MALTA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	318	41	4	+ 315
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	306	3	213	+ 93
Tuberculosis	3	305	52	2	+ 304
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	201	55	1	+ 200
Coronary Heart Disease	5	200	1	876	- 676
Stroke	6	183	2	291	- 109
Birth Trauma	7	174	44	3	+ 171
Low Birth Weight	8	155	35	11	+ 144
Malaria	9	151	69	0	+ 151
Road Traffic Accidents	10	136	31	18	+ 118
Liver Disease	11	89	24	23	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	12	82	32	17	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	13	73	64	0	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	14	69	6	163	- 94
Kidney Disease	15	59	11	79	- 20
Meningitis	16	57	56	1	+ 56
Other Injuries	17	52	33	16	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	18	49	30	19	+ 30
Pertussis	19	47	72	0	+ 47
Lung Disease	20	42	8	127	- 85
Hypertension	21	39	20	33	+ 6
Violence	22	38	40	4	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	23	34	39	4	+ 30
Asthma	24	33	36	8	+ 25
Measles	25	32	73	0	+ 32
Suicide	26	30	22	27	+ 3
Malnutrition	27	27	60	0	+ 26
Liver Cancer	28	26	18	34	- 8
Breast Cancer	29	20	10	85	- 64
Drownings	30	20	48	2	+ 17
Syphilis	31	19	81	0	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	17	37	7	+ 10
Falls	33	16	14	52	- 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	15	4	207	- 192
Fires	35	14	62	0	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	36	12	15	50	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	37	12	27	22	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	11	7	147	- 136
Epilepsy	39	11	43	3	+ 7
Tetanus	40	11	74	0	+ 11
Poisonings	41	10	58	1	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	42	9	13	53	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	49	2	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	44	7	70	0	+ 7
Lymphomas	45	6	12	53	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	46	6	16	50	- 44
Hepatitis B	47	4	61	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	48	4	17	34	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	49	4	29	20	- 16
Lung Cancers	50	4	5	197	- 193
Bladder Cancer	51	4	19	33	- 29
Skin Cancers	52	4	34	14	- 10
Skin Disease	53	4	25	23	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	54	3	9	90	- 87
Drug Use	55	3	38	7	- 4
Oral Cancer	56	3	23	25	- 22
Alcohol	57	3	47	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	58	2	65	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	2	28	21	- 19
Appendicitis	60	2	63	0	+ 1
Leukemia	61	1	21	28	- 26
Ascariasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	45	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	65	0	26	22	- 22
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	51	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
War	70	0	54	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Guinea-Bissau

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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.