GUINEA-BISSAU VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,577	1	1,445	+ 132
Tuberculosis	2	973	3	1,387	- 414
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	901	2	1,390	- 489
Coronary Heart Disease	4	872	5	907	- 35
Stroke	5	793	6	829	- 37
Malaria	6	691	9	684	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	7	559	10	619	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	456	4	913	- 457
Low Birth Weight	9	449	8	705	- 256
Diabetes Mellitus	10	367	14	313	+ 54
Birth Trauma	11	349	7	790	- 441
Hypertension	12	326	21	177	+ 149
Liver Disease	13	325	11	405	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	14	255	12	373	- 118
Kidney Disease	15	214	15	268	- 54
Maternal Conditions	16	202	13	333	- 131
Lung Disease	17	189	20	191	- 2
Violence	18	188	22	173	+ 16
Suicide	19	122	26	134	- 12
Other Injuries	20	116	17	234	- 118
Pertussis	21	115	19	212	- 97
Meningitis	22	105	16	258	- 154
Asthma	23	102	24	150	- 48
Malnutrition	24	95	27	121	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	81	34	69	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	26	77	37	53	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	27	73	18	221	- 149
Prostate Cancer	28	69	42	41	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	29	69	23	154	- 86
Liver Cancer	30	59	28	116	- 57
Measles	31	56	25	147	- 91
Breast Cancer	32	55	29	93	- 37
Falls	33	52	33	71	- 19
Syphilis	34	37	31	85	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	37	32	77	- 40
Drownings	36	36	30	89	- 53
Fires	37	32	35	64	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	31	38	50	- 19
Stomach Cancer	39	31	36	55	- 24
Epilepsy	40	27	39	48	- 22
Poisonings	41	25	41	45	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	42	24	46	27	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	23	43	33	- 10
Drug Use	44	23	55	13	+ 9
Lymphomas	45	21	45	28	- 6
Leukemia	46	20	61	6	+ 14
Lung Cancers	47	19	50	18	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	48	17	48	19	- 2
Alcohol	49	16	57	12	+ 4
Skin Disease	50	16	53	16	- 0
Schistosomiasis	51	16	44	30	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	52	15	54	14	+ 1
Skin Cancers	53	13	52	17	- 5
Oral Cancer	54	11	56	13	- 2
Tetanus	55	8	40	48	- 40
Encephalitis	56	7	58	10	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	57	7	49	19	- 12
Appendicitis	58	6	60	7	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	67	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	60	5	59	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	61	5	51	17	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	5	47	20	- 15
Other Neoplasms	63	3	65	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	1	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
War	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

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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.