GUINEA-BISSAU VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,970	5	907	+ 1,063
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,658	34	69	+ 1,589
Stroke	3	1,134	6	829	+ 305
Lung Cancers	4	1,112	50	18	+ 1,094
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	682	38	50	+ 632
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	617	2	1,390	- 773
Lung Disease	7	569	20	191	+ 378
Breast Cancer	8	484	29	93	+ 392
Other Injuries	9	472	17	234	+ 237
Pancreas Cancer	10	385	54	14	+ 372
Kidney Disease	11	358	15	268	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	12	340	14	313	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	13	339	42	41	+ 298
Lymphomas	14	314	45	28	+ 286
Liver Cancer	15	299	28	116	+ 182
Suicide	16	279	26	134	+ 145
Other Neoplasms	17	274	65	2	+ 271
Falls	18	258	33	71	+ 187
Endocrine Disorders	19	252	18	221	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	20	236	46	27	+ 209
Leukemia	21	233	61	6	+ 226
Liver Disease	22	230	11	405	- 175
Hypertension	23	222	21	177	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	24	205	51	17	+ 187
Inflammatory/Heart	25	189	37	53	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	26	172	36	55	+ 117
Oral Cancer	27	146	56	13	+ 133
Oesophagus Cancer	28	146	49	19	+ 127
Malnutrition	29	131	27	121	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	30	124	48	19	+ 105
Road Traffic Accidents	31	104	10	619	- 515
Skin Cancers	32	102	52	17	+ 84
Alcohol	33	99	57	12	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	34	85	59	8	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	35	63	12	373	- 310
Drug Use	36	59	55	13	+ 45
Epilepsy	37	58	39	48	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	56	4	913	- 857
Skin Disease	39	50	53	16	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	40	49	23	154	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	43	33	+ 10
Asthma	42	32	24	150	- 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	31	32	77	- 46
Anemia	44	30	86	0	+ 30
Drownings	45	27	30	89	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	46	23	64	2	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	47	20	8	705	- 684
Schizophrenia	48	20	84	0	+ 20
Violence	49	17	22	173	- 156
Tuberculosis	50	14	3	1,387	- 1,373
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	13	67	2	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	13	63	3	+ 10
Fires	53	13	35	64	- 51
HIV/AIDS	54	11	1	1,445	- 1,434
Birth Trauma	55	10	7	790	- 780
Osteoarthritis	56	8	80	0	+ 8
Poisonings	57	7	41	45	- 37
Meningitis	58	5	16	258	- 253
Hepatitis B	59	4	47	20	- 16
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	60	7	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	66	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	2	13	333	- 331
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	58	10	- 10
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	31	85	- 85
Pertussis	69	0	19	212	- 212
Tetanus	70	0	40	48	- 48
Schistosomiasis	71	0	44	30	- 30
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	25	147	- 147
Chlamydia	78	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	62	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	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

France

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.