GUINEA-BISSAU VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,133	2	1,390	- 257
HIV/AIDS	2	950	1	1,445	- 495
Coronary Heart Disease	3	851	5	907	- 56
Stroke	4	678	6	829	- 151
Birth Trauma	5	637	7	790	- 153
Road Traffic Accidents	6	588	10	619	- 31
Malaria	7	570	9	684	- 114
Low Birth Weight	8	559	8	705	- 145
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	529	4	913	- 384
Tuberculosis	10	376	3	1,387	- 1,011
Congenital Anomalies	11	324	12	373	- 50
Liver Cancer	12	319	28	116	+ 202
Maternal Conditions	13	292	13	333	- 41
Liver Disease	14	273	11	405	- 132
Diabetes Mellitus	15	245	14	313	- 69
Kidney Disease	16	224	15	268	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	17	194	18	221	- 27
Meningitis	18	193	16	258	- 65
Lung Disease	19	174	20	191	- 17
Violence	20	165	22	173	- 8
Other Injuries	21	164	17	234	- 70
Hypertension	22	145	21	177	- 32
Cervical Cancer	23	122	23	154	- 32
Asthma	24	113	24	150	- 37
Suicide	25	95	26	134	- 39
Malnutrition	26	93	27	121	- 28
Pertussis	27	83	19	212	- 129
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	75	34	69	+ 6
Falls	29	70	33	71	- 1
Drownings	30	58	30	89	- 31
Fires	31	56	35	64	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	32	50	37	53	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	48	32	77	- 29
Syphilis	34	46	31	85	- 39
Epilepsy	35	36	39	48	- 12
Poisonings	36	36	41	45	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	37	29	46	27	+ 2
Lung Cancers	38	28	50	18	+ 10
Drug Use	39	24	55	13	+ 10
Breast Cancer	40	22	29	93	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	43	33	- 13
Schistosomiasis	42	19	44	30	- 11
Prostate Cancer	43	17	42	41	- 23
Skin Disease	44	16	53	16	- 1
Tetanus	45	16	40	48	- 33
Hepatitis B	46	12	47	20	- 9
Stomach Cancer	47	11	36	55	- 44
Encephalitis	48	11	58	10	+ 1
Measles	49	11	25	147	- 136
Alcohol	50	10	57	12	- 2
Lymphomas	51	10	45	28	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	9	38	50	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	54	14	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	49	19	- 14
Appendicitis	55	4	60	7	- 3
Bladder Cancer	56	4	51	17	- 14
Other Neoplasms	57	2	65	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	64	2	- 0
Leukemia	59	2	61	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	60	2	79	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	48	19	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	63	1	62	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	66	1	59	8	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	52	17	- 17
War	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	56	13	- 13
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Gambia

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.