GUINEA-BISSAU VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,720	5	907	+ 1,813
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,676	34	69	+ 1,607
Stroke	3	1,319	6	829	+ 490
Lung Cancers	4	1,206	50	18	+ 1,188
Lung Disease	5	1,146	20	191	+ 955
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,011	2	1,390	- 379
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	593	38	50	+ 543
Kidney Disease	8	525	15	268	+ 258
Breast Cancer	9	461	29	93	+ 368
Suicide	10	376	26	134	+ 242
Other Injuries	11	357	17	234	+ 123
Other Neoplasms	12	325	65	2	+ 323
Prostate Cancer	13	325	42	41	+ 284
Pancreas Cancer	14	322	54	14	+ 308
Falls	15	313	33	71	+ 241
Lymphomas	16	276	45	28	+ 249
Liver Disease	17	255	11	405	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	18	255	18	221	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	19	245	46	27	+ 218
Diabetes Mellitus	20	226	14	313	- 87
Leukemia	21	214	61	6	+ 207
Bladder Cancer	22	192	51	17	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	23	189	37	53	+ 136
Liver Cancer	24	174	28	116	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	25	160	49	19	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	26	154	36	55	+ 98
Hypertension	27	132	21	177	- 46
Oral Cancer	28	120	56	13	+ 107
Road Traffic Accidents	29	119	10	619	- 500
Ovary Cancer	30	116	48	19	+ 97
Skin Cancers	31	93	52	17	+ 76
Alcohol	32	89	57	12	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	74	4	913	- 839
Uterin Cancer	34	68	59	8	+ 60
Skin Disease	35	68	53	16	+ 51
Epilepsy	36	62	39	48	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	52	43	33	+ 19
Malnutrition	38	52	27	121	- 69
Drug Use	39	51	55	13	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	40	50	12	373	- 323
Cervical Cancer	41	43	23	154	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	38	32	77	- 39
Anemia	43	35	86	0	+ 35
Violence	44	27	22	173	- 146
Multiple Sclerosis	45	26	64	2	+ 24
Asthma	46	23	24	150	- 127
Drownings	47	14	30	89	- 75
Fires	48	13	35	64	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	13	67	2	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	50	12	8	705	- 692
Osteoarthritis	51	10	80	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	52	9	63	3	+ 7
Birth Trauma	53	8	7	790	- 782
Tuberculosis	54	8	3	1,387	- 1,379
Poisonings	55	7	41	45	- 37
Schizophrenia	56	7	84	0	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	57	6	1	1,445	- 1,439
Meningitis	58	5	16	258	- 253
Upper Respiratory	59	4	66	2	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	81	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	60	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	47	20	- 17
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	333	- 332
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	58	10	- 10
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	19	212	- 212
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	40	48	- 48
Measles	79	0	25	147	- 147
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Belgium

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.