BOTSWANA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,661	1	4,950	- 3,289
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,597	2	1,674	- 76
Tuberculosis	3	1,594	6	649	+ 945
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,049	8	527	+ 522
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,042	3	1,632	- 590
Stroke	6	953	4	1,588	- 635
Birth Trauma	7	908	17	261	+ 647
Low Birth Weight	8	810	13	447	+ 363
Malaria	9	786	64	1	+ 785
Road Traffic Accidents	10	711	7	608	+ 103
Liver Disease	11	465	12	459	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	12	429	16	287	+ 142
Maternal Conditions	13	383	24	118	+ 265
Diabetes Mellitus	14	360	5	1,273	- 912
Kidney Disease	15	308	9	506	- 198
Meningitis	16	297	25	108	+ 188
Other Injuries	17	269	19	216	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	18	254	27	103	+ 152
Pertussis	19	244	40	45	+ 199
Lung Disease	20	220	10	482	- 262
Hypertension	21	204	11	471	- 267
Violence	22	199	14	389	- 191
Cervical Cancer	23	177	22	164	+ 13
Asthma	24	172	18	232	- 60
Measles	25	169	68	0	+ 169
Suicide	26	154	15	370	- 216
Malnutrition	27	139	21	171	- 32
Liver Cancer	28	134	35	57	+ 76
Breast Cancer	29	107	33	68	+ 38
Drownings	30	103	30	83	+ 20
Syphilis	31	98	44	36	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	89	29	90	- 1
Falls	33	82	34	62	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	79	23	164	- 84
Fires	35	73	26	108	- 35
Stomach Cancer	36	63	53	10	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	37	60	20	177	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	57	47	28	+ 29
Epilepsy	39	56	36	56	- 0
Tetanus	40	55	61	6	+ 49
Poisonings	41	51	42	42	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	42	47	41	45	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	38	43	37	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	44	35	54	10	+ 25
Lymphomas	45	32	31	77	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	46	31	38	47	- 16
Hepatitis B	47	23	62	6	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	48	22	49	19	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	49	22	28	103	- 81
Lung Cancers	50	21	39	45	- 24
Bladder Cancer	51	20	60	6	+ 13
Skin Cancers	52	20	37	52	- 32
Skin Disease	53	19	46	30	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	54	16	50	16	- 0
Drug Use	55	15	48	26	- 10
Oral Cancer	56	15	32	70	- 55
Alcohol	57	14	45	31	- 17
Encephalitis	58	12	59	7	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	59	9	56	9	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	8	57	8	+ 0
Leukemia	61	7	51	13	- 6
Ascariasis	62	5	67	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	3	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	63	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	2	55	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	52	11	- 9
Diphtheria	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Guinea-Bissau

Botswana

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.