GUINEA-BISSAU VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,001	5	907	+ 1,094
Stroke	2	900	6	829	+ 71
War	3	857	70	0	+ 857
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	795	2	1,390	- 595
Low Birth Weight	5	584	8	705	- 120
Road Traffic Accidents	6	568	10	619	- 51
Birth Trauma	7	394	7	790	- 396
Hypertension	8	351	21	177	+ 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	290	4	913	- 623
Congenital Anomalies	10	285	12	373	- 89
Lung Disease	11	212	20	191	+ 21
Measles	12	200	25	147	+ 53
Liver Disease	13	192	11	405	- 213
Violence	14	188	22	173	+ 16
Kidney Disease	15	178	15	268	- 90
Other Injuries	16	148	17	234	- 87
Asthma	17	140	24	150	- 10
Tuberculosis	18	126	3	1,387	- 1,261
Diabetes Mellitus	19	119	14	313	- 194
Malaria	20	114	9	684	- 570
Suicide	21	113	26	134	- 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	93	34	69	+ 24
Pertussis	23	82	19	212	- 130
Falls	24	78	33	71	+ 7
Drownings	25	76	30	89	- 14
Breast Cancer	26	75	29	93	- 18
Malnutrition	27	70	27	121	- 51
Meningitis	28	68	16	258	- 191
Fires	29	66	35	64	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	61	38	50	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	31	60	36	55	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	32	59	13	333	- 274
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	55	32	77	- 22
Leukemia	34	52	61	6	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	35	51	49	19	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	36	49	18	221	- 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	47	43	33	+ 14
Drug Use	38	41	55	13	+ 27
Liver Cancer	39	40	28	116	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	40	39	37	53	- 14
Lung Cancers	41	38	50	18	+ 19
Oral Cancer	42	36	56	13	+ 23
Epilepsy	43	36	39	48	- 13
Poisonings	44	35	41	45	- 9
Lymphomas	45	29	45	28	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	46	26	1	1,445	- 1,419
Tetanus	47	26	40	48	- 22
Encephalitis	48	24	58	10	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	49	24	46	27	- 3
Hepatitis B	50	20	47	20	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	51	19	54	14	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	52	12	48	19	- 7
Syphilis	53	12	31	85	- 73
Appendicitis	54	11	60	7	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	55	11	51	17	- 7
Schistosomiasis	56	8	44	30	- 22
Cervical Cancer	57	8	23	154	- 146
Skin Cancers	58	7	52	17	- 11
Alcohol	59	5	57	12	- 7
Dengue	60	5	72	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	53	16	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	3	42	41	- 38
Other Neoplasms	64	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	62	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	69	0	59	8	- 8
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Yemen

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.