GUINEA-BISSAU VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,867	2	1,390	+ 477
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,303	4	913	+ 391
Tuberculosis	3	1,147	3	1,387	- 240
Malaria	4	909	9	684	+ 225
Birth Trauma	5	902	7	790	+ 112
Low Birth Weight	6	864	8	705	+ 160
Coronary Heart Disease	7	553	5	907	- 354
Stroke	8	520	6	829	- 309
Congenital Anomalies	9	448	12	373	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	10	397	1	1,445	- 1,048
Meningitis	11	393	16	258	+ 135
Road Traffic Accidents	12	376	10	619	- 244
Liver Disease	13	345	11	405	- 60
Measles	14	265	25	147	+ 118
Maternal Conditions	15	212	13	333	- 121
Pertussis	16	210	19	212	- 2
Other Injuries	17	204	17	234	- 30
Diabetes Mellitus	18	203	14	313	- 111
Violence	19	166	22	173	- 7
Kidney Disease	20	164	15	268	- 104
Endocrine Disorders	21	142	18	221	- 79
Lung Disease	22	113	20	191	- 78
Breast Cancer	23	107	29	93	+ 14
Hypertension	24	96	21	177	- 81
Cervical Cancer	25	95	23	154	- 59
Tetanus	26	75	40	48	+ 27
Asthma	27	74	24	150	- 76
Falls	28	68	33	71	- 3
Fires	29	64	35	64	+ 0
Suicide	30	63	26	134	- 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	61	34	69	- 8
Drownings	32	59	30	89	- 30
Poisonings	33	59	41	45	+ 15
Drug Use	34	56	55	13	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	35	53	42	41	+ 13
Malnutrition	36	53	27	121	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	53	32	77	- 24
Syphilis	38	49	31	85	- 36
Liver Cancer	39	48	28	116	- 69
Lymphomas	40	47	45	28	+ 19
Epilepsy	41	45	39	48	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	42	43	37	53	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	37	38	50	- 12
Diphtheria	44	34	68	1	+ 33
War	45	29	70	0	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	46	22	46	27	- 5
Leukemia	47	20	61	6	+ 14
Oral Cancer	48	20	56	13	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	49	19	48	19	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	50	19	36	55	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	51	18	54	14	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	18	43	33	- 16
Skin Cancers	53	17	52	17	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	54	14	44	30	- 17
Hepatitis B	55	13	47	20	- 7
Skin Disease	56	13	53	16	- 3
Lung Cancers	57	12	50	18	- 7
Alcohol	58	9	57	12	- 3
Encephalitis	59	8	58	10	- 2
Appendicitis	60	7	60	7	- 0
Ascariasis	61	6	62	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	6	59	8	- 2
Bladder Cancer	63	6	51	17	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	64	5	49	19	- 14
Hepatitis C	65	3	63	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	3	65	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	67	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Nigeria

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.