GUINEA-BISSAU VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,390	6	829	+ 1,561
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,887	5	907	+ 980
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,772	14	313	+ 1,459
Kidney Disease	4	1,011	15	268	+ 743
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	833	2	1,390	- 556
Prostate Cancer	6	714	42	41	+ 673
Road Traffic Accidents	7	692	10	619	+ 73
Lung Disease	8	670	20	191	+ 479
Hypertension	9	666	21	177	+ 488
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	604	34	69	+ 535
Violence	11	470	22	173	+ 297
Liver Disease	12	442	11	405	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	13	400	37	53	+ 347
Breast Cancer	14	323	29	93	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	15	278	36	55	+ 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	268	38	50	+ 218
Endocrine Disorders	17	256	18	221	+ 35
Lung Cancers	18	237	50	18	+ 219
Low Birth Weight	19	218	8	705	- 486
Skin Disease	20	205	53	16	+ 189
Other Injuries	21	187	17	234	- 47
Suicide	22	183	26	134	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	23	176	46	27	+ 149
Lymphomas	24	166	45	28	+ 139
Cervical Cancer	25	150	23	154	- 4
Falls	26	134	33	71	+ 63
Asthma	27	122	24	150	- 28
Drownings	28	118	30	89	+ 29
Alcohol	29	117	57	12	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	30	103	12	373	- 271
Pancreas Cancer	31	102	54	14	+ 89
Epilepsy	32	90	39	48	+ 42
Malnutrition	33	84	27	121	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	68	32	77	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	58	4	913	- 855
Leukemia	36	56	61	6	+ 50
Liver Cancer	37	51	28	116	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	50	43	33	+ 17
Fires	39	42	35	64	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	40	40	49	19	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	41	40	48	19	+ 21
Birth Trauma	42	39	7	790	- 751
Oral Cancer	43	39	56	13	+ 26
Tuberculosis	44	37	3	1,387	- 1,350
Uterin Cancer	45	26	59	8	+ 18
Drug Use	46	24	55	13	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	47	23	13	333	- 310
Other Neoplasms	48	23	65	2	+ 21
Meningitis	49	19	16	258	- 240
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	67	2	+ 15
Appendicitis	51	14	60	7	+ 7
Encephalitis	52	14	58	10	+ 4
Dengue	53	7	72	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	64	2	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	41	45	- 41
Tetanus	56	3	40	48	- 46
Syphilis	57	2	31	85	- 83
War	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	2	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	47	20	- 20
Schistosomiasis	61	1	44	30	- 30
Chlamydia	62	1	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	19	212	- 212
Ascariasis	64	0	62	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	52	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	25	147	- 147
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	9	684	- 684
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Saint Lucia

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.