GUINEA-BISSAU VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,836	5	907	+ 929
Violence	2	1,237	22	173	+ 1,064
Stroke	3	828	6	829	- 1
Diabetes Mellitus	4	763	14	313	+ 449
Road Traffic Accidents	5	759	10	619	+ 140
HIV/AIDS	6	511	1	1,445	- 934
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	490	2	1,390	- 899
Kidney Disease	8	405	15	268	+ 137
Hypertension	9	354	21	177	+ 177
Lung Disease	10	351	20	191	+ 160
Lung Cancers	11	266	50	18	+ 248
Low Birth Weight	12	211	8	705	- 494
Prostate Cancer	13	194	42	41	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	14	194	12	373	- 179
Breast Cancer	15	175	29	93	+ 82
Liver Disease	16	160	11	405	- 245
Stomach Cancer	17	148	36	55	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	18	148	65	2	+ 146
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	139	38	50	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	20	136	23	154	- 19
Other Injuries	21	116	17	234	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	93	4	913	- 820
Lymphomas	23	85	45	28	+ 58
Birth Trauma	24	74	7	790	- 716
Pancreas Cancer	25	74	54	14	+ 60
Liver Cancer	26	70	28	116	- 46
Leukemia	27	69	61	6	+ 63
Falls	28	59	33	71	- 12
Chagas disease	29	56	77	0	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	30	52	18	221	- 169
Tuberculosis	31	51	3	1,387	- 1,336
Malnutrition	32	43	27	121	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	33	41	37	53	- 12
Suicide	34	40	26	134	- 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	39	34	69	- 30
Ovary Cancer	36	38	48	19	+ 19
Skin Cancers	37	38	52	17	+ 20
Oral Cancer	38	37	56	13	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	39	29	13	333	- 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	28	32	77	- 49
Epilepsy	41	28	39	48	- 20
Malaria	42	27	9	684	- 657
Drownings	43	26	30	89	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	49	19	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	45	25	51	17	+ 8
Asthma	46	21	24	150	- 129
Uterin Cancer	47	21	59	8	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	48	17	46	27	- 10
Meningitis	49	17	16	258	- 241
Drug Use	50	15	55	13	+ 2
War	51	13	70	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	12	67	2	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	10	81	0	+ 10
Fires	54	10	35	64	- 54
Anemia	55	9	86	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	7	60	7	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	5	43	33	- 28
Poisonings	58	5	41	45	- 40
Dengue	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	64	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	3	58	10	- 8
Alcohol	62	2	57	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	2	47	20	- 18
Pertussis	64	2	19	212	- 210
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	3	- 1
Skin Disease	66	1	53	16	- 15
Syphilis	67	1	31	85	- 84
Tetanus	68	1	40	48	- 48
Schizophrenia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	44	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	25	147	- 147
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Venezuela

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.