GUYANA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	538	7	256	+ 282
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	518	6	302	+ 216
Tuberculosis	3	516	16	137	+ 379
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	340	27	48	+ 292
Coronary Heart Disease	5	338	1	1,335	- 997
Stroke	6	309	2	1,022	- 714
Birth Trauma	7	294	24	64	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	8	262	22	89	+ 173
Malaria	9	255	33	30	+ 225
Road Traffic Accidents	10	231	11	175	+ 56
Liver Disease	11	151	9	197	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	12	139	23	69	+ 70
Maternal Conditions	13	124	35	28	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	14	117	3	579	- 462
Kidney Disease	15	100	8	233	- 134
Meningitis	16	96	44	17	+ 79
Other Injuries	17	87	14	167	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	18	82	12	174	- 92
Pertussis	19	79	73	0	+ 79
Lung Disease	20	71	13	174	- 103
Hypertension	21	66	4	320	- 254
Violence	22	64	10	194	- 129
Cervical Cancer	23	57	21	91	- 34
Asthma	24	56	36	25	+ 30
Measles	25	55	77	0	+ 55
Suicide	26	50	5	315	- 265
Malnutrition	27	45	30	37	+ 8
Liver Cancer	28	43	34	29	+ 14
Breast Cancer	29	35	19	96	- 61
Drownings	30	33	15	145	- 111
Syphilis	31	32	71	0	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	29	26	54	- 26
Falls	33	26	48	11	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	26	38	23	+ 3
Fires	35	24	41	19	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	36	21	31	34	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	37	20	20	92	- 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	18	25	59	- 40
Epilepsy	39	18	37	24	- 6
Tetanus	40	18	72	0	+ 18
Poisonings	41	17	65	1	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	42	15	17	123	- 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	12	47	13	- 1
Schistosomiasis	44	11	84	0	+ 11
Lymphomas	45	10	32	32	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	46	10	49	9	+ 1
Hepatitis B	47	8	59	2	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	48	7	43	18	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	49	7	51	8	- 1
Lung Cancers	50	7	29	38	- 31
Bladder Cancer	51	6	50	8	- 1
Skin Cancers	52	6	55	5	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	6	56	3	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	54	5	42	19	- 14
Drug Use	55	5	45	16	- 11
Oral Cancer	56	5	40	20	- 15
Alcohol	57	5	57	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	58	4	53	7	- 3
Uterin Cancer	59	3	46	13	- 10
Appendicitis	60	3	54	6	- 3
Leukemia	61	2	39	21	- 19
Ascariasis	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	1	28	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	63	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	18	99	- 99
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

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.