IRELAND VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,547	57	9	+ 3,538
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,411	6	1,298	+ 2,112
Tuberculosis	3	3,404	50	23	+ 3,380
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,241	45	53	+ 2,188
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,226	1	4,762	- 2,536
Stroke	6	2,035	5	1,770	+ 265
Birth Trauma	7	1,939	56	10	+ 1,929
Low Birth Weight	8	1,729	44	56	+ 1,673
Malaria	9	1,679	75	0	+ 1,679
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,519	33	153	+ 1,366
Liver Disease	11	994	19	279	+ 715
Congenital Anomalies	12	916	32	153	+ 763
Maternal Conditions	13	818	61	3	+ 814
Diabetes Mellitus	14	769	16	414	+ 356
Kidney Disease	15	658	10	566	+ 91
Meningitis	16	634	58	7	+ 627
Other Injuries	17	575	30	171	+ 404
Endocrine Disorders	18	543	24	249	+ 294
Pertussis	19	520	67	0	+ 520
Lung Disease	20	469	4	1,915	- 1,447
Hypertension	21	435	29	175	+ 261
Violence	22	424	47	38	+ 386
Cervical Cancer	23	379	35	103	+ 276
Asthma	24	368	41	58	+ 310
Measles	25	361	83	0	+ 361
Suicide	26	329	14	470	- 141
Malnutrition	27	297	63	2	+ 295
Liver Cancer	28	285	18	318	- 33
Breast Cancer	29	228	8	760	- 532
Drownings	30	220	43	57	+ 162
Syphilis	31	209	68	0	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	189	38	67	+ 122
Falls	33	174	25	247	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	169	2	3,209	- 3,040
Fires	35	157	48	30	+ 127
Stomach Cancer	36	135	17	357	- 221
Inflammatory/Heart	37	129	26	240	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	122	7	1,095	- 974
Epilepsy	39	119	36	85	+ 34
Tetanus	40	118	81	0	+ 118
Poisonings	41	109	53	14	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	42	100	9	585	- 485
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	81	46	50	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	44	75	72	0	+ 75
Lymphomas	45	68	13	513	- 445
Parkinson's Disease	46	66	12	530	- 463
Hepatitis B	47	50	59	6	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	48	47	21	273	- 226
Oesophagus Cancer	49	46	15	419	- 372
Lung Cancers	50	45	3	1,916	- 1,871
Bladder Cancer	51	42	22	256	- 213
Skin Cancers	52	42	23	252	- 209
Skin Disease	53	40	42	58	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	54	34	11	530	- 497
Drug Use	55	33	31	167	- 134
Oral Cancer	56	32	28	183	- 151
Alcohol	57	30	39	64	- 34
Encephalitis	58	26	66	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	59	20	34	126	- 106
Appendicitis	60	17	60	3	+ 14
Leukemia	61	15	20	274	- 259
Ascariasis	62	10	77	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	6	52	19	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	37	83	- 77
Other Neoplasms	65	5	27	218	- 213
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	40	59	- 55
Diphtheria	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Guinea-Bissau

Ireland

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.