GUINEA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,537	6	5,665	+ 4,872
Stroke	2	7,831	5	5,777	+ 2,054
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,019	1	12,790	- 6,771
Violence	4	4,372	26	1,128	+ 3,243
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,789	15	2,138	+ 1,651
Lung Disease	6	3,774	20	1,373	+ 2,401
Kidney Disease	7	2,396	16	1,939	+ 456
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,153	9	3,788	- 1,635
Lung Cancers	9	2,012	50	128	+ 1,884
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,952	30	579	+ 1,373
Hypertension	11	1,832	21	1,348	+ 484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,472	53	100	+ 1,372
Liver Disease	13	1,362	12	2,550	- 1,189
Breast Cancer	14	1,319	38	345	+ 975
Prostate Cancer	15	1,208	32	525	+ 683
Falls	16	1,198	33	480	+ 718
Stomach Cancer	17	1,144	41	245	+ 898
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,113	35	439	+ 673
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,076	25	1,140	- 64
Suicide	20	924	29	892	+ 32
Other Injuries	21	878	18	1,504	- 626
HIV/AIDS	22	798	10	3,020	- 2,222
Congenital Anomalies	23	783	14	2,181	- 1,398
Pancreas Cancer	24	763	65	19	+ 744
Liver Cancer	25	732	23	1,167	- 435
Oesophagus Cancer	26	665	63	20	+ 645
Lymphomas	27	659	48	158	+ 502
Oral Cancer	28	633	52	122	+ 511
Cervical Cancer	29	604	19	1,491	- 887
Leukemia	30	542	67	17	+ 525
Skin Disease	31	456	51	127	+ 329
Alcohol	32	453	55	83	+ 369
Low Birth Weight	33	437	8	4,319	- 3,881
Malnutrition	34	426	28	1,032	- 607
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	360	3	6,788	- 6,428
Bladder Cancer	36	337	60	32	+ 305
Chagas disease	37	321	77	0	+ 321
Skin Cancers	38	320	49	152	+ 168
Drownings	39	314	31	528	- 215
Tuberculosis	40	311	13	2,369	- 2,057
Parkinson's Disease	41	303	44	212	+ 91
Other Neoplasms	42	296	68	16	+ 280
Ovary Cancer	43	277	54	93	+ 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	271	34	448	- 177
Birth Trauma	45	240	7	4,797	- 4,557
Epilepsy	46	207	37	350	- 142
Uterin Cancer	47	177	59	38	+ 139
Asthma	48	165	22	1,179	- 1,014
Drug Use	49	157	46	169	- 12
Anemia	50	154	83	0	+ 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	139	42	238	- 98
Hepatitis C	52	124	61	22	+ 102
Maternal Conditions	53	96	17	1,793	- 1,697
Meningitis	54	86	11	2,633	- 2,547
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	70	84	0	+ 70
War	56	69	64	20	+ 50
Appendicitis	57	68	57	41	+ 27
Fires	58	65	36	410	- 345
Hepatitis B	59	49	47	162	- 113
Schizophrenia	60	42	81	0	+ 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	38	70	13	+ 25
Schistosomiasis	62	38	43	232	- 194
Leishmaniasis	63	27	78	0	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	66	18	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	65	21	85	0	+ 21
Poisonings	66	20	40	295	- 275
Upper Respiratory	67	17	69	15	+ 1
Syphilis	68	14	39	328	- 314
Leprosy	69	11	79	0	+ 11
Otitis Media	70	6	72	0	+ 6
Tetanus	71	6	45	170	- 164
Encephalitis	72	4	56	81	- 77
Oral conditions	73	4	86	0	+ 4
Malaria	74	3	2	8,180	- 8,177
Pertussis	75	2	24	1,165	- 1,163
Dengue	76	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	0	62	22	- 22
Diphtheria	79	0	58	40	- 39
Chlamydia	80	0	71	3	- 2
Measles	81	0	4	6,025	- 6,024
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

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Guinea

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.