GUINEA-BISSAU VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,059	5	907	+ 1,152
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,728	34	69	+ 1,659
Lung Disease	3	1,054	20	191	+ 863
Stroke	4	958	6	829	+ 129
Lung Cancers	5	898	50	18	+ 879
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	695	2	1,390	- 694
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	691	38	50	+ 642
Prostate Cancer	8	454	42	41	+ 413
Falls	9	301	33	71	+ 230
Pancreas Cancer	10	298	54	14	+ 284
Breast Cancer	11	270	29	93	+ 177
Lymphomas	12	250	45	28	+ 222
Suicide	13	245	26	134	+ 111
Kidney Disease	14	236	15	268	- 32
Other Injuries	15	226	17	234	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	16	217	14	313	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	17	214	46	27	+ 187
Skin Cancers	18	158	52	17	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	19	139	18	221	- 82
Bladder Cancer	20	138	51	17	+ 121
Leukemia	21	137	61	6	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	22	133	36	55	+ 78
Other Neoplasms	23	126	65	2	+ 123
Ovary Cancer	24	120	48	19	+ 101
Drug Use	25	102	55	13	+ 89
Liver Cancer	26	100	28	116	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	27	96	49	19	+ 77
Hypertension	28	89	21	177	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	29	86	37	53	+ 33
Liver Disease	30	83	11	405	- 322
Alcohol	31	79	57	12	+ 67
Oral Cancer	32	65	56	13	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	62	32	77	- 15
Congenital Anomalies	34	53	12	373	- 320
Malnutrition	35	52	27	121	- 69
Uterin Cancer	36	52	59	8	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	49	4	913	- 863
Skin Disease	38	49	53	16	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	39	48	23	154	- 106
Epilepsy	40	46	39	48	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	41	46	64	2	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	42	44	10	619	- 575
Asthma	43	33	24	150	- 117
Anemia	44	29	86	0	+ 29
Drownings	45	25	30	89	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	43	33	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	23	67	2	+ 22
Fires	48	17	35	64	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	13	81	0	+ 13
Violence	50	12	22	173	- 160
Osteoarthritis	51	11	80	0	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	52	9	8	705	- 695
Schizophrenia	53	9	84	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	54	7	7	790	- 783
Hepatitis C	55	7	63	3	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	6	3	1,387	- 1,381
Poisonings	57	6	41	45	- 39
Meningitis	58	5	16	258	- 253
Appendicitis	59	5	60	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	4	66	2	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	61	4	1	1,445	- 1,441
Oral conditions	62	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	47	20	- 19
Pertussis	64	0	19	212	- 211
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	13	333	- 333
Syphilis	67	0	31	85	- 85
War	68	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	40	48	- 48
Encephalitis	70	0	58	10	- 10
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	25	147	- 147
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	84	0	9	684	- 684
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Norway

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.