GUINEA-BISSAU GLOBAL HEALTH COMPARISON INDEX

Guinea-Bissau

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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	GUINEA-BISSAU
				World Rank						World Rank
	Male	Female	All	M	F	All	Male	Female	All	M	F	All
1960	32.6	35.6	34.1	169	166	167	68.2	74.2	71.1	9	4	9
1970	34.6	37.6	36.1	172	171	171	68.9	75.2	72.0	13	9	9
1980	37.1	40.2	38.6	174	173	174	70.7	76.8	73.7	16	14	17
1990	40.9	44.2	42.5	179	177	178	73.1	78.8	75.9	17	17	16
2000	43.5	47.0	45.2	174	173	173	75.4	80.2	77.7	19	23	22
2010	46.4	50.2	48.3	183	178	179	77.8	82.1	79.9	14	24	16

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	GUINEA-BISSAU
			World Rank				World Rank
	Male	Female	M	F	Male	Female	M	F
At Birth	46.4	50.2	183	178	77.8	82.1	14	24
Age 6	60.2	62.2	177	181	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 11	61.3	63.3	175	180	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 16	61.8	63.9	174	180	79.5	83.7	21	28
Age 21	62.2	64.7	175	180	79.7	83.8	21	28
Age 26	63.0	66.0	175	179	79.9	83.8	21	28
Age 31	64.2	67.4	175	179	80.1	83.9	21	28
Age 36	65.5	68.9	175	180	80.3	84.0	21	29
Age 41	67.0	70.3	174	180	80.6	84.2	20	27
Age 46	68.8	71.7	173	181	81.0	84.4	20	28
Age 51	70.6	73.1	176	182	81.4	84.8	20	27
Age 56	72.4	74.6	177	184	82.0	85.2	20	27
Age 61	74.6	76.3	179	187	82.8	85.8	20	26
Age 66	76.9	78.2	186	188	83.8	86.5	23	25
Age 71	79.5	80.5	191	190	85.2	87.5	26	31
Age 76	82.6	83.3	189	189	86.9	88.8	26	32
Age 81	86.0	86.5	189	190	89.0	90.5	31	32
Age 86	89.7	90.1	190	191	91.8	92.8	38	33
Age 91	93.8	94.1	189	177	95.0	95.7	44	35
Age 96	98.1	98.3	189	179	98.8	99.2	46	37
Age 101	102.6	102.7	190	189	103.0	103.2	58	48

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		GUINEA-BISSAU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Influenza & Pneumonia	238.34	1	23.69	125
2	Stroke	167.79	12	36.89	160
3	Diarrhoeal diseases	144.01	7	1.95	119
4	Coronary Heart Disease	136.54	62	68.80	155
5	Malaria	108.72	4	0.01	104
6	HIV/AIDS	84.64	27	0.40	137
7	Diabetes Mellitus	62.61	23	5.04	185
8	Lung Disease	47.33	25	21.47	98
9	Maternal Conditions	46.64	5	0.15	151
10	Asthma	32.65	3	1.09	153
11	Tuberculosis	32.65	50	0.41	170
12	Meningitis	32.61	1	0.41	149
13	Low Birth Weight	32.32	4	3.39	144
14	Other Injuries	31.55	14	5.54	170
15	Road Traffic Accidents	31.40	27	4.77	180
16	Kidney Disease	29.70	24	3.23	185
17	Hypertension	28.83	79	3.67	183
18	Birth Trauma	25.51	7	0.64	166
19	Violence	22.61	33	1.14	160
20	Endocrine Disorders	21.40	9	3.13	147
21	Liver Cancer	17.85	15	3.07	164
22	Inflammatory/Heart	17.40	16	2.97	152
23	Breast Cancer	15.47	108	23.62	20
24	Cervical Cancer	14.55	21	1.38	161
25	Anaemia	13.93	4	0.15	171
26	Epilepsy	11.81	5	1.57	104
27	Malnutrition	11.03	24	0.07	172
28	Schistosomiasis	10.97	9	0.00	64
29	Alzheimers/Dementia	9.94	33	17.08	14
30	Measles	9.86	7	0.00	97
31	Pertussis	9.46	9	0.02	106
32	Peptic Ulcer Disease	8.97	17	2.54	123
33	Liver Disease	8.94	99	9.48	96
34	Congenital Anomalies	8.57	27	3.68	164
35	Suicide	8.26	84	6.90	101
36	Prostate Cancer	8.10	61	8.21	58
37	Upper Respiratory	7.95	4	0.07	144
38	Trypanosomiasis	7.76	14	0.00	192
39	Stomach Cancer	6.74	96	4.81	130
40	Skin Disease	5.57	19	1.50	104
41	Syphilis	5.30	7	0.00	147
42	Other Neoplasms	5.24	24	2.95	92
43	Vitamin A Deficiency	4.80	2	0.00	192
44	Fires	4.75	44	0.45	158
45	Poisonings	4.60	49	2.81	89
46	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.90	155	15.49	33
47	Falls	3.68	101	3.51	109
48	Drownings	3.60	94	0.35	187
49	Lymphomas	3.33	151	7.35	36
50	Hepatitis B	3.10	23	0.07	177

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		GUINEA-BISSAU
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1	Influenza & Pneumonia	3,517	15.35	37,348	8.00
2	Malaria	3,196	13.95	5	0.00
3	Diarrhoeal diseases	2,766	12.07	3,081	0.66
4	HIV/AIDS	1,218	5.32	266	0.06
5	Stroke	1,186	5.18	55,919	11.98
6	Low Birth Weight	972	4.24	1,386	0.30
7	Coronary Heart Disease	960	4.19	92,299	19.77
8	Birth Trauma	767	3.35	262	0.06
9	Meningitis	660	2.88	278	0.06
10	Maternal Conditions	658	2.87	81	0.02
11	Diabetes Mellitus	464	2.02	6,682	1.43
12	Other Injuries	462	2.02	6,029	1.29
13	Road Traffic Accidents	402	1.75	3,073	0.66
14	Tuberculosis	396	1.73	443	0.09
15	Lung Disease	341	1.49	29,069	6.23
16	Measles	295	1.29	2	0.00
17	Violence	294	1.28	703	0.15
18	Asthma	287	1.25	1,260	0.27
19	Pertussis	284	1.24	6	0.00
20	Kidney Disease	246	1.07	4,804	1.03
21	Congenital Anomalies	229	1.00	1,950	0.42
22	Anaemia	204	0.89	260	0.06
23	Hypertension	200	0.87	5,191	1.11
24	Upper Respiratory	192	0.84	56	0.01
25	Endocrine Disorders	192	0.84	3,056	0.65
26	Malnutrition	167	0.73	85	0.02
27	Liver Cancer	165	0.72	3,470	0.74
28	Inflammatory/Heart	149	0.65	3,014	0.65
29	Vitamin A Deficiency	144	0.63	0	0.00
30	Syphilis	136	0.59	3	0.00
31	Epilepsy	134	0.58	1,201	0.26
32	Cervical Cancer	130	0.57	1,322	0.28
33	Schistosomiasis	113	0.49	1	0.00
34	Trypanosomiasis	111	0.48	0	0.00
35	Suicide	91	0.40	4,660	1.00
36	Fires	88	0.38	380	0.08
37	Liver Disease	79	0.34	7,767	1.66
38	Breast Cancer	75	0.33	14,343	3.07
39	Peptic Ulcer Disease	74	0.32	3,294	0.71
40	Drownings	63	0.27	233	0.05
41	Stomach Cancer	57	0.25	6,006	1.29
42	Hepatitis B	56	0.24	57	0.01
43	Poisonings	55	0.24	1,805	0.39
44	Alzheimers/Dementia	55	0.24	29,116	6.24
45	Prostate Cancer	52	0.23	11,508	2.46
46	Other Neoplasms	50	0.22	3,829	0.82
47	Lymphomas	42	0.18	8,744	1.87
48	Skin Disease	41	0.18	2,188	0.47
49	Falls	37	0.16	4,450	0.95
50	Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	0.15	18,951	4.06

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		GUINEA-BISSAU
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Liver Cancer	17.85	15	3.07	164
2	Breast Cancer	15.47	108	23.62	20
3	Cervical Cancer	14.55	21	1.38	161
4	Prostate Cancer	8.10	61	8.21	58
5	Stomach Cancer	6.74	96	4.81	130
6	Other Neoplasms	5.24	24	2.95	92
7	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.90	155	15.49	33
8	Lymphomas	3.33	151	7.35	36
9	Lung Cancers	2.48	164	30.98	18
10	Bladder Cancer	2.21	95	4.27	28
11	Leukemia	2.03	160	4.39	63
12	Pancreas Cancer	1.66	135	6.81	39
13	Ovary Cancer	1.53	155	3.96	20
14	Oesophagus Cancer	1.35	150	7.62	30
15	Oral Cancer	0.90	189	2.39	113
16	Skin Cancers	0.85	120	2.74	32
17	Uterin Cancer	0.50	145	1.53	64

DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY

	GUINEA-BISSAU
	Value	World Rank	Value	World Rank
Population Total	1,533,964	143	61,113,205	22
Sex Ratio M / F	0.95	168	0.98	125
Population 0-14	40.8 %	41	16.7 %	158
Population 15-64	56.1 %	153	67.1 %	64
Population 65 +	3.1 %	156	16.2 %	23
Birth Rate / 1000	35.97	30	10.65	155
Death Rate / 1000	15.79	19	10.02	61
Fertulity Rate	4.65	33	1.66	153
Infant Mortality	99.82	10	4.85	167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F	1.03	185	1.05	130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F	1.00	191	1.05	77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F	0.93	178	1.03	46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F	0.68	154	0.76	105
Net Migrattion	N/A	67	2.16	29
Population Growth	2.02	49	0.28	152
Literacy Total	42.4	179	99.0	41
Literacy Male	58.1	167	99.0	50
Literacy Female	27.4	173	99.0	41
Unemployment	N/A	N/A	5.5	113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH	48.3	179	79.9	16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY	42.0	182	72.0	27
GDP PER CAPITA USD	$600	188	$36,600	23