ESTONIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	809	39	40	+ 769
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	778	6	349	+ 429
Tuberculosis	3	776	47	16	+ 760
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	511	53	8	+ 503
Coronary Heart Disease	5	508	1	3,009	- 2,501
Stroke	6	464	3	1,116	- 652
Birth Trauma	7	442	57	5	+ 437
Low Birth Weight	8	394	55	7	+ 388
Malaria	9	383	73	0	+ 383
Road Traffic Accidents	10	347	35	59	+ 287
Liver Disease	11	227	7	328	- 102
Congenital Anomalies	12	209	43	25	+ 184
Maternal Conditions	13	186	61	1	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	14	175	19	146	+ 29
Kidney Disease	15	150	17	176	- 26
Meningitis	16	145	54	7	+ 137
Other Injuries	17	131	20	141	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	18	124	33	66	+ 58
Pertussis	19	119	83	0	+ 119
Lung Disease	20	107	13	229	- 122
Hypertension	21	99	2	2,700	- 2,601
Violence	22	97	42	28	+ 68
Cervical Cancer	23	86	32	68	+ 19
Asthma	24	84	44	24	+ 60
Measles	25	82	84	0	+ 82
Suicide	26	75	16	197	- 122
Malnutrition	27	68	79	0	+ 68
Liver Cancer	28	65	26	107	- 42
Breast Cancer	29	52	11	260	- 208
Drownings	30	50	40	30	+ 20
Syphilis	31	48	62	1	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	43	36	55	- 12
Falls	33	40	24	119	- 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	39	12	229	- 191
Fires	35	36	38	41	- 5
Stomach Cancer	36	31	9	290	- 259
Inflammatory/Heart	37	29	14	217	- 188
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	28	5	527	- 499
Epilepsy	39	27	37	45	- 17
Tetanus	40	27	81	0	+ 27
Poisonings	41	25	52	8	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	42	23	8	298	- 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	19	45	22	- 3
Schistosomiasis	44	17	72	0	+ 17
Lymphomas	45	15	15	213	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	46	15	29	82	- 67
Hepatitis B	47	11	65	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	48	11	28	87	- 77
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	27	99	- 88
Lung Cancers	50	10	4	657	- 647
Bladder Cancer	51	10	21	126	- 116
Skin Cancers	52	10	30	79	- 69
Skin Disease	53	9	41	29	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	54	8	10	268	- 261
Drug Use	55	8	31	75	- 67
Oral Cancer	56	7	25	110	- 103
Alcohol	57	7	18	148	- 141
Encephalitis	58	6	63	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	5	34	60	- 55
Appendicitis	60	4	59	2	+ 2
Leukemia	61	3	22	126	- 122
Ascariasis	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	48	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	65	1	23	123	- 122
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	46	17	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Guinea-Bissau

Estonia

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.