JAMAICA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,914	7	757	+ 1,157
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,840	15	393	+ 1,447
Tuberculosis	3	1,836	54	8	+ 1,829
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,209	42	35	+ 1,174
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,201	3	1,726	- 525
Stroke	6	1,098	1	2,415	- 1,317
Birth Trauma	7	1,046	37	65	+ 981
Low Birth Weight	8	933	18	241	+ 692
Malaria	9	906	72	0	+ 906
Road Traffic Accidents	10	820	12	444	+ 376
Liver Disease	11	536	21	155	+ 381
Congenital Anomalies	12	494	23	139	+ 355
Maternal Conditions	13	441	43	35	+ 407
Diabetes Mellitus	14	415	2	2,077	- 1,662
Kidney Disease	15	355	6	793	- 438
Meningitis	16	342	47	16	+ 327
Other Injuries	17	310	31	91	+ 219
Endocrine Disorders	18	293	20	176	+ 117
Pertussis	19	281	67	0	+ 281
Lung Disease	20	253	11	452	- 199
Hypertension	21	235	8	651	- 416
Violence	22	229	4	1,484	- 1,255
Cervical Cancer	23	204	16	358	- 154
Asthma	24	199	36	65	+ 133
Measles	25	195	77	0	+ 195
Suicide	26	177	35	70	+ 107
Malnutrition	27	160	40	48	+ 112
Liver Cancer	28	154	29	101	+ 53
Breast Cancer	29	123	14	413	- 290
Drownings	30	119	51	10	+ 108
Syphilis	31	113	60	1	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	102	32	82	+ 20
Falls	33	94	33	82	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	91	9	587	- 496
Fires	35	84	46	16	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	36	73	19	231	- 157
Inflammatory/Heart	37	70	24	133	- 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	66	13	436	- 371
Epilepsy	39	64	41	46	+ 18
Tetanus	40	64	63	0	+ 64
Poisonings	41	59	57	2	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	42	54	5	883	- 830
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	44	44	27	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	44	40	74	0	+ 40
Lymphomas	45	36	17	251	- 214
Parkinson's Disease	46	36	25	132	- 97
Hepatitis B	47	27	59	1	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	48	25	30	97	- 72
Oesophagus Cancer	49	25	34	74	- 49
Lung Cancers	50	24	10	472	- 448
Bladder Cancer	51	23	38	60	- 37
Skin Cancers	52	23	52	10	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	22	22	145	- 124
Pancreas Cancer	54	18	27	119	- 100
Drug Use	55	18	48	13	+ 5
Oral Cancer	56	17	39	59	- 42
Alcohol	57	16	55	7	+ 9
Encephalitis	58	14	49	13	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	11	28	106	- 95
Appendicitis	60	9	53	9	+ 0
Leukemia	61	8	26	129	- 121
Ascariasis	62	5	66	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	4	64	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	56	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	3	45	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	66	3	65	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	50	11	- 9
Diphtheria	68	2	68	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Guinea-Bissau

Jamaica

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.