NAMIBIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,900	1	2,928	- 1,028
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,827	2	1,464	+ 363
Tuberculosis	3	1,823	3	1,416	+ 407
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,200	8	645	+ 555
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,192	5	1,221	- 28
Stroke	6	1,090	4	1,333	- 243
Birth Trauma	7	1,039	13	345	+ 694
Low Birth Weight	8	926	9	516	+ 410
Malaria	9	899	51	22	+ 878
Road Traffic Accidents	10	814	6	868	- 54
Liver Disease	11	532	14	336	+ 197
Congenital Anomalies	12	491	16	283	+ 208
Maternal Conditions	13	438	25	110	+ 328
Diabetes Mellitus	14	412	7	724	- 312
Kidney Disease	15	352	15	322	+ 31
Meningitis	16	340	27	109	+ 231
Other Injuries	17	308	19	207	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	18	291	33	73	+ 218
Pertussis	19	279	37	54	+ 225
Lung Disease	20	251	10	461	- 210
Hypertension	21	233	12	428	- 195
Violence	22	227	11	450	- 222
Cervical Cancer	23	203	23	133	+ 70
Asthma	24	197	20	200	- 3
Measles	25	193	65	2	+ 191
Suicide	26	176	17	243	- 67
Malnutrition	27	159	18	224	- 65
Liver Cancer	28	153	41	45	+ 108
Breast Cancer	29	122	24	121	+ 1
Drownings	30	118	26	110	+ 8
Syphilis	31	112	43	35	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	101	32	76	+ 26
Falls	33	93	34	62	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	91	21	176	- 85
Fires	35	84	28	109	- 25
Stomach Cancer	36	73	45	33	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	37	69	22	162	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	65	36	54	+ 11
Epilepsy	39	64	38	49	+ 15
Tetanus	40	63	62	6	+ 57
Poisonings	41	59	39	46	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	42	53	31	94	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	43	44	33	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	44	40	55	14	+ 26
Lymphomas	45	36	40	46	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	36	42	43	- 8
Hepatitis B	47	27	63	4	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	48	25	50	23	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	25	52	21	+ 4
Lung Cancers	50	24	35	59	- 35
Bladder Cancer	51	23	54	16	+ 7
Skin Cancers	52	23	29	108	- 85
Skin Disease	53	21	47	31	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	54	18	53	18	+ 1
Drug Use	55	18	46	32	- 14
Oral Cancer	56	17	30	100	- 83
Alcohol	57	16	48	28	- 12
Encephalitis	58	14	59	8	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	11	56	11	- 1
Appendicitis	60	9	58	9	+ 0
Leukemia	61	8	49	24	- 16
Ascariasis	62	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	3	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	3	60	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	61	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	57	9	- 7
Diphtheria	68	2	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	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	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Guinea-Bissau

Namibia

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.