GUINEA-BISSAU VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,564	1	1,445	+ 3,118
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,077	2	1,390	+ 1,687
Stroke	3	2,696	6	829	+ 1,867
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,254	4	913	+ 1,341
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,011	5	907	+ 1,104
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,914	14	313	+ 1,601
Suicide	7	1,474	26	134	+ 1,340
Tuberculosis	8	1,157	3	1,387	- 230
Lung Disease	9	1,055	20	191	+ 864
Kidney Disease	10	971	15	268	+ 703
Hypertension	11	948	21	177	+ 770
Low Birth Weight	12	916	8	705	+ 211
Violence	13	884	22	173	+ 712
Liver Disease	14	758	11	405	+ 353
Birth Trauma	15	687	7	790	- 103
Road Traffic Accidents	16	649	10	619	+ 30
Asthma	17	649	24	150	+ 499
Other Injuries	18	510	17	234	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	19	373	12	373	- 1
Cervical Cancer	20	356	23	154	+ 202
Malnutrition	21	342	27	121	+ 221
Meningitis	22	304	16	258	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	23	292	37	53	+ 240
Maternal Conditions	24	280	13	333	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	267	32	77	+ 190
Fires	26	257	35	64	+ 193
Endocrine Disorders	27	225	18	221	+ 4
Drownings	28	191	30	89	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	186	34	69	+ 117
Epilepsy	30	137	39	48	+ 89
Falls	31	122	33	71	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	120	43	33	+ 87
Poisonings	33	106	41	45	+ 62
Breast Cancer	34	93	29	93	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	35	77	42	41	+ 37
Lymphomas	36	75	45	28	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	37	70	49	19	+ 51
Alcohol	38	68	57	12	+ 55
Liver Cancer	39	68	28	116	- 49
Skin Disease	40	67	53	16	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	41	52	46	27	+ 25
Oral Cancer	42	49	56	13	+ 36
Lung Cancers	43	49	50	18	+ 31
Pertussis	44	49	19	212	- 163
Syphilis	45	48	31	85	- 37
Skin Cancers	46	44	52	17	+ 27
Tetanus	47	43	40	48	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	38	38	50	- 12
Leukemia	49	37	61	6	+ 31
Drug Use	50	30	55	13	+ 17
Hepatitis B	51	26	47	20	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	24	60	7	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	53	23	48	19	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	22	59	8	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	55	17	66	2	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	17	67	2	+ 16
Encephalitis	57	13	58	10	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	12	54	14	- 2
Measles	59	11	25	147	- 136
Stomach Cancer	60	10	36	55	- 45
Bladder Cancer	61	9	51	17	- 8
Other Neoplasms	62	9	65	2	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	64	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	3	- 0
Chlamydia	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	62	4	- 3
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	9	684	- 684
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Lesotho

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.