GUINEA-BISSAU VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,531	5	907	+ 624
Stroke	2	785	6	829	- 44
Lung Disease	3	500	20	191	+ 309
Kidney Disease	4	441	15	268	+ 173
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	259	34	69	+ 190
Diabetes Mellitus	6	257	14	313	- 57
Lung Cancers	7	199	50	18	+ 181
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	181	2	1,390	- 1,209
Breast Cancer	9	153	29	93	+ 61
Liver Cancer	10	147	28	116	+ 31
Liver Disease	11	134	11	405	- 271
Endocrine Disorders	12	119	18	221	- 103
Cervical Cancer	13	118	23	154	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	115	38	50	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	15	106	12	373	- 268
Falls	16	103	33	71	+ 32
Hypertension	17	90	21	177	- 88
Other Injuries	18	86	17	234	- 148
Oral Cancer	19	85	56	13	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	20	80	8	705	- 624
Suicide	21	80	26	134	- 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	79	4	913	- 834
Drownings	23	76	30	89	- 14
Leukemia	24	70	61	6	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	25	64	46	27	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	26	63	42	41	+ 22
Tuberculosis	27	62	3	1,387	- 1,325
Violence	28	55	22	173	- 118
Asthma	29	54	24	150	- 96
Ovary Cancer	30	51	48	19	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	31	47	10	619	- 572
Skin Disease	32	46	53	16	+ 30
Dengue	33	41	72	0	+ 41
Lymphomas	34	41	45	28	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	35	30	13	333	- 303
Inflammatory/Heart	36	29	37	53	- 23
Bladder Cancer	37	29	51	17	+ 11
Epilepsy	38	27	39	48	- 22
Birth Trauma	39	26	7	790	- 764
Pancreas Cancer	40	24	54	14	+ 10
Fires	41	22	35	64	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	20	32	77	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	19	43	33	- 14
Encephalitis	44	15	58	10	+ 4
Malnutrition	45	15	27	121	- 106
Other Neoplasms	46	11	65	2	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	47	11	59	8	+ 3
Drug Use	48	10	55	13	- 3
Stomach Cancer	49	7	36	55	- 49
Meningitis	50	6	16	258	- 252
Alcohol	51	4	57	12	- 9
Pertussis	52	2	19	212	- 210
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	67	2	+ 0
Tetanus	54	2	40	48	- 47
Poisonings	55	1	41	45	- 43
Hepatitis B	56	1	47	20	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	64	2	- 1
Syphilis	58	1	31	85	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	49	19	- 18
Measles	60	1	25	147	- 146
Appendicitis	61	1	60	7	- 6
War	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	52	17	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	0	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	62	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	44	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Maldives

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.