GUINEA-BISSAU VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,408	2	1,390	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	861	4	913	- 52
Stroke	3	842	6	829	+ 13
Coronary Heart Disease	4	826	5	907	- 81
Low Birth Weight	5	778	8	705	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	6	536	10	619	- 83
Birth Trauma	7	499	7	790	- 291
Liver Disease	8	378	11	405	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	9	323	14	313	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	10	310	12	373	- 64
Meningitis	11	274	16	258	+ 15
Hypertension	12	273	21	177	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	13	247	23	154	+ 93
Kidney Disease	14	240	15	268	- 28
Malnutrition	15	227	27	121	+ 106
Other Injuries	16	214	17	234	- 21
Lung Disease	17	198	20	191	+ 7
Pertussis	18	190	19	212	- 22
Tuberculosis	19	187	3	1,387	- 1,200
Violence	20	150	22	173	- 23
Asthma	21	116	24	150	- 34
Maternal Conditions	22	111	13	333	- 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	110	34	69	+ 41
Suicide	24	109	26	134	- 25
Drownings	25	82	30	89	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	26	80	49	19	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	27	78	42	41	+ 37
Liver Cancer	28	69	28	116	- 47
Malaria	29	69	9	684	- 615
Fires	30	64	35	64	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	31	62	37	53	+ 10
Falls	32	62	33	71	- 9
Breast Cancer	33	53	29	93	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	50	32	77	- 27
Poisonings	35	48	41	45	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	36	46	18	221	- 175
Lymphomas	37	46	45	28	+ 18
Syphilis	38	45	31	85	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	44	38	50	- 5
Epilepsy	40	41	39	48	- 7
Oral Cancer	41	37	56	13	+ 24
Skin Cancers	42	29	52	17	+ 12
Tetanus	43	28	40	48	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	44	27	46	27	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	45	27	36	55	- 29
Bladder Cancer	46	24	51	17	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	24	43	33	- 9
Skin Disease	48	22	53	16	+ 6
Drug Use	49	16	55	13	+ 2
Appendicitis	50	14	60	7	+ 7
Alcohol	51	14	57	12	+ 1
Hepatitis B	52	12	47	20	- 8
Upper Respiratory	53	10	66	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	54	10	58	10	- 1
Uterin Cancer	55	7	59	8	- 1
Ovary Cancer	56	7	48	19	- 12
Leukemia	57	7	61	6	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	59	3	65	2	+ 0
Lung Cancers	60	2	50	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	61	2	63	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	63	1	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	66	1	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	44	30	- 30
HIV/AIDS	76	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	25	147	- 147
Depression	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	54	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Comoros

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.