GUINEA-BISSAU VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,707	2	1,390	+ 318
Malaria	2	1,378	9	684	+ 694
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,298	4	913	+ 385
Low Birth Weight	4	774	8	705	+ 69
Stroke	5	706	6	829	- 124
Coronary Heart Disease	6	666	5	907	- 241
Birth Trauma	7	650	7	790	- 140
Road Traffic Accidents	8	481	10	619	- 138
Meningitis	9	424	16	258	+ 166
Congenital Anomalies	10	352	12	373	- 21
Liver Disease	11	333	11	405	- 72
Other Injuries	12	310	17	234	+ 75
Tuberculosis	13	300	3	1,387	- 1,087
Maternal Conditions	14	269	13	333	- 65
Pertussis	15	231	19	212	+ 19
Kidney Disease	16	221	15	268	- 47
Diabetes Mellitus	17	213	14	313	- 101
Measles	18	195	25	147	+ 48
Violence	19	182	22	173	+ 9
Lung Disease	20	176	20	191	- 15
Malnutrition	21	176	27	121	+ 55
Asthma	22	154	24	150	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	23	146	18	221	- 75
Drownings	24	128	30	89	+ 38
Hypertension	25	110	21	177	- 68
Falls	26	105	33	71	+ 34
Suicide	27	99	26	134	- 35
Fires	28	91	35	64	+ 27
Breast Cancer	29	87	29	93	- 6
HIV/AIDS	30	85	1	1,445	- 1,360
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	85	32	77	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	69	34	69	+ 1
Poisonings	33	62	41	45	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	34	62	37	53	+ 10
Liver Cancer	35	60	28	116	- 56
Epilepsy	36	55	39	48	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	42	38	50	- 7
Cervical Cancer	38	39	23	154	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	38	43	33	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	40	34	48	19	+ 15
War	41	33	70	0	+ 33
Tetanus	42	30	40	48	- 18
Lymphomas	43	28	45	28	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	44	24	36	55	- 31
Skin Cancers	45	23	52	17	+ 6
Hepatitis B	46	23	47	20	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	47	22	46	27	- 5
Leukemia	48	21	61	6	+ 15
Oral Cancer	49	20	56	13	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	50	19	44	30	- 11
Leishmaniasis	51	19	79	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	17	53	16	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	53	13	51	17	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	54	11	54	14	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	55	11	49	19	- 8
Appendicitis	56	10	60	7	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	57	10	42	41	- 30
Drug Use	58	10	55	13	- 3
Ascariasis	59	10	62	4	+ 6
Alcohol	60	10	57	12	- 3
Encephalitis	61	9	58	10	- 1
Syphilis	62	9	31	85	- 76
Upper Respiratory	63	8	66	2	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	64	7	59	8	- 1
Diphtheria	65	5	68	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	4	63	3	+ 1
Lung Cancers	67	3	50	18	- 15
Other Neoplasms	68	2	65	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	67	2	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Niger

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.