LIBYA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,989	21	224	+ 4,765
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,797	9	744	+ 4,054
Tuberculosis	3	4,787	7	812	+ 3,975
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	3,152	40	92	+ 3,060
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,131	1	6,610	- 3,479
Stroke	6	2,862	2	2,603	+ 259
Birth Trauma	7	2,727	34	132	+ 2,595
Low Birth Weight	8	2,432	18	359	+ 2,073
Malaria	9	2,361	76	0	+ 2,361
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,137	3	1,444	+ 694
Liver Disease	11	1,398	11	630	+ 768
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,288	14	493	+ 795
Maternal Conditions	13	1,150	35	124	+ 1,026
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,082	8	803	+ 279
Kidney Disease	15	925	4	1,186	- 261
Meningitis	16	892	47	41	+ 850
Other Injuries	17	809	15	432	+ 376
Endocrine Disorders	18	764	29	153	+ 611
Pertussis	19	732	55	17	+ 715
Lung Disease	20	660	12	607	+ 53
Hypertension	21	612	6	915	- 302
Violence	22	597	30	145	+ 451
Cervical Cancer	23	533	32	135	+ 398
Asthma	24	518	20	297	+ 221
Measles	25	507	72	0	+ 507
Suicide	26	463	19	304	+ 159
Malnutrition	27	418	57	11	+ 407
Liver Cancer	28	401	28	153	+ 248
Breast Cancer	29	320	25	190	+ 130
Drownings	30	309	43	74	+ 235
Syphilis	31	293	61	6	+ 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	266	38	99	+ 167
Falls	33	245	24	204	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	238	10	743	- 505
Fires	35	220	36	115	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	36	191	33	134	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	37	181	37	107	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	171	16	427	- 255
Epilepsy	39	167	44	67	+ 101
Tetanus	40	167	64	1	+ 166
Poisonings	41	154	45	56	+ 98
Prostate Cancer	42	140	39	96	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	114	46	49	+ 65
Schistosomiasis	44	105	59	9	+ 96
Lymphomas	45	95	26	189	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	46	93	27	159	- 66
Hepatitis B	47	70	48	34	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	48	66	42	75	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	49	65	49	33	+ 32
Lung Cancers	50	63	13	592	- 529
Bladder Cancer	51	60	31	136	- 76
Skin Cancers	52	60	51	20	+ 39
Skin Disease	53	56	54	17	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	54	47	23	209	- 161
Drug Use	55	46	17	371	- 324
Oral Cancer	56	45	41	81	- 36
Alcohol	57	42	50	22	+ 21
Encephalitis	58	36	53	19	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	59	28	60	8	+ 20
Appendicitis	60	24	56	15	+ 9
Leukemia	61	21	22	217	- 195
Ascariasis	62	14	66	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	63	9	65	1	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	52	20	- 12
Other Neoplasms	65	7	58	10	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	7	67	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	62	4	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	4	68	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
War	70	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Guinea-Bissau

Libya

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.