GUINEA-BISSAU VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,437	5	907	+ 7,530
Stroke	2	5,840	6	829	+ 5,011
Hypertension	3	1,293	21	177	+ 1,116
Lung Cancers	4	1,188	50	18	+ 1,170
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,099	2	1,390	- 290
Liver Disease	6	1,048	11	405	+ 643
Lung Disease	7	865	20	191	+ 674
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	803	38	50	+ 754
Kidney Disease	9	608	15	268	+ 340
Inflammatory/Heart	10	521	37	53	+ 468
Breast Cancer	11	452	29	93	+ 360
Stomach Cancer	12	406	36	55	+ 351
Liver Cancer	13	366	28	116	+ 250
Pancreas Cancer	14	345	54	14	+ 331
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	334	34	69	+ 265
Prostate Cancer	16	288	42	41	+ 247
Oral Cancer	17	269	56	13	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	18	262	14	313	- 51
Other Injuries	19	251	17	234	+ 17
Road Traffic Accidents	20	234	10	619	- 385
Suicide	21	222	26	134	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	22	220	23	154	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	23	202	51	17	+ 184
Falls	24	177	33	71	+ 106
Lymphomas	25	163	45	28	+ 135
Leukemia	26	158	61	6	+ 152
Ovary Cancer	27	130	48	19	+ 111
Tuberculosis	28	119	3	1,387	- 1,267
Skin Cancers	29	118	52	17	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	30	89	49	19	+ 70
Parkinson's Disease	31	87	46	27	+ 60
Drownings	32	70	30	89	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	62	32	77	- 15
Uterin Cancer	34	61	59	8	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	52	43	33	+ 19
Fires	36	49	35	64	- 14
Alcohol	37	48	57	12	+ 36
Congenital Anomalies	38	43	12	373	- 330
Poisonings	39	43	41	45	- 2
Drug Use	40	41	55	13	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	41	37	8	705	- 667
Epilepsy	42	37	39	48	- 12
Other Neoplasms	43	34	65	2	+ 32
Violence	44	30	22	173	- 143
Asthma	45	26	24	150	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	26	4	913	- 887
HIV/AIDS	47	26	1	1,445	- 1,419
Endocrine Disorders	48	23	18	221	- 199
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	17	81	0	+ 17
Malnutrition	50	17	27	121	- 104
Schizophrenia	51	12	84	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	12	63	3	+ 9
Skin Disease	53	11	53	16	- 5
Meningitis	54	9	16	258	- 249
Multiple Sclerosis	55	8	64	2	+ 5
Anemia	56	7	86	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	57	4	7	790	- 786
Maternal Conditions	58	4	13	333	- 329
Hepatitis B	59	4	47	20	- 17
Appendicitis	60	2	60	7	- 4
Measles	61	1	25	147	- 146
Encephalitis	62	1	58	10	- 10
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	2	- 2
Oral conditions	64	0	82	0	+ 0
War	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	31	85	- 85
Tetanus	67	0	40	48	- 48
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	19	212	- 212
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	67	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Romania

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.