GUINEA-BISSAU VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,227	5	907	+ 320
Stroke	2	852	6	829	+ 23
Diabetes Mellitus	3	669	14	313	+ 356
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	471	2	1,390	- 919
Kidney Disease	5	451	15	268	+ 183
Road Traffic Accidents	6	440	10	619	- 179
Lung Disease	7	335	20	191	+ 144
Hypertension	8	254	21	177	+ 76
Other Injuries	9	239	17	234	+ 5
Lung Cancers	10	209	50	18	+ 191
Congenital Anomalies	11	188	12	373	- 186
Low Birth Weight	12	183	8	705	- 522
Violence	13	160	22	173	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	14	159	18	221	- 62
Prostate Cancer	15	155	42	41	+ 114
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	154	38	50	+ 104
Liver Disease	17	148	11	405	- 256
Cervical Cancer	18	146	23	154	- 8
Other Neoplasms	19	138	65	2	+ 136
Breast Cancer	20	136	29	93	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	21	127	1	1,445	- 1,318
Suicide	22	121	26	134	- 13
Alcohol	23	116	57	12	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	24	101	36	55	+ 45
Malnutrition	25	94	27	121	- 27
Tuberculosis	26	77	3	1,387	- 1,309
Leukemia	27	77	61	6	+ 71
Pancreas Cancer	28	73	54	14	+ 59
Lymphomas	29	69	45	28	+ 42
Birth Trauma	30	60	7	790	- 730
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	54	4	913	- 858
Drownings	32	51	30	89	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	33	49	49	19	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	34	44	37	53	- 9
Liver Cancer	35	43	28	116	- 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	41	34	69	- 28
Skin Disease	37	41	53	16	+ 24
Oral Cancer	38	38	56	13	+ 25
Asthma	39	36	24	150	- 114
Skin Cancers	40	35	52	17	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	41	34	46	27	+ 7
Syphilis	42	34	31	85	- 51
Falls	43	28	33	71	- 43
Epilepsy	44	28	39	48	- 21
Ovary Cancer	45	24	48	19	+ 5
Anemia	46	23	86	0	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	19	32	77	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	19	67	2	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	49	18	13	333	- 315
Fires	50	18	35	64	- 46
Bladder Cancer	51	16	51	17	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	15	81	0	+ 15
Meningitis	53	15	16	258	- 243
Uterin Cancer	54	13	59	8	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	12	43	33	- 21
Drug Use	56	11	55	13	- 3
Appendicitis	57	11	60	7	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	9	80	0	+ 9
Pertussis	59	8	19	212	- 203
Chagas disease	60	5	77	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	61	5	79	0	+ 5
Dengue	62	5	72	0	+ 5
Poisonings	63	4	41	45	- 41
Tetanus	64	3	40	48	- 45
Leprosy	65	3	75	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	3	58	10	- 7
Hepatitis B	67	3	47	20	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	64	2	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	2	- 1
War	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	63	3	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	77	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	25	147	- 147
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	81	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Paraguay

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.