SOLOMON ISL. VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	493	80	0	+ 493
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	474	3	371	+ 103
Tuberculosis	3	473	23	45	+ 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	311	5	218	+ 93
Coronary Heart Disease	5	309	1	975	- 666
Stroke	6	283	2	670	- 387
Birth Trauma	7	269	21	51	+ 218
Low Birth Weight	8	240	14	65	+ 176
Malaria	9	233	7	146	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	10	211	8	111	+ 100
Liver Disease	11	138	10	89	+ 49
Congenital Anomalies	12	127	16	63	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	13	114	22	46	+ 68
Diabetes Mellitus	14	107	4	322	- 215
Kidney Disease	15	91	15	64	+ 28
Meningitis	16	88	43	13	+ 75
Other Injuries	17	80	17	60	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	18	75	39	15	+ 61
Pertussis	19	72	50	7	+ 65
Lung Disease	20	65	6	209	- 144
Hypertension	21	60	13	76	- 16
Violence	22	59	30	26	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	23	53	25	41	+ 11
Asthma	24	51	12	78	- 27
Measles	25	50	75	0	+ 50
Suicide	26	46	9	98	- 53
Malnutrition	27	41	36	19	+ 22
Liver Cancer	28	40	18	60	- 20
Breast Cancer	29	32	26	34	- 2
Drownings	30	31	11	80	- 50
Syphilis	31	29	29	28	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	26	32	22	+ 4
Falls	33	24	20	55	- 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	23	28	32	- 8
Fires	35	22	40	14	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	36	19	44	12	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	37	18	37	17	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	17	31	23	- 6
Epilepsy	39	17	45	11	+ 6
Tetanus	40	16	59	1	+ 16
Poisonings	41	15	38	15	- 0
Prostate Cancer	42	14	41	13	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	11	19	59	- 48
Schistosomiasis	44	10	77	0	+ 10
Lymphomas	45	9	42	13	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	46	9	34	21	- 12
Hepatitis B	47	7	53	3	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	48	6	33	21	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	6	57	1	+ 5
Lung Cancers	50	6	27	33	- 27
Bladder Cancer	51	6	52	4	+ 2
Skin Cancers	52	6	69	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	6	46	10	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	54	5	51	4	+ 0
Drug Use	55	5	58	1	+ 4
Oral Cancer	56	4	49	8	- 3
Alcohol	57	4	48	9	- 4
Encephalitis	58	4	54	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	3	47	9	- 6
Appendicitis	60	2	55	1	+ 1
Leukemia	61	2	35	20	- 18
Ascariasis	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	65	1	56	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	60	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	24	41	- 41
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Guinea-Bissau

Solomon Isl.

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.