GUINEA-BISSAU VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,002	2	1,390	- 387
Coronary Heart Disease	2	901	5	907	- 6
Stroke	3	505	6	829	- 324
Kidney Disease	4	473	15	268	+ 205
Liver Disease	5	417	11	405	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	380	34	69	+ 311
Stomach Cancer	7	332	36	55	+ 277
Diabetes Mellitus	8	290	14	313	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	9	289	10	619	- 330
Lung Cancers	10	207	50	18	+ 189
Prostate Cancer	11	207	42	41	+ 167
Violence	12	197	22	173	+ 24
Other Injuries	13	188	17	234	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	173	38	50	+ 123
Lung Disease	15	165	20	191	- 26
Liver Cancer	16	162	28	116	+ 46
Tuberculosis	17	155	3	1,387	- 1,231
Lymphomas	18	147	45	28	+ 120
Congenital Anomalies	19	131	12	373	- 243
Breast Cancer	20	129	29	93	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	21	126	23	154	- 28
Leukemia	22	121	61	6	+ 115
Pancreas Cancer	23	105	54	14	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	24	96	8	705	- 608
Falls	25	84	33	71	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	26	83	46	27	+ 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	72	4	913	- 840
Hypertension	28	69	21	177	- 108
Malnutrition	29	66	27	121	- 55
Suicide	30	59	26	134	- 75
HIV/AIDS	31	56	1	1,445	- 1,390
Skin Cancers	32	51	52	17	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	33	47	48	19	+ 28
Drug Use	34	42	55	13	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	40	32	77	- 37
Drownings	36	38	30	89	- 51
Birth Trauma	37	35	7	790	- 755
Oral Cancer	38	34	56	13	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	39	32	37	53	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	40	31	18	221	- 190
Bladder Cancer	41	30	51	17	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	42	26	49	19	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	43	23	13	333	- 311
Alcohol	44	21	57	12	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	45	20	59	8	+ 12
Encephalitis	46	18	58	10	+ 8
Epilepsy	47	17	39	48	- 31
Pertussis	48	17	19	212	- 195
Fires	49	16	35	64	- 48
Asthma	50	14	24	150	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	13	43	33	- 20
Syphilis	52	12	31	85	- 73
Appendicitis	53	11	60	7	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	10	53	16	- 6
Poisonings	55	8	41	45	- 36
Meningitis	56	8	16	258	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	7	67	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	4	65	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	60	3	40	48	- 45
Malaria	61	2	9	684	- 682
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	64	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	47	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	3	- 2
Dengue	66	0	72	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	25	147	- 147
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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

Peru

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.