NORWAY VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,734	61	10	+ 3,724
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,591	6	1,797	+ 1,794
Tuberculosis	3	3,583	56	15	+ 3,568
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,359	37	128	+ 2,231
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,343	1	5,321	- 2,978
Stroke	6	2,142	4	2,475	- 333
Birth Trauma	7	2,041	54	17	+ 2,024
Low Birth Weight	8	1,820	52	23	+ 1,797
Malaria	9	1,767	84	0	+ 1,767
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,600	42	114	+ 1,485
Liver Disease	11	1,046	30	214	+ 833
Congenital Anomalies	12	964	34	136	+ 828
Maternal Conditions	13	861	66	1	+ 860
Diabetes Mellitus	14	810	16	560	+ 250
Kidney Disease	15	692	14	611	+ 81
Meningitis	16	667	58	14	+ 654
Other Injuries	17	605	15	583	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	18	572	19	359	+ 213
Pertussis	19	548	64	1	+ 546
Lung Disease	20	494	3	2,723	- 2,229
Hypertension	21	458	28	230	+ 228
Violence	22	447	50	32	+ 415
Cervical Cancer	23	399	39	125	+ 274
Asthma	24	388	43	85	+ 303
Measles	25	380	72	0	+ 380
Suicide	26	346	13	633	- 287
Malnutrition	27	312	35	135	+ 177
Liver Cancer	28	300	26	259	+ 41
Breast Cancer	29	240	11	698	- 458
Drownings	30	231	45	65	+ 167
Syphilis	31	220	67	1	+ 219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	199	33	160	+ 40
Falls	33	184	9	777	- 594
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	178	2	4,464	- 4,286
Fires	35	165	48	45	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	36	143	22	343	- 201
Inflammatory/Heart	37	136	29	221	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	128	7	1,787	- 1,659
Epilepsy	39	125	40	119	+ 6
Tetanus	40	125	69	0	+ 124
Poisonings	41	115	57	14	+ 101
Prostate Cancer	42	105	8	1,172	- 1,067
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	85	46	61	+ 24
Schistosomiasis	44	79	83	0	+ 79
Lymphomas	45	71	12	646	- 575
Parkinson's Disease	46	70	17	554	- 484
Hepatitis B	47	53	63	3	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	48	49	24	309	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	49	49	27	248	- 199
Lung Cancers	50	47	5	2,320	- 2,272
Bladder Cancer	51	45	20	356	- 311
Skin Cancers	52	45	18	407	- 363
Skin Disease	53	42	38	128	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	54	36	10	770	- 735
Drug Use	55	35	25	264	- 229
Oral Cancer	56	34	32	168	- 134
Alcohol	57	32	31	205	- 173
Encephalitis	58	27	70	0	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	59	21	36	134	- 113
Appendicitis	60	18	59	12	+ 6
Leukemia	61	16	21	354	- 338
Ascariasis	62	11	76	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	63	7	55	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	41	119	- 113
Other Neoplasms	65	6	23	324	- 319
Upper Respiratory	66	6	60	12	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	47	60	- 56
Diphtheria	68	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Guinea-Bissau

Norway

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.