GUINEA-BISSAU VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,101	2	1,390	- 288
Stroke	2	862	6	829	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	770	4	913	- 142
Coronary Heart Disease	4	724	5	907	- 183
Road Traffic Accidents	5	446	10	619	- 173
Liver Disease	6	408	11	405	+ 3
Diabetes Mellitus	7	317	14	313	+ 4
Hypertension	8	311	21	177	+ 134
Lung Disease	9	222	20	191	+ 31
Malnutrition	10	222	27	121	+ 101
Birth Trauma	11	207	7	790	- 583
Kidney Disease	12	194	15	268	- 74
Maternal Conditions	13	183	13	333	- 150
Tuberculosis	14	183	3	1,387	- 1,204
Other Injuries	15	182	17	234	- 53
Low Birth Weight	16	179	8	705	- 526
Malaria	17	147	9	684	- 537
Congenital Anomalies	18	145	12	373	- 228
Meningitis	19	136	16	258	- 122
Violence	20	129	22	173	- 44
Suicide	21	128	26	134	- 6
Asthma	22	110	24	150	- 40
Breast Cancer	23	105	29	93	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	104	34	69	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	25	103	1	1,445	- 1,342
Falls	26	56	33	71	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	49	32	77	- 28
Lymphomas	28	49	45	28	+ 22
Leukemia	29	48	61	6	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	30	45	23	154	- 110
Fires	31	44	35	64	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	32	41	37	53	- 11
Drownings	33	40	30	89	- 50
Poisonings	34	38	41	45	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	38	38	50	- 12
Pertussis	36	30	19	212	- 182
Parkinson's Disease	37	28	46	27	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	27	39	48	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	39	27	49	19	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	40	27	48	19	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	26	43	33	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	24	44	30	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	43	24	18	221	- 197
Oral Cancer	44	24	56	13	+ 11
Liver Cancer	45	23	28	116	- 93
Lung Cancers	46	21	50	18	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	47	18	42	41	- 22
Stomach Cancer	48	16	36	55	- 39
Alcohol	49	15	57	12	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	15	53	16	- 1
Bladder Cancer	51	14	51	17	- 3
Tetanus	52	13	40	48	- 36
Drug Use	53	12	55	13	- 1
Syphilis	54	12	31	85	- 73
Appendicitis	55	11	60	7	+ 4
Skin Cancers	56	10	52	17	- 7
Hepatitis B	57	9	47	20	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	7	54	14	- 7
Leishmaniasis	59	6	79	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	6	66	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	61	6	59	8	- 2
Encephalitis	62	5	58	10	- 5
Measles	63	4	25	147	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	67	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	63	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	2	65	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.