GUINEA-BISSAU VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,178	5	907	+ 1,271
Stroke	2	1,115	6	829	+ 286
Lung Cancers	3	889	50	18	+ 871
Lung Disease	4	636	20	191	+ 445
Diabetes Mellitus	5	454	14	313	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	439	34	69	+ 370
Kidney Disease	7	431	15	268	+ 164
Hypertension	8	374	21	177	+ 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	326	2	1,390	- 1,064
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	269	38	50	+ 219
Stomach Cancer	11	262	36	55	+ 207
Pancreas Cancer	12	174	54	14	+ 161
Liver Disease	13	161	11	405	- 244
Breast Cancer	14	143	29	93	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	15	142	42	41	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	16	141	10	619	- 478
Congenital Anomalies	17	126	12	373	- 247
Leukemia	18	123	61	6	+ 117
Lymphomas	19	123	45	28	+ 95
Liver Cancer	20	115	28	116	- 1
Bladder Cancer	21	114	51	17	+ 96
Falls	22	111	33	71	+ 40
Violence	23	102	22	173	- 71
Low Birth Weight	24	88	8	705	- 616
Parkinson's Disease	25	87	46	27	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	26	66	18	221	- 155
Asthma	27	62	24	150	- 88
Ovary Cancer	28	58	48	19	+ 39
Suicide	29	51	26	134	- 83
Other Injuries	30	43	17	234	- 192
Inflammatory/Heart	31	41	37	53	- 11
Skin Cancers	32	39	52	17	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	33	33	49	19	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	34	33	23	154	- 121
Oral Cancer	35	33	56	13	+ 20
Epilepsy	36	29	39	48	- 19
Uterin Cancer	37	28	59	8	+ 19
Drug Use	38	25	55	13	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	20	32	77	- 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	19	4	913	- 894
Birth Trauma	41	18	7	790	- 772
Other Neoplasms	42	16	65	2	+ 14
Malnutrition	43	15	27	121	- 106
Drownings	44	14	30	89	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	11	43	33	- 22
Poisonings	46	9	41	45	- 35
Fires	47	9	35	64	- 55
Skin Disease	48	8	53	16	- 8
War	49	8	70	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	50	8	3	1,387	- 1,379
Meningitis	51	7	16	258	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	67	2	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	53	5	1	1,445	- 1,440
Encephalitis	54	5	58	10	- 6
Alcohol	55	5	57	12	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	64	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	3	13	333	- 330
Pertussis	58	3	19	212	- 209
Appendicitis	59	2	60	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	2	47	20	- 19
Syphilis	61	1	31	85	- 84
Schistosomiasis	62	1	44	30	- 30
Hepatitis C	63	0	63	3	- 2
Tetanus	64	0	40	48	- 48
Measles	65	0	25	147	- 147
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

Turkey

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.