CONGO VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,133	1	4,509	- 377
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,974	3	2,576	+ 1,398
Tuberculosis	3	3,966	2	2,781	+ 1,184
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,611	8	1,304	+ 1,306
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,593	4	2,494	+ 99
Stroke	6	2,371	5	2,267	+ 105
Birth Trauma	7	2,259	11	997	+ 1,262
Low Birth Weight	8	2,015	9	1,283	+ 732
Malaria	9	1,956	6	1,977	- 21
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,770	7	1,598	+ 172
Liver Disease	11	1,158	13	931	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,067	14	729	+ 338
Maternal Conditions	13	953	16	578	+ 375
Diabetes Mellitus	14	896	10	1,050	- 153
Kidney Disease	15	766	15	613	+ 153
Meningitis	16	739	22	299	+ 439
Other Injuries	17	670	20	333	+ 337
Endocrine Disorders	18	633	27	208	+ 425
Pertussis	19	606	21	329	+ 277
Lung Disease	20	546	17	541	+ 6
Hypertension	21	507	12	933	- 425
Violence	22	494	18	539	- 45
Cervical Cancer	23	441	29	196	+ 245
Asthma	24	429	23	291	+ 138
Measles	25	420	31	159	+ 261
Suicide	26	383	19	349	+ 34
Malnutrition	27	346	24	272	+ 74
Liver Cancer	28	332	30	169	+ 163
Breast Cancer	29	265	32	159	+ 107
Drownings	30	256	36	104	+ 152
Syphilis	31	243	34	107	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	220	35	105	+ 115
Falls	33	203	33	149	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	197	25	230	- 33
Fires	35	182	37	90	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	36	158	39	88	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	37	150	26	220	- 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	142	38	89	+ 53
Epilepsy	39	139	40	76	+ 63
Tetanus	40	138	55	23	+ 115
Poisonings	41	127	41	71	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	42	116	28	198	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	95	43	67	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	44	87	51	45	+ 42
Lymphomas	45	79	45	61	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	46	77	42	69	+ 8
Hepatitis B	47	58	62	14	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	48	54	48	49	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	54	57	19	+ 35
Lung Cancers	50	52	47	54	- 1
Bladder Cancer	51	49	61	15	+ 35
Skin Cancers	52	49	53	36	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	46	50	46	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	39	52	42	- 3
Drug Use	55	38	44	65	- 27
Oral Cancer	56	37	54	33	+ 5
Alcohol	57	35	49	46	- 11
Encephalitis	58	30	56	20	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	59	24	60	15	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	20	58	18	+ 1
Leukemia	61	18	46	57	- 40
Ascariasis	62	12	69	1	+ 11
Hepatitis C	63	8	67	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	66	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	65	6	63	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	6	64	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	59	15	- 10
Diphtheria	68	4	68	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	70	1	- 0
War	70	1	72	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Guinea-Bissau

Congo

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.