GUINEA-BISSAU VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,861	5	907	+ 1,954
Stroke	2	1,966	6	829	+ 1,137
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,088	2	1,390	- 302
Diabetes Mellitus	4	945	14	313	+ 632
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	640	4	913	- 273
Lung Disease	6	612	20	191	+ 421
Malaria	7	427	9	684	- 257
Road Traffic Accidents	8	325	10	619	- 294
Suicide	9	288	26	134	+ 154
Liver Disease	10	261	11	405	- 144
Drownings	11	236	30	89	+ 146
Asthma	12	230	24	150	+ 80
Hypertension	13	223	21	177	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	14	189	8	705	- 515
Kidney Disease	15	187	15	268	- 81
Congenital Anomalies	16	185	12	373	- 188
Other Injuries	17	176	17	234	- 59
Liver Cancer	18	175	28	116	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	173	43	33	+ 139
Falls	20	160	33	71	+ 89
Birth Trauma	21	151	7	790	- 639
Maternal Conditions	22	134	13	333	- 199
Tuberculosis	23	131	3	1,387	- 1,256
Dengue	24	122	72	0	+ 122
Cervical Cancer	25	121	23	154	- 33
Breast Cancer	26	99	29	93	+ 6
Lung Cancers	27	98	50	18	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	93	34	69	+ 24
Syphilis	29	82	31	85	- 3
Violence	30	77	22	173	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	68	38	50	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	65	32	77	- 12
Ovary Cancer	33	63	48	19	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	34	61	46	27	+ 34
Leukemia	35	60	61	6	+ 53
Malnutrition	36	56	27	121	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	37	51	37	53	- 1
Poisonings	38	45	41	45	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	39	43	18	221	- 178
Fires	40	42	35	64	- 22
Prostate Cancer	41	38	42	41	- 3
Lymphomas	42	38	45	28	+ 10
Meningitis	43	37	16	258	- 221
Stomach Cancer	44	34	36	55	- 21
Epilepsy	45	31	39	48	- 17
Skin Disease	46	30	53	16	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	47	25	59	8	+ 17
Alcohol	48	25	57	12	+ 13
Oral Cancer	49	22	56	13	+ 9
Pertussis	50	22	19	212	- 190
Pancreas Cancer	51	13	54	14	- 1
Bladder Cancer	52	12	51	17	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	9	47	20	- 11
Encephalitis	54	5	58	10	- 6
Appendicitis	55	4	60	7	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	3	65	2	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	57	3	49	19	- 16
Drug Use	58	3	55	13	- 11
Tetanus	59	2	40	48	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	67	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	63	0	62	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	2	- 2
War	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	52	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	25	147	- 147
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Solomon Isl.

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.