GUINEA-BISSAU VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,300	5	907	+ 1,393
Lung Disease	2	1,331	20	191	+ 1,140
Stroke	3	1,055	6	829	+ 226
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,014	4	913	+ 101
Tuberculosis	5	660	3	1,387	- 727
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	594	2	1,390	- 796
Diabetes Mellitus	7	411	14	313	+ 97
Liver Disease	8	406	11	405	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	9	361	8	705	- 343
Falls	10	342	33	71	+ 271
Kidney Disease	11	337	15	268	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	12	322	10	619	- 297
Asthma	13	297	24	150	+ 147
Suicide	14	262	26	134	+ 128
Other Injuries	15	226	17	234	- 8
Oral Cancer	16	203	56	13	+ 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	192	34	69	+ 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	191	43	33	+ 158
Hypertension	19	164	21	177	- 14
Birth Trauma	20	156	7	790	- 634
Lung Cancers	21	134	50	18	+ 115
Breast Cancer	22	125	29	93	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	23	125	12	373	- 248
Stomach Cancer	24	123	36	55	+ 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	117	38	50	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	103	32	77	+ 26
Violence	27	78	22	173	- 94
Drownings	28	74	30	89	- 16
Encephalitis	29	73	58	10	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	30	69	23	154	- 86
HIV/AIDS	31	67	1	1,445	- 1,378
Parkinson's Disease	32	66	46	27	+ 39
Lymphomas	33	61	45	28	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	34	59	49	19	+ 40
Leukemia	35	51	61	6	+ 44
Meningitis	36	50	16	258	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	37	50	54	14	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	38	47	42	41	+ 6
Liver Cancer	39	46	28	116	- 70
Epilepsy	40	46	39	48	- 3
Maternal Conditions	41	39	13	333	- 294
Fires	42	35	35	64	- 29
Alcohol	43	35	57	12	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	44	33	48	19	+ 14
Skin Disease	45	27	53	16	+ 11
Dengue	46	27	72	0	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	47	23	18	221	- 198
Bladder Cancer	48	21	51	17	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	49	19	37	53	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	18	67	2	+ 16
Measles	51	18	25	147	- 129
Drug Use	52	18	55	13	+ 4
Appendicitis	53	17	60	7	+ 10
Pertussis	54	15	19	212	- 197
Malnutrition	55	13	27	121	- 108
Hepatitis B	56	12	47	20	- 8
Malaria	57	12	9	684	- 672
Tetanus	58	11	40	48	- 38
Uterin Cancer	59	10	59	8	+ 2
Skin Cancers	60	8	52	17	- 10
Poisonings	61	5	41	45	- 39
Other Neoplasms	62	4	65	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	64	2	+ 1
Syphilis	64	3	31	85	- 82
Hepatitis C	65	2	63	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

India

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.