GUINEA-BISSAU VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,837	5	907	+ 1,930
Stroke	2	2,108	6	829	+ 1,279
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,867	2	1,390	+ 478
Lung Cancers	4	1,379	50	18	+ 1,361
Lung Disease	5	1,353	20	191	+ 1,162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	992	38	50	+ 943
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	985	34	69	+ 916
Stomach Cancer	8	873	36	55	+ 818
Kidney Disease	9	775	15	268	+ 507
Pancreas Cancer	10	641	54	14	+ 627
Liver Cancer	11	509	28	116	+ 392
Other Injuries	12	382	17	234	+ 148
Suicide	13	337	26	134	+ 203
Lymphomas	14	334	45	28	+ 306
Breast Cancer	15	274	29	93	+ 181
Other Neoplasms	16	262	65	2	+ 260
Liver Disease	17	246	11	405	- 159
Parkinson's Disease	18	242	46	27	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	19	234	42	41	+ 193
Oesophagus Cancer	20	213	49	19	+ 194
Endocrine Disorders	21	199	18	221	- 22
Bladder Cancer	22	172	51	17	+ 155
Falls	23	169	33	71	+ 97
Leukemia	24	166	61	6	+ 160
Drownings	25	146	30	89	+ 56
Oral Cancer	26	144	56	13	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	27	142	37	53	+ 90
Hypertension	28	115	21	177	- 62
Diabetes Mellitus	29	94	14	313	- 219
Ovary Cancer	30	88	48	19	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	31	79	10	619	- 540
Cervical Cancer	32	66	23	154	- 89
Uterin Cancer	33	60	59	8	+ 52
Tuberculosis	34	60	3	1,387	- 1,327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	51	32	77	- 27
Skin Disease	36	49	53	16	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	47	4	913	- 866
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	45	67	2	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	44	43	33	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	40	43	12	373	- 330
Hepatitis C	41	38	63	3	+ 36
Asthma	42	33	24	150	- 117
Malnutrition	43	33	27	121	- 88
Skin Cancers	44	32	52	17	+ 15
Epilepsy	45	27	39	48	- 21
Hepatitis B	46	25	47	20	+ 4
Schizophrenia	47	18	84	0	+ 18
Fires	48	17	35	64	- 46
Anemia	49	15	86	0	+ 15
Drug Use	50	13	55	13	- 1
Alcohol	51	10	57	12	- 2
Meningitis	52	5	16	258	- 253
Violence	53	5	22	173	- 168
Poisonings	54	4	41	45	- 40
Low Birth Weight	55	3	8	705	- 701
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	3	66	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	2	60	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	64	2	- 0
Oral conditions	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	61	2	7	790	- 788
Osteoarthritis	62	1	80	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	1	1,445	- 1,444
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	333	- 332
Syphilis	65	0	31	85	- 85
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	40	48	- 48
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	58	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	19	212	- 212
Schistosomiasis	72	0	44	30	- 30
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	25	147	- 147
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	9	684	- 684
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Japan

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.