CENTRAL AFRICA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,830	4	3,753	+ 77
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,683	1	5,231	- 1,549
Tuberculosis	3	3,675	2	4,704	- 1,029
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,419	3	4,684	- 2,265
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,403	7	2,900	- 497
Stroke	6	2,197	5	3,284	- 1,086
Birth Trauma	7	2,094	9	2,192	- 98
Low Birth Weight	8	1,867	8	2,228	- 361
Malaria	9	1,813	6	3,279	- 1,467
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,641	10	1,790	- 149
Liver Disease	11	1,073	14	1,153	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	12	989	19	776	+ 214
Maternal Conditions	13	883	13	1,174	- 292
Diabetes Mellitus	14	831	15	1,141	- 311
Kidney Disease	15	710	21	710	- 0
Meningitis	16	685	16	1,015	- 330
Other Injuries	17	621	23	621	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	18	586	25	423	+ 163
Pertussis	19	562	31	265	+ 297
Lung Disease	20	506	18	956	- 450
Hypertension	21	470	12	1,252	- 782
Violence	22	458	17	1,009	- 551
Cervical Cancer	23	409	32	230	+ 179
Asthma	24	398	20	761	- 363
Measles	25	389	11	1,625	- 1,236
Suicide	26	355	24	585	- 230
Malnutrition	27	321	22	691	- 370
Liver Cancer	28	308	44	117	+ 191
Breast Cancer	29	246	26	344	- 98
Drownings	30	237	34	202	+ 35
Syphilis	31	225	41	120	+ 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	204	27	317	- 113
Falls	33	188	36	181	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	183	33	204	- 21
Fires	35	169	39	142	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	36	146	49	65	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	37	139	30	270	- 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	131	45	116	+ 15
Epilepsy	39	128	43	119	+ 10
Tetanus	40	128	29	280	- 152
Poisonings	41	118	40	134	- 16
Prostate Cancer	42	108	38	156	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	88	35	194	- 106
Schistosomiasis	44	81	37	169	- 89
Lymphomas	45	73	42	119	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	46	72	48	67	+ 4
Hepatitis B	47	54	61	33	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	48	50	50	64	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	49	50	53	48	+ 2
Lung Cancers	50	49	55	47	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	51	46	64	23	+ 23
Skin Cancers	52	46	58	43	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	43	54	48	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	54	36	60	37	- 0
Drug Use	55	36	57	44	- 8
Oral Cancer	56	34	46	91	- 57
Alcohol	57	33	52	62	- 29
Encephalitis	58	28	62	28	- 0
Uterin Cancer	59	22	65	20	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	18	51	62	- 43
Leukemia	61	16	47	88	- 72
Ascariasis	62	11	71	5	+ 6
Hepatitis C	63	7	69	6	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	72	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	65	6	70	5	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	6	63	24	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	66	15	- 11
Diphtheria	68	3	67	11	- 7
Chlamydia	69	1	73	2	- 1
War	70	1	28	314	- 313
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Guinea-Bissau

Central Africa

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.