GUINEA-BISSAU VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,852	5	907	+ 945
Violence	2	829	22	173	+ 656
Stroke	3	713	6	829	- 117
Lung Disease	4	685	20	191	+ 494
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	463	2	1,390	- 926
Road Traffic Accidents	6	334	10	619	- 285
Kidney Disease	7	294	15	268	+ 26
Hypertension	8	275	21	177	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	9	263	36	55	+ 208
Lung Cancers	10	226	50	18	+ 207
Diabetes Mellitus	11	216	14	313	- 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	188	38	50	+ 138
Breast Cancer	13	158	29	93	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	14	154	42	41	+ 113
Other Neoplasms	15	138	65	2	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	16	127	12	373	- 246
HIV/AIDS	17	115	1	1,445	- 1,330
Lymphomas	18	112	45	28	+ 84
Liver Disease	19	104	11	405	- 301
Cervical Cancer	20	97	23	154	- 57
Leukemia	21	95	61	6	+ 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	93	34	69	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	23	90	8	705	- 614
Liver Cancer	24	89	28	116	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	25	87	54	14	+ 73
Suicide	26	84	26	134	- 49
Malnutrition	27	81	27	121	- 40
Other Injuries	28	68	17	234	- 166
Falls	29	65	33	71	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	30	59	18	221	- 162
Inflammatory/Heart	31	57	37	53	+ 5
Tuberculosis	32	55	3	1,387	- 1,332
Ovary Cancer	33	48	48	19	+ 29
Skin Disease	34	47	53	16	+ 31
Skin Cancers	35	44	52	17	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	36	36	49	19	+ 17
Oral Cancer	37	35	56	13	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	32	4	913	- 881
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	30	32	77	- 47
Drownings	40	30	30	89	- 60
Birth Trauma	41	28	7	790	- 762
Bladder Cancer	42	26	51	17	+ 9
Epilepsy	43	26	39	48	- 23
Drug Use	44	21	55	13	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	45	18	59	8	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	46	17	13	333	- 316
Parkinson's Disease	47	16	46	27	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	14	81	0	+ 14
War	49	11	70	0	+ 11
Meningitis	50	10	16	258	- 248
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	67	2	+ 9
Appendicitis	52	9	60	7	+ 2
Chagas disease	53	9	77	0	+ 9
Asthma	54	8	24	150	- 142
Dengue	55	6	72	0	+ 6
Fires	56	5	35	64	- 58
Anemia	57	4	86	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	63	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	64	2	+ 0
Poisonings	61	3	41	45	- 42
Hepatitis B	62	2	47	20	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	43	33	- 31
Encephalitis	64	2	58	10	- 9
Syphilis	65	1	31	85	- 84
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Malaria	67	1	9	684	- 683
Alcohol	68	1	57	12	- 11
Pertussis	69	1	19	212	- 211
Schizophrenia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	40	48	- 48
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	62	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Measles	78	0	25	147	- 147
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Colombia

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.