SOMALIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,823	33	610	+ 8,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,483	1	21,712	- 13,228
Tuberculosis	3	8,466	4	10,261	- 1,796
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,573	2	15,363	- 9,790
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,536	7	7,233	- 1,696
Stroke	6	5,062	6	8,595	- 3,534
Birth Trauma	7	4,823	5	9,573	- 4,751
Low Birth Weight	8	4,301	8	6,250	- 1,949
Malaria	9	4,176	22	1,942	+ 2,234
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,779	11	4,231	- 452
Liver Disease	11	2,472	13	3,917	- 1,445
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,278	15	3,410	- 1,132
Maternal Conditions	13	2,033	12	4,127	- 2,093
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,913	16	2,888	- 975
Kidney Disease	15	1,635	21	2,051	- 416
Meningitis	16	1,577	9	5,381	- 3,804
Other Injuries	17	1,430	14	3,602	- 2,172
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,351	44	406	+ 945
Pertussis	19	1,294	20	2,054	- 760
Lung Disease	20	1,166	19	2,442	- 1,276
Hypertension	21	1,083	18	2,643	- 1,560
Violence	22	1,055	29	828	+ 227
Cervical Cancer	23	942	28	883	+ 59
Asthma	24	916	23	1,878	- 963
Measles	25	897	3	11,576	- 10,679
Suicide	26	818	27	1,219	- 401
Malnutrition	27	738	10	4,825	- 4,086
Liver Cancer	28	709	53	256	+ 454
Breast Cancer	29	566	26	1,232	- 665
Drownings	30	546	25	1,272	- 725
Syphilis	31	519	45	378	+ 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	471	36	559	- 88
Falls	33	434	37	548	- 114
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	421	32	647	- 226
Fires	35	390	30	810	- 421
Stomach Cancer	36	337	49	310	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	37	320	39	521	- 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	303	38	546	- 244
Epilepsy	39	296	43	419	- 123
Tetanus	40	295	17	2,648	- 2,353
Poisonings	41	272	31	758	- 486
Prostate Cancer	42	248	52	285	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	202	41	446	- 244
Schistosomiasis	44	185	42	435	- 250
Lymphomas	45	168	34	605	- 436
Parkinson's Disease	46	165	56	184	- 19
Hepatitis B	47	124	48	315	- 190
Ovary Cancer	48	116	50	295	- 179
Oesophagus Cancer	49	115	40	516	- 401
Lung Cancers	50	112	54	233	- 121
Bladder Cancer	51	106	61	149	- 44
Skin Cancers	52	105	57	164	- 58
Skin Disease	53	99	58	151	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	54	84	62	108	- 24
Drug Use	55	82	65	54	+ 28
Oral Cancer	56	79	46	328	- 248
Alcohol	57	75	59	151	- 76
Encephalitis	58	64	63	91	- 27
Uterin Cancer	59	50	64	78	- 27
Appendicitis	60	42	55	188	- 145
Leukemia	61	38	35	562	- 524
Ascariasis	62	25	69	30	- 5
Hepatitis C	63	16	67	34	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	71	8	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	65	13	70	12	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	13	47	326	- 313
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	10	66	35	- 25
Diphtheria	68	8	60	150	- 142
Chlamydia	69	2	72	5	- 3
War	70	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 31
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	51	290	- 290
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Guinea-Bissau

Somalia

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.