GUINEA-BISSAU VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,374	5	907	+ 4,467
Hypertension	2	4,823	21	177	+ 4,646
Stroke	3	1,993	6	829	+ 1,164
Lung Cancers	4	1,174	50	18	+ 1,155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	941	38	50	+ 892
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	623	2	1,390	- 767
Liver Disease	7	587	11	405	+ 182
Prostate Cancer	8	533	42	41	+ 492
Stomach Cancer	9	518	36	55	+ 462
Pancreas Cancer	10	479	54	14	+ 466
Breast Cancer	11	464	29	93	+ 372
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	410	34	69	+ 341
Lung Disease	13	409	20	191	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	14	388	37	53	+ 335
Lymphomas	15	380	45	28	+ 353
Suicide	16	353	26	134	+ 219
Kidney Disease	17	315	15	268	+ 47
Alcohol	18	265	57	12	+ 253
Diabetes Mellitus	19	261	14	313	- 53
Other Injuries	20	252	17	234	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	21	225	51	17	+ 207
Leukemia	22	224	61	6	+ 218
Other Neoplasms	23	220	65	2	+ 218
Falls	24	212	33	71	+ 141
Oral Cancer	25	197	56	13	+ 184
Liver Cancer	26	192	28	116	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	27	176	49	19	+ 157
Ovary Cancer	28	156	48	19	+ 137
Parkinson's Disease	29	146	46	27	+ 119
Skin Cancers	30	141	52	17	+ 124
Drug Use	31	134	55	13	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	32	121	23	154	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	33	118	18	221	- 103
Uterin Cancer	34	107	59	8	+ 99
Road Traffic Accidents	35	106	10	619	- 513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	98	32	77	+ 21
Epilepsy	37	79	39	48	+ 31
Fires	38	73	35	64	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	39	72	1	1,445	- 1,373
Drownings	40	54	30	89	- 36
Skin Disease	41	51	53	16	+ 35
Violence	42	51	22	173	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	43	45	12	373	- 329
Asthma	44	43	24	150	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	38	43	33	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	31	67	2	+ 29
Tuberculosis	47	29	3	1,387	- 1,357
Multiple Sclerosis	48	29	64	2	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	22	81	0	+ 22
Osteoarthritis	50	18	80	0	+ 18
Anemia	51	16	86	0	+ 16
Poisonings	52	15	41	45	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	15	4	913	- 898
Meningitis	54	13	16	258	- 245
Low Birth Weight	55	12	8	705	- 692
Schizophrenia	56	11	84	0	+ 11
Birth Trauma	57	9	7	790	- 781
Hepatitis C	58	7	63	3	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	60	7	- 3
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	2	13	333	- 331
Syphilis	62	2	31	85	- 83
Encephalitis	63	0	58	10	- 10
War	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	47	20	- 20
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	73	0	9	684	- 684
Ascariasis	74	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	69	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	27	121	- 121
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	40	48	- 48
Diphtheria	82	0	68	1	- 1
Pertussis	83	0	19	212	- 212
Measles	84	0	25	147	- 147
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Estonia

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.