URUGUAY VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,322	28	195	+ 2,126
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,232	6	1,370	+ 862
Tuberculosis	3	2,228	41	81	+ 2,147
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,466	35	134	+ 1,332
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,457	1	4,265	- 2,808
Stroke	6	1,332	2	2,850	- 1,518
Birth Trauma	7	1,269	53	22	+ 1,247
Low Birth Weight	8	1,132	42	73	+ 1,058
Malaria	9	1,099	79	0	+ 1,099
Road Traffic Accidents	10	994	16	512	+ 483
Liver Disease	11	650	27	206	+ 445
Congenital Anomalies	12	600	30	170	+ 429
Maternal Conditions	13	535	60	9	+ 526
Diabetes Mellitus	14	503	11	747	- 244
Kidney Disease	15	430	8	1,040	- 610
Meningitis	16	415	58	10	+ 405
Other Injuries	17	376	10	774	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	18	355	17	487	- 132
Pertussis	19	340	72	0	+ 340
Lung Disease	20	307	4	1,706	- 1,399
Hypertension	21	285	15	648	- 363
Violence	22	278	23	295	- 17
Cervical Cancer	23	248	29	172	+ 76
Asthma	24	241	37	127	+ 114
Measles	25	236	74	0	+ 236
Suicide	26	215	12	735	- 520
Malnutrition	27	194	43	73	+ 121
Liver Cancer	28	187	34	147	+ 39
Breast Cancer	29	149	9	848	- 699
Drownings	30	144	45	65	+ 79
Syphilis	31	136	66	3	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	124	46	57	+ 67
Falls	33	114	47	55	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	111	3	1,899	- 1,788
Fires	35	102	48	54	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	36	89	18	480	- 392
Inflammatory/Heart	37	84	22	314	- 230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	80	7	1,245	- 1,165
Epilepsy	39	78	40	86	- 8
Tetanus	40	78	71	0	+ 77
Poisonings	41	72	55	17	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	42	65	13	707	- 642
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	53	50	39	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	44	49	77	0	+ 49
Lymphomas	45	44	20	457	- 413
Parkinson's Disease	46	43	21	320	- 277
Hepatitis B	47	33	63	4	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	48	31	32	160	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	49	30	24	286	- 256
Lung Cancers	50	29	5	1,463	- 1,433
Bladder Cancer	51	28	26	276	- 248
Skin Cancers	52	28	33	149	- 121
Skin Disease	53	26	36	130	- 104
Pancreas Cancer	54	22	14	656	- 633
Drug Use	55	22	49	41	- 19
Oral Cancer	56	21	31	167	- 146
Alcohol	57	20	39	104	- 85
Encephalitis	58	17	64	4	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	59	13	38	115	- 102
Appendicitis	60	11	59	9	+ 2
Leukemia	61	10	25	280	- 270
Ascariasis	62	7	80	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	4	65	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	56	13	- 9
Other Neoplasms	65	3	19	464	- 460
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	51	35	- 32
Diphtheria	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Guinea-Bissau

Uruguay

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.