GUINEA-BISSAU VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,584	5	907	+ 2,678
Stroke	2	2,745	6	829	+ 1,916
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,554	14	313	+ 1,240
Hypertension	4	859	21	177	+ 682
Suicide	5	847	26	134	+ 713
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	810	2	1,390	- 580
HIV/AIDS	7	688	1	1,445	- 757
Kidney Disease	8	627	15	268	+ 359
Liver Disease	9	529	11	405	+ 124
Violence	10	520	22	173	+ 347
Road Traffic Accidents	11	469	10	619	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	12	468	18	221	+ 247
Lung Disease	13	467	20	191	+ 276
Other Injuries	14	449	17	234	+ 215
Drownings	15	389	30	89	+ 299
Tuberculosis	16	368	3	1,387	- 1,019
Prostate Cancer	17	331	42	41	+ 290
Anemia	18	266	86	0	+ 266
Breast Cancer	19	257	29	93	+ 165
Inflammatory/Heart	20	246	37	53	+ 194
Cervical Cancer	21	245	23	154	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	22	240	8	705	- 465
Congenital Anomalies	23	184	12	373	- 189
Birth Trauma	24	173	7	790	- 617
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	157	38	50	+ 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	146	32	77	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	128	4	913	- 785
Other Neoplasms	28	108	65	2	+ 106
Lung Cancers	29	101	50	18	+ 83
Malnutrition	30	100	27	121	- 21
Stomach Cancer	31	91	36	55	+ 36
Lymphomas	32	86	45	28	+ 59
Malaria	33	81	9	684	- 603
Liver Cancer	34	78	28	116	- 39
Maternal Conditions	35	76	13	333	- 257
Asthma	36	68	24	150	- 82
Epilepsy	37	63	39	48	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	61	34	69	- 8
Leukemia	39	57	61	6	+ 51
Oral Cancer	40	54	56	13	+ 41
Fires	41	52	35	64	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	42	51	54	14	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	43	48	48	19	+ 29
Meningitis	44	47	16	258	- 212
Drug Use	45	42	55	13	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	46	35	59	8	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	35	43	33	+ 2
Falls	48	30	33	71	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	49	24	46	27	- 3
Bladder Cancer	50	21	51	17	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	51	21	49	19	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	21	81	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	53	19	58	10	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	16	60	7	+ 9
Skin Cancers	55	13	52	17	- 4
Skin Disease	56	9	53	16	- 8
Alcohol	57	8	57	12	- 4
Osteoarthritis	58	8	80	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	5	47	20	- 15
Dengue	60	5	72	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	3	84	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	67	2	+ 1
War	64	2	70	0	+ 1
Poisonings	65	2	41	45	- 43
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Oral conditions	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	63	3	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	85	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	31	85	- 84
Tetanus	72	1	40	48	- 48
Pertussis	73	0	19	212	- 212
Ascariasis	74	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	75	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	25	147	- 147
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	44	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Guyana

Guinea-Bissau

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.