GUINEA-BISSAU VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,854	5	907	+ 947
Stroke	2	1,054	6	829	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	3	543	10	619	- 76
Diabetes Mellitus	4	375	14	313	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	5	333	8	705	- 371
Kidney Disease	6	320	15	268	+ 52
Violence	7	287	22	173	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	281	2	1,390	- 1,108
Congenital Anomalies	9	244	12	373	- 129
Birth Trauma	10	214	7	790	- 576
War	11	149	70	0	+ 149
Hypertension	12	124	21	177	- 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	123	34	69	+ 54
Other Injuries	14	112	17	234	- 122
Lung Cancers	15	110	50	18	+ 91
Liver Disease	16	108	11	405	- 297
Breast Cancer	17	90	29	93	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	80	4	913	- 833
Suicide	19	72	26	134	- 62
Lung Disease	20	67	20	191	- 124
Leukemia	21	67	61	6	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	22	60	37	53	+ 8
Asthma	23	46	24	150	- 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	43	38	50	- 6
Tuberculosis	25	42	3	1,387	- 1,345
Lymphomas	26	41	45	28	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	27	40	13	333	- 294
Stomach Cancer	28	39	36	55	- 16
Fires	29	38	35	64	- 26
Falls	30	36	33	71	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	31	33	46	27	+ 6
Drownings	32	33	30	89	- 56
Pertussis	33	32	19	212	- 180
Bladder Cancer	34	32	51	17	+ 15
Liver Cancer	35	28	28	116	- 88
Pancreas Cancer	36	27	54	14	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	37	23	18	221	- 198
Drug Use	38	22	55	13	+ 9
Oral Cancer	39	21	56	13	+ 8
Encephalitis	40	19	58	10	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	41	19	48	19	- 0
Meningitis	42	19	16	258	- 239
Skin Cancers	43	17	52	17	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	43	33	- 19
Epilepsy	45	13	39	48	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	46	9	49	19	- 10
Prostate Cancer	47	9	42	41	- 32
Cervical Cancer	48	8	23	154	- 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	8	32	77	- 69
Syphilis	50	7	31	85	- 78
Tetanus	51	6	40	48	- 43
Poisonings	52	5	41	45	- 40
Malnutrition	53	5	27	121	- 116
Uterin Cancer	54	3	59	8	- 5
Measles	55	3	25	147	- 144
Hepatitis B	56	3	47	20	- 18
Skin Disease	57	2	53	16	- 14
Alcohol	58	2	57	12	- 10
Schistosomiasis	59	2	44	30	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	67	2	- 1
Appendicitis	64	1	60	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Malaria	73	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Iraq

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.