GUINEA-BISSAU VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	985	5	907	+ 78
Violence	2	748	22	173	+ 575
Diabetes Mellitus	3	721	14	313	+ 408
Stroke	4	650	6	829	- 179
HIV/AIDS	5	611	1	1,445	- 834
Kidney Disease	6	525	15	268	+ 257
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	495	2	1,390	- 895
Road Traffic Accidents	8	452	10	619	- 168
Liver Disease	9	295	11	405	- 109
Prostate Cancer	10	243	42	41	+ 202
Lung Disease	11	236	20	191	+ 44
Hypertension	12	235	21	177	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	230	34	69	+ 161
Other Injuries	14	182	17	234	- 52
Lung Cancers	15	156	50	18	+ 138
Suicide	16	141	26	134	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	17	141	23	154	- 13
Drownings	18	122	30	89	+ 33
Liver Cancer	19	122	28	116	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	20	119	36	55	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	21	118	12	373	- 255
Endocrine Disorders	22	115	18	221	- 106
Breast Cancer	23	111	29	93	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	103	38	50	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	25	101	8	705	- 603
Inflammatory/Heart	26	92	37	53	+ 40
Falls	27	66	33	71	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	56	46	27	+ 29
Malnutrition	29	50	27	121	- 71
Alcohol	30	50	57	12	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	31	48	54	14	+ 34
Birth Trauma	32	47	7	790	- 743
Tuberculosis	33	45	3	1,387	- 1,342
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	44	4	913	- 868
Asthma	35	39	24	150	- 111
Epilepsy	36	39	39	48	- 9
Skin Disease	37	28	53	16	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	27	32	77	- 51
Leukemia	39	20	61	6	+ 14
Fires	40	19	35	64	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	17	43	33	- 16
Maternal Conditions	42	12	13	333	- 321
Oesophagus Cancer	43	11	49	19	- 8
Appendicitis	44	7	60	7	+ 1
Poisonings	45	7	41	45	- 37
Meningitis	46	7	16	258	- 251
Drug Use	47	7	55	13	- 6
Encephalitis	48	7	58	10	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	67	2	+ 4
Lymphomas	50	6	45	28	- 22
Uterin Cancer	51	6	59	8	- 3
Ovary Cancer	52	5	48	19	- 14
Other Neoplasms	53	5	65	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	64	2	- 0
Dengue	55	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	47	20	- 19
Chagas disease	57	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	2	- 2
Tetanus	59	1	40	48	- 48
War	60	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	62	0	31	85	- 85
Pertussis	63	0	19	212	- 212
Ascariasis	64	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	52	17	- 17
Oral Cancer	67	0	56	13	- 13
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	25	147	- 147
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	9	684	- 684
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	44	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Belize

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.