GUINEA-BISSAU VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,206	6	829	+ 2,377
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,854	5	907	+ 947
Lung Disease	3	723	20	191	+ 532
Diabetes Mellitus	4	683	14	313	+ 369
Road Traffic Accidents	5	594	10	619	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	591	34	69	+ 522
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	561	2	1,390	- 828
Kidney Disease	8	509	15	268	+ 241
Liver Cancer	9	504	28	116	+ 388
Liver Disease	10	482	11	405	+ 77
Lung Cancers	11	429	50	18	+ 411
Hypertension	12	401	21	177	+ 223
Falls	13	311	33	71	+ 240
Stomach Cancer	14	305	36	55	+ 250
Tuberculosis	15	190	3	1,387	- 1,196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	167	38	50	+ 117
Asthma	17	164	24	150	+ 14
Suicide	18	146	26	134	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	19	144	8	705	- 561
Oral Cancer	20	143	56	13	+ 130
Congenital Anomalies	21	142	12	373	- 231
Breast Cancer	22	125	29	93	+ 32
Other Injuries	23	112	17	234	- 123
Inflammatory/Heart	24	108	37	53	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	25	108	46	27	+ 81
Drownings	26	103	30	89	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	27	101	1	1,445	- 1,345
Leukemia	28	99	61	6	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	89	4	913	- 824
Lymphomas	30	60	45	28	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	31	48	23	154	- 106
Birth Trauma	32	47	7	790	- 743
Oesophagus Cancer	33	46	49	19	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	34	42	18	221	- 179
Prostate Cancer	35	39	42	41	- 2
Violence	36	36	22	173	- 137
Measles	37	36	25	147	- 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	34	43	33	+ 1
Encephalitis	39	31	58	10	+ 21
Skin Disease	40	31	53	16	+ 14
Drug Use	41	28	55	13	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	42	23	59	8	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	19	32	77	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	44	19	54	14	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	45	18	51	17	+ 1
Alcohol	46	17	57	12	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	47	17	48	19	- 2
Poisonings	48	17	41	45	- 28
Maternal Conditions	49	16	13	333	- 318
Pertussis	50	14	19	212	- 198
Meningitis	51	13	16	258	- 246
Fires	52	12	35	64	- 52
Epilepsy	53	12	39	48	- 37
Skin Cancers	54	9	52	17	- 8
Hepatitis B	55	8	47	20	- 13
Syphilis	56	7	31	85	- 78
Other Neoplasms	57	7	65	2	+ 4
Tetanus	58	6	40	48	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	67	2	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	4	60	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	64	2	+ 0
Dengue	62	3	72	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	63	2	27	121	- 119
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	3	- 1
War	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Malaria	67	0	9	684	- 684
Ascariasis	68	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

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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.