GUINEA-BISSAU VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,485	1	1,445	+ 1,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,340	2	1,390	- 49
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,056	5	907	+ 149
Road Traffic Accidents	4	751	10	619	+ 132
Stroke	5	637	6	829	- 192
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	571	4	913	- 342
Low Birth Weight	7	502	8	705	- 203
Birth Trauma	8	423	7	790	- 367
Diabetes Mellitus	9	416	14	313	+ 102
Malnutrition	10	298	27	121	+ 177
Congenital Anomalies	11	276	12	373	- 98
Kidney Disease	12	275	15	268	+ 7
Suicide	13	257	26	134	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	14	252	23	154	+ 97
Malaria	15	249	9	684	- 435
Tuberculosis	16	249	3	1,387	- 1,138
Liver Disease	17	241	11	405	- 164
Violence	18	238	22	173	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	19	217	13	333	- 116
Other Injuries	20	206	17	234	- 28
Asthma	21	190	24	150	+ 40
Meningitis	22	165	16	258	- 94
Lung Disease	23	145	20	191	- 46
Hypertension	24	142	21	177	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	25	130	37	53	+ 78
Lymphomas	26	119	45	28	+ 92
Drownings	27	119	30	89	+ 29
Breast Cancer	28	104	29	93	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	29	100	49	19	+ 81
Fires	30	99	35	64	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	95	34	69	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	32	78	42	41	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	33	69	36	55	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	34	69	18	221	- 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	68	32	77	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	67	43	33	+ 34
Poisonings	37	64	41	45	+ 19
Liver Cancer	38	63	28	116	- 53
Epilepsy	39	63	39	48	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	63	38	50	+ 13
Falls	41	58	33	71	- 13
Pertussis	42	52	19	212	- 160
Lung Cancers	43	36	50	18	+ 17
Skin Cancers	44	33	52	17	+ 16
Leukemia	45	30	61	6	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	46	28	46	27	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	27	54	14	+ 13
Drug Use	48	26	55	13	+ 13
Oral Cancer	49	26	56	13	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	50	23	59	8	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	51	22	48	19	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	22	53	16	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	53	21	44	30	- 9
Bladder Cancer	54	16	51	17	- 2
Syphilis	55	15	31	85	- 69
Encephalitis	56	15	58	10	+ 4
Tetanus	57	13	40	48	- 36
Appendicitis	58	8	60	7	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	8	66	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	7	47	20	- 13
Alcohol	61	6	57	12	- 6
Other Neoplasms	62	5	65	2	+ 2
Measles	63	4	25	147	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	67	2	+ 2
War	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	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

Zimbabwe

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.