GUINEA-BISSAU VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,227	1	1,445	+ 782
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,114	2	1,390	- 276
Tuberculosis	3	1,077	3	1,387	- 310
Stroke	4	1,014	6	829	+ 185
Coronary Heart Disease	5	928	5	907	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	6	660	10	619	+ 41
Diabetes Mellitus	7	551	14	313	+ 238
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	490	4	913	- 422
Low Birth Weight	9	392	8	705	- 312
Lung Disease	10	351	20	191	+ 160
Violence	11	342	22	173	+ 169
Hypertension	12	325	21	177	+ 148
Birth Trauma	13	262	7	790	- 528
Liver Disease	14	255	11	405	- 150
Kidney Disease	15	245	15	268	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	16	215	12	373	- 158
Suicide	17	185	26	134	+ 51
Malnutrition	18	170	27	121	+ 49
Other Injuries	19	157	17	234	- 77
Asthma	20	152	24	150	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	134	34	69	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	22	123	37	53	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	23	101	23	154	- 53
Breast Cancer	24	92	29	93	- 1
Maternal Conditions	25	84	13	333	- 249
Drownings	26	83	30	89	- 6
Meningitis	27	83	16	258	- 176
Fires	28	83	35	64	+ 19
Skin Cancers	29	82	52	17	+ 65
Oral Cancer	30	76	56	13	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	31	72	42	41	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	58	32	77	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	33	55	18	221	- 166
Falls	34	47	33	71	- 24
Lung Cancers	35	45	50	18	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	41	38	50	- 8
Pertussis	37	41	19	212	- 171
Epilepsy	38	37	39	48	- 11
Poisonings	39	35	41	45	- 9
Lymphomas	40	35	45	28	+ 7
Liver Cancer	41	34	28	116	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	42	33	46	27	+ 6
Syphilis	43	26	31	85	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	25	43	33	- 8
Stomach Cancer	45	25	36	55	- 30
Drug Use	46	24	55	13	+ 11
Skin Disease	47	24	53	16	+ 7
Alcohol	48	21	57	12	+ 9
Leukemia	49	18	61	6	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	50	18	48	19	- 1
Malaria	51	16	9	684	- 668
Oesophagus Cancer	52	16	49	19	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	13	54	14	- 0
Bladder Cancer	54	12	51	17	- 5
Schistosomiasis	55	10	44	30	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	9	59	8	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	7	67	2	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	7	60	7	- 0
Encephalitis	59	6	58	10	- 4
Other Neoplasms	60	6	65	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	61	5	66	2	+ 3
Tetanus	62	5	40	48	- 44
Hepatitis B	63	3	47	20	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	64	2	- 1
Measles	65	2	25	147	- 145
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	3	- 2
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Namibia

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.