DR CONGO VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	78,216	15	13,286	+ 64,930
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	75,207	1	73,546	+ 1,661
Tuberculosis	3	75,051	2	43,759	+ 31,291
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	49,407	5	41,301	+ 8,106
Coronary Heart Disease	5	49,082	7	34,713	+ 14,369
Stroke	6	44,874	6	36,596	+ 8,278
Birth Trauma	7	42,756	9	33,075	+ 9,681
Low Birth Weight	8	38,128	8	34,668	+ 3,460
Malaria	9	37,019	4	41,813	- 4,794
Road Traffic Accidents	10	33,504	10	30,256	+ 3,248
Liver Disease	11	21,915	13	15,044	+ 6,870
Congenital Anomalies	12	20,199	11	16,256	+ 3,943
Maternal Conditions	13	18,027	19	10,513	+ 7,515
Diabetes Mellitus	14	16,963	16	12,902	+ 4,061
Kidney Disease	15	14,499	20	9,077	+ 5,422
Meningitis	16	13,979	17	11,568	+ 2,411
Other Injuries	17	12,677	22	8,272	+ 4,405
Endocrine Disorders	18	11,974	25	7,380	+ 4,595
Pertussis	19	11,472	23	7,921	+ 3,551
Lung Disease	20	10,340	14	13,527	- 3,187
Hypertension	21	9,600	12	15,743	- 6,142
Violence	22	9,354	18	11,120	- 1,767
Cervical Cancer	23	8,350	27	4,823	+ 3,527
Asthma	24	8,118	24	7,733	+ 384
Measles	25	7,953	3	42,254	- 34,301
Suicide	26	7,251	26	5,812	+ 1,439
Malnutrition	27	6,545	21	8,910	- 2,365
Liver Cancer	28	6,289	31	3,840	+ 2,450
Breast Cancer	29	5,021	35	3,416	+ 1,605
Drownings	30	4,843	34	3,454	+ 1,390
Syphilis	31	4,599	32	3,751	+ 848
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	4,172	40	1,923	+ 2,249
Falls	33	3,847	33	3,483	+ 364
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	3,731	28	4,548	- 816
Fires	35	3,453	39	2,007	+ 1,446
Stomach Cancer	36	2,988	37	2,579	+ 409
Inflammatory/Heart	37	2,841	29	4,045	- 1,204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	2,682	36	2,966	- 284
Epilepsy	39	2,622	44	1,727	+ 896
Tetanus	40	2,612	46	1,166	+ 1,447
Poisonings	41	2,413	42	1,729	+ 684
Prostate Cancer	42	2,201	30	3,948	- 1,747
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	1,789	43	1,728	+ 61
Schistosomiasis	44	1,644	48	1,071	+ 574
Lymphomas	45	1,491	38	2,061	- 571
Parkinson's Disease	46	1,463	49	1,035	+ 429
Hepatitis B	47	1,103	61	456	+ 647
Ovary Cancer	48	1,030	58	656	+ 374
Oesophagus Cancer	49	1,023	53	790	+ 233
Lung Cancers	50	993	47	1,158	- 164
Bladder Cancer	51	937	65	270	+ 667
Skin Cancers	52	934	55	765	+ 169
Skin Disease	53	879	54	781	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	54	744	50	1,017	- 273
Drug Use	55	728	59	638	+ 90
Oral Cancer	56	704	51	1,003	- 299
Alcohol	57	666	60	635	+ 31
Encephalitis	58	563	57	680	- 117
Uterin Cancer	59	446	63	352	+ 94
Appendicitis	60	376	56	703	- 328
Leukemia	61	336	41	1,871	- 1,535
Ascariasis	62	222	68	80	+ 142
Hepatitis C	63	143	69	69	+ 75
Multiple Sclerosis	64	126	71	44	+ 82
Other Neoplasms	65	116	67	88	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	66	116	62	370	- 254
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	91	66	217	- 126
Diphtheria	68	69	70	47	+ 22
Chlamydia	69	15	73	15	+ 0
War	70	12	45	1,658	- 1,646
Otitis Media	71	2	72	38	- 36
Dengue	72	1	74	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	79	0	52	869	- 869
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Guinea-Bissau

DR 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.