GUINEA-BISSAU VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,607	5	907	+ 700
Stroke	2	1,194	6	829	+ 365
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	918	2	1,390	- 472
Violence	4	666	22	173	+ 494
Diabetes Mellitus	5	578	14	313	+ 264
Lung Disease	6	575	20	191	+ 384
Kidney Disease	7	365	15	268	+ 97
Road Traffic Accidents	8	328	10	619	- 291
Lung Cancers	9	307	50	18	+ 288
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	298	34	69	+ 229
Hypertension	11	279	21	177	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	224	38	50	+ 175
Liver Disease	13	208	11	405	- 197
Breast Cancer	14	201	29	93	+ 108
Prostate Cancer	15	184	42	41	+ 143
Falls	16	183	33	71	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	17	174	36	55	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	18	170	37	53	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	19	164	18	221	- 57
Suicide	20	141	26	134	+ 7
Other Injuries	21	134	17	234	- 100
HIV/AIDS	22	122	1	1,445	- 1,324
Congenital Anomalies	23	119	12	373	- 254
Pancreas Cancer	24	116	54	14	+ 103
Liver Cancer	25	112	28	116	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	26	101	49	19	+ 83
Lymphomas	27	101	45	28	+ 73
Oral Cancer	28	96	56	13	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	29	92	23	154	- 62
Leukemia	30	83	61	6	+ 76
Skin Disease	31	70	53	16	+ 53
Alcohol	32	69	57	12	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	33	67	8	705	- 638
Malnutrition	34	65	27	121	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	55	4	913	- 858
Bladder Cancer	36	51	51	17	+ 34
Chagas disease	37	49	77	0	+ 49
Skin Cancers	38	49	52	17	+ 31
Drownings	39	48	30	89	- 42
Tuberculosis	40	47	3	1,387	- 1,339
Parkinson's Disease	41	46	46	27	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	42	45	65	2	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	43	42	48	19	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	41	32	77	- 36
Birth Trauma	45	37	7	790	- 753
Epilepsy	46	32	39	48	- 17
Uterin Cancer	47	27	59	8	+ 19
Asthma	48	25	24	150	- 125
Drug Use	49	24	55	13	+ 10
Anemia	50	23	86	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	21	43	33	- 12
Hepatitis C	52	19	63	3	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	53	15	13	333	- 318
Meningitis	54	13	16	258	- 245
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	11	81	0	+ 11
War	56	11	70	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	57	10	60	7	+ 3
Fires	58	10	35	64	- 54
Hepatitis B	59	8	47	20	- 13
Schizophrenia	60	6	84	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	67	2	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	62	6	44	30	- 25
Leishmaniasis	63	4	79	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Poisonings	66	3	41	45	- 42
Upper Respiratory	67	3	66	2	+ 0
Syphilis	68	2	31	85	- 83
Leprosy	69	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	40	48	- 47
Encephalitis	72	1	58	10	- 10
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	0	9	684	- 684
Pertussis	75	0	19	212	- 212
Dengue	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	79	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	25	147	- 147
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Brazil

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.