GUINEA-BISSAU VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,148	5	907	+ 2,241
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,791	34	69	+ 1,722
Lung Disease	3	1,218	20	191	+ 1,027
Stroke	4	988	6	829	+ 159
Lung Cancers	5	970	50	18	+ 951
Kidney Disease	6	535	15	268	+ 267
Drug Use	7	464	55	13	+ 451
Hypertension	8	411	21	177	+ 234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	386	38	50	+ 336
Diabetes Mellitus	10	383	14	313	+ 70
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	376	2	1,390	- 1,013
Suicide	12	331	26	134	+ 197
Breast Cancer	13	303	29	93	+ 211
Endocrine Disorders	14	293	18	221	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	15	276	54	14	+ 262
Liver Disease	16	271	11	405	- 134
Road Traffic Accidents	17	260	10	619	- 359
Falls	18	252	33	71	+ 181
Lymphomas	19	251	45	28	+ 224
Prostate Cancer	20	222	42	41	+ 181
Parkinson's Disease	21	215	46	27	+ 188
Inflammatory/Heart	22	203	37	53	+ 150
Liver Cancer	23	169	28	116	+ 53
Leukemia	24	168	61	6	+ 162
Other Injuries	25	162	17	234	- 72
Bladder Cancer	26	122	51	17	+ 105
Violence	27	118	22	173	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	28	111	49	19	+ 92
Other Neoplasms	29	111	65	2	+ 108
Alcohol	30	91	57	12	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	31	91	48	19	+ 72
Skin Cancers	32	89	52	17	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	33	82	36	55	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	34	73	12	373	- 300
Oral Cancer	35	72	56	13	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	36	63	59	8	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	62	4	913	- 851
Cervical Cancer	38	44	23	154	- 111
Low Birth Weight	39	43	8	705	- 661
Malnutrition	40	42	27	121	- 79
Hepatitis C	41	35	63	3	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	42	35	1	1,445	- 1,410
Skin Disease	43	34	53	16	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	44	32	64	2	+ 29
Drownings	45	25	30	89	- 64
Asthma	46	24	24	150	- 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	23	43	33	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	22	32	77	- 56
Fires	49	20	35	64	- 44
Epilepsy	50	20	39	48	- 29
Anemia	51	19	86	0	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	67	2	+ 14
Poisonings	53	10	41	45	- 34
Birth Trauma	54	8	7	790	- 782
War	55	7	70	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	56	5	13	333	- 328
Schizophrenia	57	5	84	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	4	47	20	- 17
Meningitis	60	4	16	258	- 255
Osteoarthritis	61	4	80	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	62	3	3	1,387	- 1,383
Appendicitis	63	3	60	7	- 4
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	2	- 1
Syphilis	66	0	31	85	- 85
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	58	10	- 10
Pertussis	69	0	19	212	- 212
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	40	48	- 48
Schistosomiasis	72	0	44	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	25	147	- 147
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

United States

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.