GUINEA-BISSAU VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,183	1	1,445	+ 738
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,084	2	1,390	- 306
Malaria	3	793	9	684	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	4	542	8	705	- 162
Birth Trauma	5	523	7	790	- 267
Stroke	6	519	6	829	- 310
Coronary Heart Disease	7	497	5	907	- 410
Road Traffic Accidents	8	438	10	619	- 182
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	414	4	913	- 499
Tuberculosis	10	381	3	1,387	- 1,006
Diabetes Mellitus	11	355	14	313	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	12	296	12	373	- 77
Liver Disease	13	237	11	405	- 168
Kidney Disease	14	236	15	268	- 32
Measles	15	215	25	147	+ 68
Hypertension	16	196	21	177	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	17	165	13	333	- 168
Syphilis	18	159	31	85	+ 74
Meningitis	19	151	16	258	- 107
Lung Disease	20	143	20	191	- 48
Pertussis	21	129	19	212	- 83
Suicide	22	127	26	134	- 7
Other Injuries	23	125	17	234	- 109
Breast Cancer	24	100	29	93	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	25	87	18	221	- 134
Asthma	26	77	24	150	- 73
Inflammatory/Heart	27	75	37	53	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	28	67	23	154	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	66	34	69	- 3
Drug Use	30	60	55	13	+ 46
Malnutrition	31	57	27	121	- 64
Falls	32	54	33	71	- 17
Violence	33	53	22	173	- 120
Liver Cancer	34	51	28	116	- 65
Prostate Cancer	35	51	42	41	+ 10
Drownings	36	47	30	89	- 43
Oral Cancer	37	41	56	13	+ 28
Epilepsy	38	38	39	48	- 10
Fires	39	36	35	64	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	34	38	50	- 16
Lung Cancers	41	32	50	18	+ 13
Tetanus	42	28	40	48	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	26	32	77	- 51
Poisonings	44	25	41	45	- 20
Lymphomas	45	23	45	28	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	46	21	46	27	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	47	20	78	0	+ 20
Skin Cancers	48	19	52	17	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	49	19	36	55	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	43	33	- 16
Skin Disease	51	15	53	16	- 1
Ovary Cancer	52	15	48	19	- 4
Alcohol	53	14	57	12	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	54	14	49	19	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	55	14	54	14	- 0
Bladder Cancer	56	10	51	17	- 7
Encephalitis	57	9	58	10	- 1
Uterin Cancer	58	9	59	8	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	7	60	7	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	5	44	30	- 25
Leukemia	61	4	61	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	67	2	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	4	65	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	64	4	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	65	4	47	20	- 17
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
War	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Equ. Guinea

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.