GUINEA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,479	10	3,020	+ 6,460
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,115	1	12,790	- 3,676
Tuberculosis	3	9,096	13	2,369	+ 6,727
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,988	3	6,788	- 800
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,948	6	5,665	+ 283
Stroke	6	5,439	5	5,777	- 339
Birth Trauma	7	5,182	7	4,797	+ 385
Low Birth Weight	8	4,621	8	4,319	+ 302
Malaria	9	4,486	2	8,180	- 3,694
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,061	9	3,788	+ 272
Liver Disease	11	2,656	12	2,550	+ 106
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,448	14	2,181	+ 267
Maternal Conditions	13	2,185	17	1,793	+ 392
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,056	15	2,138	- 82
Kidney Disease	15	1,757	16	1,939	- 182
Meningitis	16	1,694	11	2,633	- 939
Other Injuries	17	1,536	18	1,504	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,451	25	1,140	+ 312
Pertussis	19	1,390	24	1,165	+ 225
Lung Disease	20	1,253	20	1,373	- 120
Hypertension	21	1,164	21	1,348	- 185
Violence	22	1,134	26	1,128	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	23	1,012	19	1,491	- 479
Asthma	24	984	22	1,179	- 195
Measles	25	964	4	6,025	- 5,061
Suicide	26	879	29	892	- 13
Malnutrition	27	793	28	1,032	- 239
Liver Cancer	28	762	23	1,167	- 405
Breast Cancer	29	609	38	345	+ 264
Drownings	30	587	31	528	+ 59
Syphilis	31	557	39	328	+ 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	506	34	448	+ 58
Falls	33	466	33	480	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	452	30	579	- 127
Fires	35	419	36	410	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	36	362	41	245	+ 117
Inflammatory/Heart	37	344	35	439	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	325	53	100	+ 225
Epilepsy	39	318	37	350	- 32
Tetanus	40	317	45	170	+ 147
Poisonings	41	292	40	295	- 2
Prostate Cancer	42	267	32	525	- 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	217	42	238	- 21
Schistosomiasis	44	199	43	232	- 33
Lymphomas	45	181	48	158	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	46	177	44	212	- 35
Hepatitis B	47	134	47	162	- 28
Ovary Cancer	48	125	54	93	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	49	124	63	20	+ 104
Lung Cancers	50	120	50	128	- 8
Bladder Cancer	51	114	60	32	+ 82
Skin Cancers	52	113	49	152	- 39
Skin Disease	53	107	51	127	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	54	90	65	19	+ 71
Drug Use	55	88	46	169	- 80
Oral Cancer	56	85	52	122	- 36
Alcohol	57	81	55	83	- 3
Encephalitis	58	68	56	81	- 12
Uterin Cancer	59	54	59	38	+ 16
Appendicitis	60	46	57	41	+ 4
Leukemia	61	41	67	17	+ 24
Ascariasis	62	27	62	22	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	17	61	22	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	15	66	18	- 3
Other Neoplasms	65	14	68	16	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	14	69	15	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	11	70	13	- 2
Diphtheria	68	8	58	40	- 31
Chlamydia	69	2	71	3	- 1
War	70	1	64	20	- 18
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea

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.