endocrine Disorders	13	320	18	221	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	277	34	69	+ 208
Inflammatory/Heart	15	243	37	53	+ 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	220	38	50	+ 170
Lung Disease	17	172	20	191	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	18	157	10	619	- 462
Lung Cancers	19	152	50	18	+ 134
Skin Disease	20	138	53	16	+ 121
Drownings	21	135	30	89	+ 45
Lymphomas	22	129	45	28	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	23	107	23	154	- 48
Alcohol	24	104	57	12	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	25	92	36	55	+ 37
Falls	26	91	33	71	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	27	87	46	27	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	28	86	8	705	- 619
Congenital Anomalies	29	82	12	373	- 291
Uterin Cancer	30	72	59	8	+ 64
Suicide	31	71	26	134	- 63
Liver Cancer	32	61	28	116	- 55
Fires	33	54	35	64	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	54	32	77	- 23
Leukemia	35	52	61	6	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	36	52	48	19	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	37	51	54	14	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	38	45	49	19	+ 26
Asthma	39	44	24	150	- 106
Epilepsy	40	40	39	48	- 8
Maternal Conditions	41	33	13	333	- 300
Birth Trauma	42	32	7	790	- 758
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	27	4	913	- 886
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	43	33	- 10
Malnutrition	45	22	27	121	- 99
Oral Cancer	46	18	56	13	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	47	17	65	2	+ 15
Drug Use	48	13	55	13	- 0
Meningitis	49	13	16	258	- 245
Bladder Cancer	50	11	51	17	- 6
Encephalitis	51	10	58	10	- 1
Appendicitis	52	9	60	7	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	67	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	64	2	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	4	52	17	- 13
Poisonings	56	3	41	45	- 41
War	57	3	70	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	58	2	3	1,387	- 1,385
Dengue	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	47	20	- 19
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	2	- 1
Tetanus	62	0	40	48	- 48
Syphilis	63	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	68	0	19	212	- 212
Measles	69	0	25	147	- 147
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	44	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Bahamas

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.