LESOTHO VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,510	1	4,767	- 3,258
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,452	2	3,214	- 1,763
Tuberculosis	3	1,449	8	1,208	+ 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	954	4	2,354	- 1,400
Coronary Heart Disease	5	947	5	2,101	- 1,154
Stroke	6	866	3	2,817	- 1,951
Birth Trauma	7	825	15	717	+ 108
Low Birth Weight	8	736	12	957	- 221
Malaria	9	715	79	0	+ 715
Road Traffic Accidents	10	647	16	678	- 32
Liver Disease	11	423	14	792	- 369
Congenital Anomalies	12	390	19	389	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	13	348	24	292	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	14	327	6	2,000	- 1,672
Kidney Disease	15	280	10	1,015	- 735
Meningitis	16	270	22	318	- 48
Other Injuries	17	245	18	533	- 288
Endocrine Disorders	18	231	27	235	- 4
Pertussis	19	221	44	51	+ 170
Lung Disease	20	200	9	1,102	- 902
Hypertension	21	185	11	990	- 805
Violence	22	181	13	924	- 743
Cervical Cancer	23	161	20	372	- 211
Asthma	24	157	17	678	- 521
Measles	25	154	59	12	+ 142
Suicide	26	140	7	1,539	- 1,399
Malnutrition	27	126	21	357	- 231
Liver Cancer	28	121	39	71	+ 51
Breast Cancer	29	97	34	97	- 0
Drownings	30	93	28	200	- 106
Syphilis	31	89	45	50	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	81	25	279	- 198
Falls	33	74	31	128	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	72	29	194	- 122
Fires	35	67	26	269	- 202
Stomach Cancer	36	58	60	11	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	37	55	23	305	- 250
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	52	48	40	+ 12
Epilepsy	39	51	30	143	- 93
Tetanus	40	50	47	45	+ 5
Poisonings	41	47	33	111	- 65
Prostate Cancer	42	42	35	81	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	35	32	126	- 91
Schistosomiasis	44	32	76	0	+ 32
Lymphomas	45	29	36	78	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	46	28	41	55	- 27
Hepatitis B	47	21	51	27	- 5
Ovary Cancer	48	20	53	24	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	20	37	73	- 54
Lung Cancers	50	19	43	51	- 32
Bladder Cancer	51	18	61	10	+ 8
Skin Cancers	52	18	46	46	- 28
Skin Disease	53	17	40	70	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	54	14	58	12	+ 2
Drug Use	55	14	50	32	- 18
Oral Cancer	56	14	42	52	- 38
Alcohol	57	13	38	71	- 58
Encephalitis	58	11	57	14	- 3
Uterin Cancer	59	9	54	23	- 15
Appendicitis	60	7	52	25	- 18
Leukemia	61	6	49	39	- 32
Ascariasis	62	4	67	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	3	64	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	65	2	62	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	2	55	18	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	56	18	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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 LESOTHO

Guinea-Bissau

Lesotho

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.