MAURITANIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,933	25	231	+ 2,703
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,821	1	2,756	+ 65
Tuberculosis	3	2,815	9	717	+ 2,098
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,853	3	1,656	+ 197
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,841	4	1,636	+ 205
Stroke	6	1,683	6	1,307	+ 376
Birth Trauma	7	1,604	7	1,204	+ 399
Low Birth Weight	8	1,430	2	2,014	- 584
Malaria	9	1,388	5	1,423	- 34
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,257	8	1,158	+ 98
Liver Disease	11	822	13	586	+ 236
Congenital Anomalies	12	758	10	665	+ 92
Maternal Conditions	13	676	11	639	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	14	636	12	594	+ 42
Kidney Disease	15	544	15	555	- 11
Meningitis	16	524	18	357	+ 167
Other Injuries	17	475	19	343	+ 132
Endocrine Disorders	18	449	27	197	+ 252
Pertussis	19	430	14	574	- 144
Lung Disease	20	388	23	275	+ 113
Hypertension	21	360	22	286	+ 74
Violence	22	351	16	491	- 141
Cervical Cancer	23	313	20	333	- 20
Asthma	24	304	29	170	+ 135
Measles	25	298	61	9	+ 290
Suicide	26	272	30	141	+ 131
Malnutrition	27	245	17	462	- 217
Liver Cancer	28	236	21	312	- 76
Breast Cancer	29	188	28	189	- 1
Drownings	30	182	35	116	+ 65
Syphilis	31	172	26	204	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	156	38	83	+ 73
Falls	33	144	31	140	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	140	24	251	- 111
Fires	35	130	33	123	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	36	112	32	132	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	37	107	36	110	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	101	37	110	- 9
Epilepsy	39	98	39	75	+ 24
Tetanus	40	98	45	58	+ 40
Poisonings	41	90	42	67	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	42	83	34	118	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	67	52	34	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	44	62	59	14	+ 48
Lymphomas	45	56	43	65	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	46	55	41	69	- 14
Hepatitis B	47	41	56	22	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	48	39	49	43	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	38	54	30	+ 8
Lung Cancers	50	37	44	60	- 23
Bladder Cancer	51	35	50	42	- 7
Skin Cancers	52	35	46	50	- 15
Skin Disease	53	33	47	47	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	54	28	51	39	- 11
Drug Use	55	27	40	71	- 44
Oral Cancer	56	26	48	45	- 18
Alcohol	57	25	58	16	+ 9
Encephalitis	58	21	53	33	- 12
Uterin Cancer	59	17	57	17	- 0
Appendicitis	60	14	60	9	+ 5
Leukemia	61	13	55	22	- 10
Ascariasis	62	8	66	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	63	5	67	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	63	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	65	4	62	7	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	4	68	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	64	4	- 1
Diphtheria	68	3	65	3	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Guinea-Bissau

Mauritania

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.