GUINEA-BISSAU VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	866	1	1,445	- 579
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	823	2	1,390	- 567
Malaria	3	688	9	684	+ 4
Tuberculosis	4	641	3	1,387	- 746
Road Traffic Accidents	5	571	10	619	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	556	4	913	- 357
Stroke	7	534	6	829	- 295
Birth Trauma	8	477	7	790	- 313
Coronary Heart Disease	9	418	5	907	- 489
Low Birth Weight	10	385	8	705	- 320
Congenital Anomalies	11	309	12	373	- 64
Maternal Conditions	12	216	13	333	- 117
Liver Disease	13	208	11	405	- 197
Cervical Cancer	14	203	23	154	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	15	197	14	313	- 116
Malnutrition	16	176	27	121	+ 55
Hypertension	17	165	21	177	- 13
Violence	18	149	22	173	- 24
Kidney Disease	19	144	15	268	- 124
Other Injuries	20	135	17	234	- 99
Meningitis	21	101	16	258	- 158
Lung Disease	22	96	20	191	- 95
Pertussis	23	88	19	212	- 124
Suicide	24	78	26	134	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	25	71	49	19	+ 52
Syphilis	26	67	31	85	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	65	34	69	- 4
Prostate Cancer	28	58	42	41	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	29	56	18	221	- 165
Asthma	30	54	24	150	- 96
Oral Cancer	31	52	56	13	+ 39
Drownings	32	52	30	89	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	50	38	50	- 0
Falls	34	48	33	71	- 23
Fires	35	45	35	64	- 19
Liver Cancer	36	45	28	116	- 72
Breast Cancer	37	41	29	93	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	38	39	37	53	- 14
Stomach Cancer	39	38	36	55	- 18
Poisonings	40	37	41	45	- 8
Lymphomas	41	25	45	28	- 2
Skin Cancers	42	24	52	17	+ 6
Epilepsy	43	22	39	48	- 26
Bladder Cancer	44	21	51	17	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	45	16	46	27	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	32	77	- 62
Leukemia	47	13	61	6	+ 7
Drug Use	48	13	55	13	- 1
Tetanus	49	13	40	48	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	43	33	- 20
Schistosomiasis	51	12	44	30	- 19
Skin Disease	52	11	53	16	- 5
Ovary Cancer	53	11	48	19	- 8
Upper Respiratory	54	9	66	2	+ 7
Measles	55	9	25	147	- 138
Alcohol	56	9	57	12	- 4
Uterin Cancer	57	7	59	8	- 1
Appendicitis	58	7	60	7	- 0
Encephalitis	59	6	58	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	5	47	20	- 15
Lung Cancers	61	5	50	18	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	62	5	54	14	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	67	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	65	2	- 0
Ascariasis	65	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	63	3	- 1
War	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	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
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Tanzania

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.