GUINEA-BISSAU VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,656	5	907	+ 2,749
Stroke	2	1,506	6	829	+ 677
Hypertension	3	500	21	177	+ 322
Kidney Disease	4	456	15	268	+ 188
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	444	34	69	+ 375
Road Traffic Accidents	6	341	10	619	- 278
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	338	2	1,390	- 1,051
Lung Cancers	8	327	50	18	+ 309
Diabetes Mellitus	9	314	14	313	+ 0
Lung Disease	10	310	20	191	+ 119
Liver Disease	11	232	11	405	- 173
Congenital Anomalies	12	174	12	373	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	172	38	50	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	14	163	8	705	- 541
Breast Cancer	15	138	29	93	+ 45
Asthma	16	118	24	150	- 32
Bladder Cancer	17	116	51	17	+ 98
Lymphomas	18	109	45	28	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	19	103	36	55	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	20	83	46	27	+ 56
Falls	21	79	33	71	+ 8
Birth Trauma	22	77	7	790	- 713
Prostate Cancer	23	74	42	41	+ 33
Violence	24	72	22	173	- 100
Leukemia	25	68	61	6	+ 62
Suicide	26	68	26	134	- 66
Other Injuries	27	66	17	234	- 168
Pancreas Cancer	28	64	54	14	+ 50
Liver Cancer	29	64	28	116	- 53
Inflammatory/Heart	30	53	37	53	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	31	51	18	221	- 171
HIV/AIDS	32	46	1	1,445	- 1,399
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	42	32	77	- 35
Drug Use	34	42	55	13	+ 28
Oral Cancer	35	41	56	13	+ 28
Skin Cancers	36	38	52	17	+ 21
Fires	37	36	35	64	- 28
Cervical Cancer	38	36	23	154	- 119
Ovary Cancer	39	34	48	19	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	33	4	913	- 880
Tuberculosis	41	24	3	1,387	- 1,363
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	22	43	33	- 11
Drownings	43	22	30	89	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	44	19	49	19	+ 0
Epilepsy	45	18	39	48	- 31
Meningitis	46	15	16	258	- 243
Maternal Conditions	47	15	13	333	- 318
Poisonings	48	14	41	45	- 30
Hepatitis B	49	12	47	20	- 8
Uterin Cancer	50	8	59	8	- 0
Skin Disease	51	7	53	16	- 9
Pertussis	52	7	19	212	- 205
Encephalitis	53	7	58	10	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	64	2	+ 4
Alcohol	55	5	57	12	- 7
Tetanus	56	5	40	48	- 44
War	57	4	70	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	4	60	7	- 3
Other Neoplasms	59	4	65	2	+ 2
Malnutrition	60	4	27	121	- 117
Syphilis	61	3	31	85	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	67	2	- 0
Schistosomiasis	63	1	44	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	25	147	- 147
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Tunisia

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.