GUINEA-BISSAU VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,148	5	907	+ 241
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,091	2	1,390	- 299
Stroke	3	1,048	6	829	+ 219
Lung Cancers	4	831	50	18	+ 812
Suicide	5	599	26	134	+ 465
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	497	34	69	+ 428
Liver Cancer	7	474	28	116	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	417	38	50	+ 367
Kidney Disease	9	414	15	268	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	10	353	36	55	+ 298
Lung Disease	11	349	20	191	+ 158
Pancreas Cancer	12	286	54	14	+ 273
Diabetes Mellitus	13	279	14	313	- 35
Liver Disease	14	260	11	405	- 145
Road Traffic Accidents	15	180	10	619	- 439
Parkinson's Disease	16	162	46	27	+ 135
Hypertension	17	152	21	177	- 25
Other Injuries	18	149	17	234	- 85
Lymphomas	19	142	45	28	+ 115
Falls	20	120	33	71	+ 49
Breast Cancer	21	118	29	93	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	22	95	42	41	+ 54
Leukemia	23	88	61	6	+ 81
Tuberculosis	24	80	3	1,387	- 1,307
Endocrine Disorders	25	77	18	221	- 144
Other Neoplasms	26	74	65	2	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	27	72	51	17	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	28	71	49	19	+ 52
Oral Cancer	29	60	56	13	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	30	54	48	19	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	31	54	37	53	+ 2
Asthma	32	47	24	150	- 103
Alcohol	33	44	57	12	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	34	44	23	154	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	38	4	913	- 875
Skin Disease	36	29	53	16	+ 13
Skin Cancers	37	24	52	17	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	22	32	77	- 55
Hepatitis B	39	22	47	20	+ 1
Epilepsy	40	21	39	48	- 27
Congenital Anomalies	41	21	12	373	- 352
Drownings	42	21	30	89	- 69
Uterin Cancer	43	17	59	8	+ 9
Violence	44	16	22	173	- 157
Low Birth Weight	45	15	8	705	- 689
Anemia	46	13	86	0	+ 13
Fires	47	11	35	64	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	9	43	33	- 24
Hepatitis C	49	7	63	3	+ 4
Drug Use	50	6	55	13	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	67	2	+ 4
Poisonings	52	5	41	45	- 40
Malnutrition	53	4	27	121	- 117
Birth Trauma	54	4	7	790	- 786
HIV/AIDS	55	3	1	1,445	- 1,442
Schizophrenia	56	3	84	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	2	60	7	- 5
Meningitis	58	2	16	258	- 256
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	2	81	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	2	80	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	1	13	333	- 332
Syphilis	62	1	31	85	- 84
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	2	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	58	10	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	64	2	- 2
Pertussis	67	0	19	212	- 212
War	68	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	40	48	- 48
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	72	0	44	30	- 30
Diphtheria	73	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	74	0	62	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	25	147	- 147
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

South Korea

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.