GUINEA-BISSAU VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,954	5	907	+ 2,047
Stroke	2	1,554	6	829	+ 725
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,368	10	619	+ 749
Diabetes Mellitus	4	545	14	313	+ 231
Liver Disease	5	528	11	405	+ 123
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	444	2	1,390	- 945
Kidney Disease	7	418	15	268	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	8	381	1	1,445	- 1,065
Violence	9	378	22	173	+ 205
Hypertension	10	373	21	177	+ 196
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	356	34	69	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	12	326	42	41	+ 286
Low Birth Weight	13	302	8	705	- 402
Breast Cancer	14	288	29	93	+ 195
Lung Disease	15	268	20	191	+ 77
Lung Cancers	16	245	50	18	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	17	205	12	373	- 169
Birth Trauma	18	180	7	790	- 610
Other Injuries	19	175	17	234	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	168	38	50	+ 118
Liver Cancer	21	131	28	116	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	22	119	18	221	- 102
Cervical Cancer	23	110	23	154	- 44
Stomach Cancer	24	108	36	55	+ 53
Suicide	25	104	26	134	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	99	4	913	- 813
Pancreas Cancer	27	90	54	14	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	28	88	46	27	+ 61
Asthma	29	87	24	150	- 63
Falls	30	86	33	71	+ 15
Oral Cancer	31	86	56	13	+ 73
Leukemia	32	81	61	6	+ 74
Lymphomas	33	74	45	28	+ 46
Malnutrition	34	73	27	121	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	35	61	37	53	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	58	32	77	- 19
Drownings	37	49	30	89	- 41
Tuberculosis	38	48	3	1,387	- 1,339
Maternal Conditions	39	40	13	333	- 293
Oesophagus Cancer	40	40	49	19	+ 21
Skin Cancers	41	34	52	17	+ 17
Epilepsy	42	31	39	48	- 17
Drug Use	43	31	55	13	+ 17
Fires	44	27	35	64	- 36
Meningitis	45	26	16	258	- 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	43	33	- 9
Pertussis	47	24	19	212	- 188
Alcohol	48	24	57	12	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	49	18	51	17	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	50	18	48	19	- 2
Syphilis	51	14	31	85	- 71
Appendicitis	52	13	60	7	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	10	53	16	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	10	67	2	+ 8
Poisonings	55	9	41	45	- 35
Encephalitis	56	9	58	10	- 2
Uterin Cancer	57	8	59	8	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	7	65	2	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	59	4	44	30	- 26
Hepatitis C	60	3	63	3	+ 1
Tetanus	61	3	40	48	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	2	47	20	- 18
Dengue	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	9	684	- 683
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	25	147	- 147
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
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

Dominican Rep.

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.