GUINEA-BISSAU VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,870	5	907	+ 963
Violence	2	1,765	22	173	+ 1,592
Kidney Disease	3	1,520	15	268	+ 1,252
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	778	2	1,390	- 612
Stroke	5	513	6	829	- 316
Lung Disease	6	480	20	191	+ 289
Diabetes Mellitus	7	446	14	313	+ 132
Road Traffic Accidents	8	433	10	619	- 186
HIV/AIDS	9	271	1	1,445	- 1,174
Liver Disease	10	256	11	405	- 148
Stomach Cancer	11	226	36	55	+ 171
Alcohol	12	209	57	12	+ 196
Cervical Cancer	13	145	23	154	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	14	144	12	373	- 229
Suicide	15	126	26	134	- 8
Liver Cancer	16	114	28	116	- 2
Prostate Cancer	17	106	42	41	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	103	34	69	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	19	102	8	705	- 603
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	101	38	50	+ 52
Leukemia	21	100	61	6	+ 94
Breast Cancer	22	94	29	93	+ 1
Lung Cancers	23	93	50	18	+ 75
Falls	24	78	33	71	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	25	72	18	221	- 150
Malnutrition	26	69	27	121	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	64	4	913	- 849
Lymphomas	28	60	45	28	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	29	52	54	14	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	51	32	77	- 27
Hypertension	31	47	21	177	- 130
Other Neoplasms	32	47	65	2	+ 45
Drownings	33	44	30	89	- 46
Anemia	34	42	86	0	+ 42
Asthma	35	39	24	150	- 111
Skin Disease	36	39	53	16	+ 23
Birth Trauma	37	39	7	790	- 751
Other Injuries	38	31	17	234	- 204
Oral Cancer	39	30	56	13	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	40	30	48	19	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	41	26	49	19	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	42	25	37	53	- 28
Drug Use	43	24	55	13	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	44	22	46	27	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	21	81	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	46	19	3	1,387	- 1,367
Skin Cancers	47	19	52	17	+ 2
Epilepsy	48	16	39	48	- 32
Bladder Cancer	49	13	51	17	- 4
Uterin Cancer	50	13	59	8	+ 4
Meningitis	51	11	16	258	- 247
Pertussis	52	10	19	212	- 202
Maternal Conditions	53	9	13	333	- 325
Fires	54	7	35	64	- 57
Chagas disease	55	6	77	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	6	60	7	- 1
Poisonings	57	5	41	45	- 40
Syphilis	58	5	31	85	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	67	2	+ 3
Tetanus	60	4	40	48	- 45
Dengue	61	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	66	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	58	10	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	64	2	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	43	33	- 31
Hepatitis B	66	1	47	20	- 19
Schizophrenia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	62	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	25	147	- 147
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	44	30	- 30
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

El Salvador

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.