GUINEA-BISSAU VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,858	5	907	+ 951
Stroke	2	870	6	829	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	3	678	8	705	- 27
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	533	2	1,390	- 856
Road Traffic Accidents	5	484	10	619	- 135
Measles	6	393	25	147	+ 246
Birth Trauma	7	360	7	790	- 430
Hypertension	8	308	21	177	+ 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	265	4	913	- 648
Malaria	10	237	9	684	- 447
Congenital Anomalies	11	233	12	373	- 141
Kidney Disease	12	215	15	268	- 53
Lung Disease	13	185	20	191	- 6
Liver Disease	14	184	11	405	- 221
Tuberculosis	15	180	3	1,387	- 1,207
Breast Cancer	16	130	29	93	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	17	130	14	313	- 184
Other Injuries	18	123	17	234	- 111
Asthma	19	111	24	150	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	109	34	69	+ 40
Violence	21	105	22	173	- 68
HIV/AIDS	22	99	1	1,445	- 1,347
Maternal Conditions	23	83	13	333	- 250
Pertussis	24	80	19	212	- 132
Leukemia	25	77	61	6	+ 71
Drownings	26	71	30	89	- 18
Suicide	27	69	26	134	- 65
Falls	28	66	33	71	- 5
Lymphomas	29	65	45	28	+ 37
Endocrine Disorders	30	62	18	221	- 160
Fires	31	55	35	64	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	32	48	49	19	+ 29
Meningitis	33	46	16	258	- 212
Malnutrition	34	46	27	121	- 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	44	38	50	- 5
Drug Use	36	44	55	13	+ 30
Liver Cancer	37	40	28	116	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	38	35	37	53	- 17
Ovary Cancer	39	34	48	19	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	33	32	77	- 44
Cervical Cancer	41	33	23	154	- 122
Poisonings	42	31	41	45	- 13
Epilepsy	43	31	39	48	- 17
Hepatitis B	44	31	47	20	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	45	30	46	27	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	29	43	33	- 4
Syphilis	47	25	31	85	- 59
Lung Cancers	48	23	50	18	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	49	22	42	41	- 19
Oral Cancer	50	21	56	13	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	51	20	36	55	- 35
Leishmaniasis	52	19	79	0	+ 19
Tetanus	53	16	40	48	- 32
Bladder Cancer	54	16	51	17	- 2
Skin Cancers	55	15	52	17	- 2
War	56	14	70	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	57	13	58	10	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	12	54	14	- 2
Appendicitis	59	7	60	7	- 0
Skin Disease	60	5	53	16	- 12
Alcohol	61	4	57	12	- 9
Uterin Cancer	62	3	59	8	- 5
Schistosomiasis	63	3	44	30	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	64	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	62	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	67	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Sudan

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.