RWANDA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,233	7	2,826	+ 6,408
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,878	1	5,280	+ 3,599
Tuberculosis	3	8,860	26	625	+ 8,235
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,832	6	3,121	+ 2,711
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,794	4	3,605	+ 2,189
Stroke	6	5,297	2	5,060	+ 237
Birth Trauma	7	5,047	10	1,888	+ 3,159
Low Birth Weight	8	4,501	9	2,193	+ 2,308
Malaria	9	4,370	5	3,298	+ 1,072
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,955	3	3,718	+ 237
Liver Disease	11	2,587	8	2,548	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,384	12	1,777	+ 607
Maternal Conditions	13	2,128	21	722	+ 1,406
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,002	11	1,858	+ 144
Kidney Disease	15	1,712	15	1,206	+ 506
Meningitis	16	1,650	19	847	+ 803
Other Injuries	17	1,497	17	944	+ 552
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,414	41	219	+ 1,194
Pertussis	19	1,354	42	218	+ 1,137
Lung Disease	20	1,221	13	1,555	- 334
Hypertension	21	1,133	14	1,357	- 224
Violence	22	1,104	29	548	+ 556
Cervical Cancer	23	986	18	941	+ 45
Asthma	24	958	22	717	+ 241
Measles	25	939	59	51	+ 887
Suicide	26	856	24	704	+ 152
Malnutrition	27	773	16	1,168	- 395
Liver Cancer	28	742	23	706	+ 36
Breast Cancer	29	593	27	600	- 7
Drownings	30	572	36	285	+ 287
Syphilis	31	543	46	173	+ 370
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	493	33	362	+ 130
Falls	33	454	31	412	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	440	25	657	- 217
Fires	35	408	38	270	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	36	353	20	780	- 427
Inflammatory/Heart	37	335	34	347	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	317	28	591	- 274
Epilepsy	39	310	45	191	+ 118
Tetanus	40	308	58	53	+ 256
Poisonings	41	285	40	220	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	42	260	32	396	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	211	48	136	+ 75
Schistosomiasis	44	194	51	111	+ 83
Lymphomas	45	176	30	450	- 274
Parkinson's Disease	46	173	47	146	+ 27
Hepatitis B	47	130	55	68	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	48	122	53	92	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	49	121	44	213	- 92
Lung Cancers	50	117	39	234	- 117
Bladder Cancer	51	111	62	35	+ 75
Skin Cancers	52	110	50	113	- 2
Skin Disease	53	104	52	103	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	88	43	214	- 126
Drug Use	55	86	60	45	+ 41
Oral Cancer	56	83	37	272	- 189
Alcohol	57	79	49	125	- 47
Encephalitis	58	66	61	39	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	59	53	56	58	- 6
Appendicitis	60	44	54	70	- 26
Leukemia	61	40	35	317	- 277
Ascariasis	62	26	67	5	+ 22
Hepatitis C	63	17	65	12	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	15	66	7	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	65	14	64	16	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	14	57	58	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	11	63	23	- 12
Diphtheria	68	8	71	1	+ 7
Chlamydia	69	2	70	2	- 1
War	70	1	69	3	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 3
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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.