GUINEA-BISSAU VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,696	6	829	+ 1,866
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,508	5	907	+ 1,601
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,823	14	313	+ 1,509
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,551	2	1,390	+ 161
Prostate Cancer	5	1,157	42	41	+ 1,116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	806	38	50	+ 757
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	800	34	69	+ 731
Breast Cancer	8	666	29	93	+ 574
Endocrine Disorders	9	654	18	221	+ 433
Kidney Disease	10	647	15	268	+ 379
Other Injuries	11	550	17	234	+ 316
Lung Disease	12	518	20	191	+ 327
Hypertension	13	505	21	177	+ 327
Skin Disease	14	438	53	16	+ 421
Lymphomas	15	356	45	28	+ 328
Lung Cancers	16	299	50	18	+ 281
Inflammatory/Heart	17	273	37	53	+ 221
Pancreas Cancer	18	272	54	14	+ 258
Violence	19	227	22	173	+ 54
Leukemia	20	204	61	6	+ 198
HIV/AIDS	21	197	1	1,445	- 1,248
Stomach Cancer	22	194	36	55	+ 139
Cervical Cancer	23	193	23	154	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	24	181	65	2	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	25	165	10	619	- 455
Liver Disease	26	160	11	405	- 245
Uterin Cancer	27	149	59	8	+ 140
Oral Cancer	28	125	56	13	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	29	125	12	373	- 248
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	121	81	0	+ 121
Parkinson's Disease	31	115	46	27	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	32	109	48	19	+ 90
Liver Cancer	33	101	28	116	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	99	32	77	+ 22
Asthma	35	91	24	150	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	36	81	49	19	+ 62
Anemia	37	78	86	0	+ 78
Epilepsy	38	66	39	48	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	39	66	51	17	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	48	4	913	- 865
Falls	41	46	33	71	- 25
Low Birth Weight	42	37	8	705	- 668
Birth Trauma	43	36	7	790	- 754
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	33	67	2	+ 31
Meningitis	45	30	16	258	- 228
Alcohol	46	28	57	12	+ 16
Skin Cancers	47	28	52	17	+ 10
Poisonings	48	14	41	45	- 30
Malnutrition	49	14	27	121	- 107
Osteoarthritis	50	14	80	0	+ 14
Suicide	51	12	26	134	- 122
Hepatitis B	52	11	47	20	- 9
Drug Use	53	10	55	13	- 3
Dengue	54	10	72	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	8	43	33	- 25
Maternal Conditions	56	8	13	333	- 325
Drownings	57	8	30	89	- 82
Upper Respiratory	58	7	66	2	+ 5
Schizophrenia	59	7	84	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	60	7	3	1,387	- 1,380
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	64	2	+ 3
Fires	62	4	35	64	- 60
Oral conditions	63	4	82	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	3	31	85	- 82
Appendicitis	65	2	60	7	- 5
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	19	212	- 212
Measles	68	0	25	147	- 147
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	40	48	- 48
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	62	4	- 4
Malaria	76	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	58	10	- 10
Hepatitis C	83	0	63	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	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

Barbados

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.