GUINEA-BISSAU VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,077	6	829	+ 2,248
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,668	5	907	+ 1,761
Lung Disease	3	1,459	20	191	+ 1,268
Lung Cancers	4	1,076	50	18	+ 1,057
Stomach Cancer	5	600	36	55	+ 545
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	458	34	69	+ 390
Hypertension	7	454	21	177	+ 276
Road Traffic Accidents	8	377	10	619	- 242
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	374	38	50	+ 324
Oesophagus Cancer	10	366	49	19	+ 347
Kidney Disease	11	290	15	268	+ 22
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	276	2	1,390	- 1,114
Liver Cancer	13	272	28	116	+ 156
Diabetes Mellitus	14	243	14	313	- 70
Liver Disease	15	219	11	405	- 186
Falls	16	209	33	71	+ 138
Suicide	17	175	26	134	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	18	168	54	14	+ 154
Breast Cancer	19	140	29	93	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	20	106	46	27	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	98	43	33	+ 65
Leukemia	22	88	61	6	+ 81
Lymphomas	23	87	45	28	+ 60
Oral Cancer	24	82	56	13	+ 69
Other Injuries	25	81	17	234	- 153
Drownings	26	80	30	89	- 10
Cervical Cancer	27	78	23	154	- 77
Prostate Cancer	28	77	42	41	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	29	57	51	17	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	57	32	77	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	31	55	12	373	- 318
Tuberculosis	32	52	3	1,387	- 1,334
Inflammatory/Heart	33	45	37	53	- 7
HIV/AIDS	34	43	1	1,445	- 1,402
Ovary Cancer	35	42	48	19	+ 23
Poisonings	36	39	41	45	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	37	39	18	221	- 183
Drug Use	38	36	55	13	+ 23
Asthma	39	35	24	150	- 115
Low Birth Weight	40	33	8	705	- 672
Skin Cancers	41	30	52	17	+ 12
Alcohol	42	29	57	12	+ 16
Birth Trauma	43	27	7	790	- 763
Malnutrition	44	20	27	121	- 101
Uterin Cancer	45	18	59	8	+ 9
Epilepsy	46	17	39	48	- 31
Violence	47	17	22	173	- 156
Fires	48	16	35	64	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	67	2	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	13	4	913	- 900
Meningitis	51	9	16	258	- 250
Skin Disease	52	8	53	16	- 8
Other Neoplasms	53	7	65	2	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	54	5	13	333	- 328
Encephalitis	55	4	58	10	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	4	47	20	- 16
Upper Respiratory	57	4	66	2	+ 2
Syphilis	58	3	31	85	- 82
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	64	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	2	60	7	- 5
War	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	25	147	- 146
Tetanus	63	1	40	48	- 48
Pertussis	64	1	19	212	- 211
Schistosomiasis	65	1	44	30	- 30
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

China

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.