GUINEA-BISSAU VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,137	5	907	+ 3,230
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,627	14	313	+ 2,314
Stroke	3	2,550	6	829	+ 1,721
Kidney Disease	4	1,204	15	268	+ 936
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,108	2	1,390	- 281
Lung Disease	6	883	20	191	+ 691
Suicide	7	687	26	134	+ 553
Hypertension	8	581	21	177	+ 403
Liver Disease	9	508	11	405	+ 103
Lung Cancers	10	491	50	18	+ 473
Drownings	11	369	30	89	+ 279
Breast Cancer	12	364	29	93	+ 271
Asthma	13	341	24	150	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	14	320	8	705	- 384
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	294	43	33	+ 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	287	4	913	- 625
Other Injuries	17	285	17	234	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	18	284	12	373	- 89
Tuberculosis	19	268	3	1,387	- 1,119
Stomach Cancer	20	251	36	55	+ 196
Birth Trauma	21	232	7	790	- 558
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	180	38	50	+ 131
Cervical Cancer	23	178	23	154	+ 24
Liver Cancer	24	175	28	116	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	142	32	77	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	140	34	69	+ 71
Falls	27	132	33	71	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	28	129	37	53	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	29	118	42	41	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	30	114	18	221	- 108
Violence	31	113	22	173	- 60
Leukemia	32	108	61	6	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	33	100	46	27	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	34	78	13	333	- 255
Pancreas Cancer	35	78	54	14	+ 64
Lymphomas	36	77	45	28	+ 49
Pertussis	37	75	19	212	- 137
Oral Cancer	38	72	56	13	+ 59
Meningitis	39	68	16	258	- 190
Syphilis	40	65	31	85	- 20
Uterin Cancer	41	61	59	8	+ 53
Skin Disease	42	59	53	16	+ 42
Epilepsy	43	58	39	48	+ 10
Malnutrition	44	57	27	121	- 64
Ovary Cancer	45	49	48	19	+ 30
Alcohol	46	49	57	12	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	47	47	49	19	+ 28
Fires	48	43	35	64	- 21
Bladder Cancer	49	33	51	17	+ 16
Poisonings	50	22	41	45	- 23
Skin Cancers	51	19	52	17	+ 2
Drug Use	52	13	55	13	- 0
Encephalitis	53	13	58	10	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	9	60	7	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	8	65	2	+ 6
Measles	56	7	25	147	- 139
Hepatitis B	57	6	47	20	- 14
Road Traffic Accidents	58	4	10	619	- 615
Tetanus	59	4	40	48	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	67	2	+ 1
Dengue	61	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	64	1	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	62	4	- 3
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	44	30	- 30
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

Micronesia

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.