GUINEA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,681	10	3,020	+ 2,661
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,396	1	12,790	- 7,394
Malaria	3	4,511	2	8,180	- 3,669
Tuberculosis	4	4,202	13	2,369	+ 1,834
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,743	9	3,788	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,646	3	6,788	- 3,142
Stroke	7	3,502	5	5,777	- 2,275
Birth Trauma	8	3,128	7	4,797	- 1,669
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,740	6	5,665	- 2,926
Low Birth Weight	10	2,524	8	4,319	- 1,795
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,030	14	2,181	- 151
Maternal Conditions	12	1,417	17	1,793	- 376
Liver Disease	13	1,365	12	2,550	- 1,185
Cervical Cancer	14	1,332	19	1,491	- 160
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,295	15	2,138	- 843
Malnutrition	16	1,156	28	1,032	+ 124
Hypertension	17	1,080	21	1,348	- 268
Violence	18	977	26	1,128	- 151
Kidney Disease	19	943	16	1,939	- 997
Other Injuries	20	885	18	1,504	- 619
Meningitis	21	661	11	2,633	- 1,972
Lung Disease	22	633	20	1,373	- 740
Pertussis	23	575	24	1,165	- 590
Suicide	24	513	29	892	- 379
Oesophagus Cancer	25	466	63	20	+ 446
Syphilis	26	438	39	328	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	425	30	579	- 154
Prostate Cancer	28	377	32	525	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	29	369	25	1,140	- 771
Asthma	30	352	22	1,179	- 827
Oral Cancer	31	341	52	122	+ 220
Drownings	32	340	31	528	- 188
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	325	53	100	+ 225
Falls	34	318	33	480	- 162
Fires	35	295	36	410	- 115
Liver Cancer	36	293	23	1,167	- 874
Breast Cancer	37	266	38	345	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	38	254	35	439	- 185
Stomach Cancer	39	247	41	245	+ 2
Poisonings	40	243	40	295	- 52
Lymphomas	41	167	48	158	+ 9
Skin Cancers	42	154	49	152	+ 2
Epilepsy	43	147	37	350	- 203
Bladder Cancer	44	138	60	32	+ 106
Parkinson's Disease	45	106	44	212	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	96	34	448	- 352
Leukemia	47	86	67	17	+ 69
Drug Use	48	84	46	169	- 85
Tetanus	49	83	45	170	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	83	42	238	- 155
Schistosomiasis	51	77	43	232	- 155
Skin Disease	52	75	51	127	- 53
Ovary Cancer	53	70	54	93	- 23
Upper Respiratory	54	62	69	15	+ 47
Measles	55	61	4	6,025	- 5,964
Alcohol	56	56	55	83	- 27
Uterin Cancer	57	45	59	38	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	45	57	41	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	41	56	81	- 40
Hepatitis B	60	35	47	162	- 127
Lung Cancers	61	33	50	128	- 95
Pancreas Cancer	62	33	65	19	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	70	13	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	64	12	68	16	- 4
Ascariasis	65	12	62	22	- 11
Hepatitis C	66	8	61	22	- 14
War	67	6	64	20	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	66	18	- 12
Otitis Media	69	3	72	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	2	58	40	- 37
Chlamydia	71	2	71	3	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	27	1,072	- 1,071
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Tanzania

Guinea

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.