GUINEA-BISSAU VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,078	2	1,390	- 312
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	798	4	913	- 115
Stroke	3	708	6	829	- 121
Coronary Heart Disease	4	657	5	907	- 250
Road Traffic Accidents	5	568	10	619	- 51
Birth Trauma	6	560	7	790	- 231
Low Birth Weight	7	504	8	705	- 201
Liver Disease	8	491	11	405	+ 86
Tuberculosis	9	386	3	1,387	- 1,001
Diabetes Mellitus	10	292	14	313	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	11	281	12	373	- 92
Hypertension	12	242	21	177	+ 65
Kidney Disease	13	218	15	268	- 50
Meningitis	14	216	16	258	- 42
Lung Disease	15	214	20	191	+ 22
Other Injuries	16	211	17	234	- 23
HIV/AIDS	17	206	1	1,445	- 1,239
Maternal Conditions	18	160	13	333	- 173
Malnutrition	19	155	27	121	+ 35
Breast Cancer	20	153	29	93	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	149	34	69	+ 80
Violence	22	145	22	173	- 28
Pertussis	23	124	19	212	- 88
Measles	24	114	25	147	- 33
Suicide	25	108	26	134	- 26
Malaria	26	101	9	684	- 583
Cervical Cancer	27	90	23	154	- 64
Falls	28	81	33	71	+ 10
Asthma	29	81	24	150	- 69
Leukemia	30	76	61	6	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	68	38	50	+ 18
Poisonings	32	66	41	45	+ 21
Lymphomas	33	65	45	28	+ 37
Fires	34	59	35	64	- 5
Drownings	35	56	30	89	- 33
Ovary Cancer	36	44	48	19	+ 25
Tetanus	37	40	40	48	- 9
Lung Cancers	38	40	50	18	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	39	39	37	53	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	40	33	49	19	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	32	32	77	- 45
Liver Cancer	42	31	28	116	- 85
Syphilis	43	31	31	85	- 54
Epilepsy	44	29	39	48	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	45	29	18	221	- 192
Parkinson's Disease	46	28	46	27	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	47	27	36	55	- 28
Oral Cancer	48	27	56	13	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	24	43	33	- 9
Prostate Cancer	50	22	42	41	- 18
Bladder Cancer	51	19	51	17	+ 2
Skin Cancers	52	18	52	17	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	16	53	16	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	54	15	44	30	- 15
Alcohol	55	13	57	12	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	13	47	20	- 7
Upper Respiratory	57	13	66	2	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	12	60	7	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	59	10	79	0	+ 10
Drug Use	60	9	55	13	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	61	9	54	14	- 5
Uterin Cancer	62	8	59	8	- 1
Encephalitis	63	7	58	10	- 3
War	64	5	70	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	3	65	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	3	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Ethiopia

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.