NICARAGUA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,525	35	139	+ 4,386
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,351	7	1,152	+ 3,200
Tuberculosis	3	4,342	37	115	+ 4,228
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,859	36	122	+ 2,736
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,840	1	5,843	- 3,004
Stroke	6	2,596	3	2,225	+ 372
Birth Trauma	7	2,474	25	198	+ 2,276
Low Birth Weight	8	2,206	13	490	+ 1,716
Malaria	9	2,142	83	0	+ 2,142
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,938	8	1,109	+ 830
Liver Disease	11	1,268	6	1,203	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,169	11	571	+ 598
Maternal Conditions	13	1,043	39	88	+ 955
Diabetes Mellitus	14	981	4	2,068	- 1,086
Kidney Disease	15	839	2	3,533	- 2,694
Meningitis	16	809	51	29	+ 780
Other Injuries	17	733	17	358	+ 376
Endocrine Disorders	18	693	28	164	+ 529
Pertussis	19	664	67	3	+ 661
Lung Disease	20	598	5	1,570	- 971
Hypertension	21	555	9	1,103	- 548
Violence	22	541	10	619	- 77
Cervical Cancer	23	483	16	374	+ 109
Asthma	24	470	38	105	+ 365
Measles	25	460	78	0	+ 460
Suicide	26	420	19	285	+ 135
Malnutrition	27	379	30	163	+ 216
Liver Cancer	28	364	12	509	- 145
Breast Cancer	29	290	20	283	+ 7
Drownings	30	280	32	157	+ 123
Syphilis	31	266	60	9	+ 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	241	40	85	+ 156
Falls	33	223	22	276	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	216	33	149	+ 67
Fires	35	200	57	16	+ 183
Stomach Cancer	36	173	14	478	- 305
Inflammatory/Heart	37	164	34	139	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	155	18	315	- 160
Epilepsy	39	152	41	74	+ 78
Tetanus	40	151	79	0	+ 151
Poisonings	41	140	55	18	+ 122
Prostate Cancer	42	127	15	386	- 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	103	54	20	+ 84
Schistosomiasis	44	95	84	0	+ 95
Lymphomas	45	86	29	164	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	46	85	42	67	+ 18
Hepatitis B	47	64	62	5	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	48	60	44	61	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	59	47	42	+ 17
Lung Cancers	50	57	23	274	- 216
Bladder Cancer	51	54	52	28	+ 26
Skin Cancers	52	54	45	59	- 5
Skin Disease	53	51	31	162	- 111
Pancreas Cancer	54	43	27	178	- 135
Drug Use	55	42	46	50	- 8
Oral Cancer	56	41	43	64	- 24
Alcohol	57	39	21	279	- 240
Encephalitis	58	33	58	10	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	59	26	48	39	- 13
Appendicitis	60	22	49	32	- 10
Leukemia	61	19	24	227	- 207
Ascariasis	62	13	69	1	+ 12
Hepatitis C	63	8	68	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	61	7	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	7	26	192	- 186
Upper Respiratory	66	7	72	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	50	31	- 25
Diphtheria	68	4	77	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	1	74	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Guinea-Bissau

Nicaragua

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.