GUINEA-BISSAU VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,335	1	1,445	+ 2,890
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,725	2	1,390	+ 335
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,671	14	313	+ 1,358
Stroke	4	1,500	6	829	+ 671
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,414	5	907	+ 508
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	969	4	913	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	7	720	10	619	+ 101
Kidney Disease	8	714	15	268	+ 446
Suicide	9	632	26	134	+ 498
Hypertension	10	547	21	177	+ 370
Liver Disease	11	513	11	405	+ 108
Lung Disease	12	496	20	191	+ 304
Tuberculosis	13	479	3	1,387	- 907
Low Birth Weight	14	437	8	705	- 268
Cervical Cancer	15	403	23	154	+ 248
Violence	16	398	22	173	+ 225
Other Injuries	17	356	17	234	+ 122
Birth Trauma	18	312	7	790	- 478
Congenital Anomalies	19	301	12	373	- 73
Asthma	20	280	24	150	+ 130
Maternal Conditions	21	217	13	333	- 116
Malnutrition	22	198	27	121	+ 77
Meningitis	23	183	16	258	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	24	176	37	53	+ 123
Drownings	25	163	30	89	+ 73
Fires	26	157	35	64	+ 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	143	34	69	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	28	139	18	221	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	95	32	77	+ 18
Epilepsy	30	86	39	48	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	31	84	42	41	+ 43
Falls	32	77	33	71	+ 6
Pertussis	33	73	19	212	- 139
Poisonings	34	70	41	45	+ 26
Breast Cancer	35	69	29	93	- 24
Lymphomas	36	58	45	28	+ 31
Liver Cancer	37	55	28	116	- 61
Drug Use	38	50	55	13	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	49	43	33	+ 16
Skin Disease	40	47	53	16	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	45	46	27	+ 18
Skin Cancers	42	37	52	17	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	35	38	50	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	44	35	49	19	+ 16
Syphilis	45	33	31	85	- 52
Lung Cancers	46	31	50	18	+ 13
Leukemia	47	31	61	6	+ 24
Alcohol	48	30	57	12	+ 18
Schistosomiasis	49	24	44	30	- 6
Uterin Cancer	50	21	59	8	+ 13
Oral Cancer	51	19	56	13	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	52	19	48	19	- 0
Stomach Cancer	53	13	36	55	- 42
Appendicitis	54	12	60	7	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	11	51	17	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	56	11	54	14	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	11	47	20	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	9	67	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	9	58	10	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	8	66	2	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	61	7	65	2	+ 5
Tetanus	62	7	40	48	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 0
Measles	64	1	25	147	- 146
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	62	4	- 4
Malaria	67	1	9	684	- 683
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
War	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	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
Anemia	84	0	86	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

Swaziland

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.