GUINEA-BISSAU VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,046	5	907	+ 2,139
Stroke	2	1,934	6	829	+ 1,104
Diabetes Mellitus	3	851	14	313	+ 537
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	834	2	1,390	- 556
Lung Disease	5	727	20	191	+ 536
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	536	4	913	- 377
Kidney Disease	7	472	15	268	+ 204
Suicide	8	363	26	134	+ 229
Liver Disease	9	345	11	405	- 60
Congenital Anomalies	10	320	12	373	- 53
Hypertension	11	315	21	177	+ 138
Road Traffic Accidents	12	299	10	619	- 320
Asthma	13	299	24	150	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	14	290	8	705	- 414
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	235	43	33	+ 201
Drownings	16	233	30	89	+ 144
Other Injuries	17	200	17	234	- 34
Liver Cancer	18	184	28	116	+ 68
Birth Trauma	19	132	7	790	- 658
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	124	32	77	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	118	34	69	+ 49
Tuberculosis	22	109	3	1,387	- 1,278
Lung Cancers	23	101	50	18	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	24	95	13	333	- 238
Falls	25	88	33	71	+ 17
Breast Cancer	26	87	29	93	- 6
Cervical Cancer	27	86	23	154	- 68
Parkinson's Disease	28	78	46	27	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	29	74	37	53	+ 22
Pertussis	30	68	19	212	- 144
Malnutrition	31	67	27	121	- 54
Leukemia	32	60	61	6	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	33	59	18	221	- 162
Prostate Cancer	34	58	42	41	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	57	38	50	+ 7
Meningitis	36	54	16	258	- 204
Syphilis	37	51	31	85	- 34
Violence	38	45	22	173	- 127
Skin Disease	39	45	53	16	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	40	41	36	55	- 14
Epilepsy	41	35	39	48	- 13
Fires	42	28	35	64	- 36
Alcohol	43	27	57	12	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	44	26	48	19	+ 7
Lymphomas	45	21	45	28	- 6
Tetanus	46	19	40	48	- 29
Poisonings	47	15	41	45	- 30
Uterin Cancer	48	13	59	8	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	49	13	51	17	- 5
Appendicitis	50	9	60	7	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	8	47	20	- 12
Encephalitis	52	7	58	10	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	54	14	- 8
Oral Cancer	54	6	56	13	- 7
Other Neoplasms	55	5	65	2	+ 3
Drug Use	56	3	55	13	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	64	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	67	2	+ 0
Dengue	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	61	1	63	3	- 2
Measles	62	1	25	147	- 146
Ascariasis	63	1	62	4	- 4
War	64	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	1,445	- 1,445
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	49	19	- 19
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	52	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Vanuatu

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.