GUINEA-BISSAU VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,397	5	907	+ 2,490
Stroke	2	2,191	6	829	+ 1,362
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,450	34	69	+ 1,381
Lung Cancers	4	1,195	50	18	+ 1,176
Lung Disease	5	1,133	20	191	+ 942
Hypertension	6	1,047	21	177	+ 869
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	743	38	50	+ 694
Diabetes Mellitus	8	694	14	313	+ 380
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	571	2	1,390	- 818
Breast Cancer	10	485	29	93	+ 392
Kidney Disease	11	445	15	268	+ 177
Other Injuries	12	424	17	234	+ 189
Pancreas Cancer	13	423	54	14	+ 409
Stomach Cancer	14	359	36	55	+ 303
Other Neoplasms	15	349	65	2	+ 347
Lymphomas	16	338	45	28	+ 311
Liver Cancer	17	336	28	116	+ 220
Endocrine Disorders	18	295	18	221	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	19	295	46	27	+ 268
Prostate Cancer	20	294	42	41	+ 253
Leukemia	21	235	61	6	+ 229
Bladder Cancer	22	235	51	17	+ 217
Liver Disease	23	194	11	405	- 210
Inflammatory/Heart	24	193	37	53	+ 141
Falls	25	148	33	71	+ 77
Suicide	26	141	26	134	+ 7
Oral Cancer	27	117	56	13	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	28	115	48	19	+ 96
Skin Cancers	29	113	52	17	+ 96
Road Traffic Accidents	30	113	10	619	- 506
Hepatitis C	31	86	63	3	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	77	43	33	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	33	77	59	8	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	34	72	49	19	+ 53
Anemia	35	58	86	0	+ 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	57	4	913	- 856
Congenital Anomalies	37	50	12	373	- 323
Skin Disease	38	50	53	16	+ 34
Epilepsy	39	47	39	48	- 2
Cervical Cancer	40	40	23	154	- 114
Malnutrition	41	27	27	121	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	25	67	2	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	24	32	77	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	44	24	64	2	+ 21
Drug Use	45	23	55	13	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	46	18	1	1,445	- 1,427
Asthma	47	17	24	150	- 133
Osteoarthritis	48	17	80	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	49	15	84	0	+ 15
Violence	50	14	22	173	- 159
Low Birth Weight	51	13	8	705	- 692
Drownings	52	12	30	89	- 77
Tuberculosis	53	12	3	1,387	- 1,375
Hepatitis B	54	12	47	20	- 9
Alcohol	55	10	57	12	- 3
Fires	56	9	35	64	- 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	81	0	+ 8
Poisonings	58	5	41	45	- 39
Birth Trauma	59	5	7	790	- 785
Meningitis	60	4	16	258	- 254
Appendicitis	61	2	60	7	- 5
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	40	48	- 48
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 1
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	13	333	- 333
Encephalitis	68	0	58	10	- 10
Syphilis	69	0	31	85	- 85
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	25	147	- 147
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	19	212	- 212
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	79	0	9	684	- 684
Ascariasis	80	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Italy

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.