GUINEA-BISSAU VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,148	5	907	+ 241
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,080	2	1,390	- 310
Diabetes Mellitus	3	810	14	313	+ 496
Kidney Disease	4	733	15	268	+ 465
Liver Disease	5	664	11	405	+ 259
Stroke	6	566	6	829	- 263
Violence	7	515	22	173	+ 342
Road Traffic Accidents	8	470	10	619	- 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	306	4	913	- 607
Other Injuries	10	288	17	234	+ 54
Malnutrition	11	231	27	121	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	229	34	69	+ 160
Lung Disease	13	222	20	191	+ 31
Alcohol	14	210	57	12	+ 198
Liver Cancer	15	206	28	116	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	16	194	8	705	- 511
Stomach Cancer	17	183	36	55	+ 128
Congenital Anomalies	18	177	12	373	- 196
Birth Trauma	19	171	7	790	- 619
Falls	20	160	33	71	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	21	137	1	1,445	- 1,308
Suicide	22	121	26	134	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	120	32	77	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	24	99	42	41	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	25	94	23	154	- 60
Hypertension	26	79	21	177	- 98
Leukemia	27	70	61	6	+ 64
Breast Cancer	28	58	29	93	- 35
Endocrine Disorders	29	57	18	221	- 165
Maternal Conditions	30	55	13	333	- 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	54	38	50	+ 5
Drownings	32	54	30	89	- 35
Epilepsy	33	54	39	48	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	46	46	27	+ 19
Lung Cancers	35	46	50	18	+ 27
Asthma	36	39	24	150	- 111
Tuberculosis	37	35	3	1,387	- 1,352
Pancreas Cancer	38	33	54	14	+ 19
Poisonings	39	32	41	45	- 12
Drug Use	40	32	55	13	+ 18
Meningitis	41	32	16	258	- 227
Skin Disease	42	27	53	16	+ 11
Lymphomas	43	27	45	28	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	44	26	37	53	- 26
Fires	45	24	35	64	- 40
Skin Cancers	46	23	52	17	+ 6
Appendicitis	47	19	60	7	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	48	17	49	19	- 2
Oral Cancer	49	17	56	13	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	50	16	48	19	- 4
Encephalitis	51	12	58	10	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	67	2	+ 8
Pertussis	53	8	19	212	- 204
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	43	33	- 26
Bladder Cancer	55	7	51	17	- 11
Other Neoplasms	56	5	65	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	4	66	2	+ 2
Dengue	58	4	72	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	3	59	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	2	77	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	40	48	- 47
Ascariasis	63	1	62	4	- 3
Syphilis	64	0	31	85	- 85
Hepatitis B	65	0	47	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	25	147	- 147
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	75	0	44	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Guatemala

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.