BELIZE VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU BELIZE Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
HIV/AIDS 1 282 5 119 + 163
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 271 7 97 + 174
Tuberculosis 3 270 33 9 + 262
Diarrhoeal diseases 4 178 34 9 + 169
Coronary Heart Disease 5 177 1 192 - 15
Stroke 6 162 4 127 + 35
Birth Trauma 7 154 32 9 + 145
Low Birth Weight 8 137 25 20 + 118
Malaria 9 133 76 0 + 133
Road Traffic Accidents 10 121 8 88 + 33
Liver Disease 11 79 9 58 + 21
Congenital Anomalies 12 73 21 23 + 50
Maternal Conditions 13 65 42 2 + 63
Diabetes Mellitus 14 61 3 141 - 79
Kidney Disease 15 52 6 102 - 50
Meningitis 16 50 46 1 + 49
Other Injuries 17 46 14 36 + 10
Endocrine Disorders 18 43 22 23 + 21
Pertussis 19 41 63 0 + 41
Lung Disease 20 37 11 46 - 9
Hypertension 21 35 12 46 - 11
Violence 22 34 2 146 - 112
Cervical Cancer 23 30 17 28 + 3
Asthma 24 29 35 8 + 22
Measles 25 29 71 0 + 29
Suicide 26 26 16 28 - 1
Malnutrition 27 24 29 10 + 14
Liver Cancer 28 23 19 24 - 1
Breast Cancer 29 18 23 22 - 4
Drownings 30 17 18 24 - 6
Syphilis 31 17 62 0 + 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease 32 15 38 5 + 10
Falls 33 14 27 13 + 1
Alzheimers & Dementia 34 13 13 45 - 31
Fires 35 12 40 4 + 9
Stomach Cancer 36 11 20 23 - 12
Inflammatory/Heart 37 10 26 18 - 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers 38 10 24 20 - 10
Epilepsy 39 9 36 8 + 2
Tetanus 40 9 59 0 + 9
Poisonings 41 9 45 1 + 7
Prostate Cancer 42 8 10 47 - 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease 43 6 41 3 + 3
Schistosomiasis 44 6 78 0 + 6
Lymphomas 45 5 50 1 + 4
Parkinson's Disease 46 5 28 11 - 6
Hepatitis B 47 4 56 0 + 4
Ovary Cancer 48 4 52 1 + 3
Oesophagus Cancer 49 4 43 2 + 1
Lung Cancers 50 4 15 30 - 27
Bladder Cancer 51 3 81 0 + 3
Skin Cancers 52 3 66 0 + 3
Skin Disease 53 3 37 5 - 2
Pancreas Cancer 54 3 31 9 - 7
Drug Use 55 3 47 1 + 1
Oral Cancer 56 3 67 0 + 3
Alcohol 57 2 30 10 - 7
Encephalitis 58 2 48 1 + 1
Uterin Cancer 59 2 51 1 + 1
Appendicitis 60 1 44 1 - 0
Leukemia 61 1 39 4 - 3
Ascariasis 62 1 64 0 + 1
Hepatitis C 63 1 61 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 64 0 54 0 + 0
Other Neoplasms 65 0 53 1 - 1
Upper Respiratory 66 0 58 0 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 67 0 49 1 - 1
Diphtheria 68 0 68 0 + 0
Chlamydia 69 0 65 0 + 0
War 70 0 60 0 - 0
Otitis Media 71 0 69 0 + 0
Dengue 72 0 55 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 73 0 73 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 74 0 72 0 - 0
Leprosy 75 0 70 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 74 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 57 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 75 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 79 0 77 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 80 0 84 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 81 0 85 0 - 0
Oral conditions 82 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 84 0 82 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 79 0 - 0
Anemia 86 0 80 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020