GUINEA-BISSAU VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	826	2	1,390	- 563
Stroke	2	792	6	829	- 37
Road Traffic Accidents	3	582	10	619	- 37
Coronary Heart Disease	4	564	5	907	- 343
Malaria	5	516	9	684	- 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	489	4	913	- 424
HIV/AIDS	7	442	1	1,445	- 1,003
Liver Disease	8	399	11	405	- 6
Low Birth Weight	9	343	8	705	- 361
Birth Trauma	10	296	7	790	- 494
Diabetes Mellitus	11	291	14	313	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	12	278	12	373	- 95
Lung Disease	13	243	20	191	+ 52
Hypertension	14	212	21	177	+ 35
Kidney Disease	15	189	15	268	- 79
Malnutrition	16	183	27	121	+ 62
Other Injuries	17	148	17	234	- 86
Cervical Cancer	18	147	23	154	- 7
Meningitis	19	133	16	258	- 126
Stomach Cancer	20	122	36	55	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	21	113	13	333	- 220
Asthma	22	112	24	150	- 38
Liver Cancer	23	111	28	116	- 6
Suicide	24	110	26	134	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	103	34	69	+ 34
Tuberculosis	26	98	3	1,387	- 1,289
Breast Cancer	27	94	29	93	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	93	38	50	+ 43
Violence	29	86	22	173	- 87
Lymphomas	30	70	45	28	+ 43
Falls	31	65	33	71	- 7
Prostate Cancer	32	62	42	41	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	57	32	77	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	34	54	37	53	+ 2
Leukemia	35	50	61	6	+ 43
Drownings	36	45	30	89	- 45
Oral Cancer	37	43	56	13	+ 30
Fires	38	42	35	64	- 22
Lung Cancers	39	37	50	18	+ 18
Poisonings	40	34	41	45	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	41	34	18	221	- 187
Pertussis	42	34	19	212	- 178
Pancreas Cancer	43	33	54	14	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	49	19	+ 14
Epilepsy	45	30	39	48	- 19
Syphilis	46	27	31	85	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	47	23	46	27	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	21	43	33	- 12
Alcohol	49	20	57	12	+ 7
Skin Cancers	50	18	52	17	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	51	17	44	30	- 13
Skin Disease	52	16	53	16	- 0
Ovary Cancer	53	14	48	19	- 5
Appendicitis	54	11	60	7	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	11	47	20	- 10
Uterin Cancer	56	9	59	8	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	9	66	2	+ 7
Tetanus	58	8	40	48	- 40
Measles	59	8	25	147	- 139
Drug Use	60	7	55	13	- 6
Encephalitis	61	6	58	10	- 4
Bladder Cancer	62	6	51	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	64	3	65	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
War	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Rwanda

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.