GUINEA-BISSAU VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,693	5	907	+ 786
Lung Disease	2	1,264	20	191	+ 1,073
Stroke	3	868	6	829	+ 39
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	427	2	1,390	- 963
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	408	4	913	- 505
Liver Disease	6	399	11	405	- 6
Diabetes Mellitus	7	395	14	313	+ 82
Kidney Disease	8	358	15	268	+ 90
Tuberculosis	9	332	3	1,387	- 1,055
Road Traffic Accidents	10	298	10	619	- 321
Stomach Cancer	11	285	36	55	+ 230
Falls	12	267	33	71	+ 196
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	252	34	69	+ 183
Low Birth Weight	14	191	8	705	- 514
Asthma	15	187	24	150	+ 37
Hypertension	16	184	21	177	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	163	43	33	+ 130
HIV/AIDS	18	140	1	1,445	- 1,305
Birth Trauma	19	124	7	790	- 666
Congenital Anomalies	20	121	12	373	- 252
Lung Cancers	21	106	50	18	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	22	105	49	19	+ 87
Oral Cancer	23	104	56	13	+ 91
Other Injuries	24	103	17	234	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	93	32	77	+ 16
Suicide	26	85	26	134	- 49
Liver Cancer	27	84	28	116	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	28	76	46	27	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	29	73	23	154	- 81
Encephalitis	30	68	58	10	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	58	38	50	+ 9
Drownings	32	49	30	89	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	33	48	54	14	+ 34
Leukemia	34	45	61	6	+ 39
Violence	35	44	22	173	- 129
Meningitis	36	42	16	258	- 217
Ovary Cancer	37	34	48	19	+ 15
Epilepsy	38	33	39	48	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	39	26	18	221	- 195
Syphilis	40	26	31	85	- 59
Skin Cancers	41	22	52	17	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	42	22	13	333	- 311
Breast Cancer	43	19	29	93	- 74
Fires	44	19	35	64	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	45	18	37	53	- 34
Skin Disease	46	18	53	16	+ 1
Drug Use	47	17	55	13	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	48	16	51	17	- 2
Alcohol	49	14	57	12	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	67	2	+ 11
Appendicitis	51	12	60	7	+ 5
Lymphomas	52	12	45	28	- 16
Hepatitis B	53	10	47	20	- 11
Malnutrition	54	8	27	121	- 113
Prostate Cancer	55	8	42	41	- 33
Dengue	56	8	72	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	5	65	2	+ 3
Measles	58	5	25	147	- 142
Poisonings	59	5	41	45	- 40
Tetanus	60	3	40	48	- 45
Upper Respiratory	61	2	66	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	64	2	+ 0
Pertussis	63	2	19	212	- 210
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	3	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
War	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	71	0	59	8	- 8
Anemia	72	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	82	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Bhutan

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.