GUINEA-BISSAU VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,946	5	907	+ 2,039
Stroke	2	1,266	6	829	+ 437
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	640	2	1,390	- 749
Liver Disease	4	423	11	405	+ 18
Hypertension	5	353	21	177	+ 176
Diabetes Mellitus	6	332	14	313	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	7	321	8	705	- 384
Road Traffic Accidents	8	300	10	619	- 319
Birth Trauma	9	261	7	790	- 529
Lung Disease	10	242	20	191	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	11	222	12	373	- 151
Stomach Cancer	12	155	36	55	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	151	4	913	- 762
Tuberculosis	14	150	3	1,387	- 1,236
Drownings	15	119	30	89	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	16	111	49	19	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	106	34	69	+ 37
Epilepsy	18	87	39	48	+ 39
Kidney Disease	19	84	15	268	- 184
Suicide	20	82	26	134	- 52
Falls	21	76	33	71	+ 5
Meningitis	22	70	16	258	- 189
Fires	23	65	35	64	+ 1
Lung Cancers	24	63	50	18	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	25	60	1	1,445	- 1,385
Pertussis	26	60	19	212	- 152
Other Injuries	27	59	17	234	- 175
Asthma	28	57	24	150	- 93
Parkinson's Disease	29	52	46	27	+ 25
Liver Cancer	30	48	28	116	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	46	43	33	+ 12
Lymphomas	32	46	45	28	+ 18
Breast Cancer	33	44	29	93	- 49
Endocrine Disorders	34	42	18	221	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	41	38	50	- 8
Violence	36	35	22	173	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	33	32	77	- 44
Alcohol	38	26	57	12	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	39	23	23	154	- 131
Uterin Cancer	40	23	59	8	+ 14
Oral Cancer	41	22	56	13	+ 9
Leukemia	42	22	61	6	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	43	20	54	14	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	44	16	37	53	- 36
Maternal Conditions	45	13	13	333	- 320
Ovary Cancer	46	12	48	19	- 7
Upper Respiratory	47	11	66	2	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	48	11	51	17	- 7
Hepatitis B	49	8	47	20	- 12
Poisonings	50	8	41	45	- 37
Skin Cancers	51	7	52	17	- 10
Prostate Cancer	52	7	42	41	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	67	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	54	6	58	10	- 5
Drug Use	55	4	55	13	- 9
Syphilis	56	4	31	85	- 81
Tetanus	57	4	40	48	- 44
Appendicitis	58	4	60	7	- 3
Skin Disease	59	2	53	16	- 14
Hepatitis C	60	2	63	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	65	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	64	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	79	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	1	27	121	- 120
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	25	147	- 147
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Tajikistan

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.