GUINEA-BISSAU VS SINGAPORE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SINGAPORE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,872	5	907	+ 965
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,835	2	1,390	+ 446
Stroke	3	551	6	829	- 278
Lung Cancers	4	545	50	18	+ 526
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	425	38	50	+ 376
Kidney Disease	6	364	15	268	+ 96
Liver Cancer	7	264	28	116	+ 148
Hypertension	8	259	21	177	+ 82
Suicide	9	230	26	134	+ 96
Breast Cancer	10	214	29	93	+ 121
Pancreas Cancer	11	190	54	14	+ 176
Stomach Cancer	12	143	36	55	+ 88
Lymphomas	13	140	45	28	+ 113
Lung Disease	14	135	20	191	- 56
Oral Cancer	15	112	56	13	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	16	107	42	41	+ 66
Leukemia	17	88	61	6	+ 82
Falls	18	77	33	71	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	19	76	37	53	+ 24
Liver Disease	20	74	11	405	- 331
Ovary Cancer	21	72	48	19	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	22	69	65	2	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	23	52	59	8	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	24	48	49	19	+ 29
Skin Disease	25	48	53	16	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	26	43	10	619	- 576
Bladder Cancer	27	42	51	17	+ 25
Diabetes Mellitus	28	38	14	313	- 275
Parkinson's Disease	29	32	46	27	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	30	30	23	154	- 124
Congenital Anomalies	31	28	12	373	- 345
Other Injuries	32	28	17	234	- 206
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	24	32	77	- 53
Skin Cancers	34	20	52	17	+ 3
Asthma	35	13	24	150	- 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	11	34	69	- 57
Endocrine Disorders	37	11	18	221	- 211
Drownings	38	10	30	89	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	10	4	913	- 903
Tuberculosis	40	9	3	1,387	- 1,378
Low Birth Weight	41	9	8	705	- 696
Epilepsy	42	9	39	48	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	8	43	33	- 25
Drug Use	44	7	55	13	- 7
HIV/AIDS	45	6	1	1,445	- 1,439
Violence	46	5	22	173	- 168
Alcohol	47	4	57	12	- 9
Meningitis	48	3	16	258	- 255
Fires	49	2	35	64	- 61
Appendicitis	50	2	60	7	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	52	1	47	20	- 19
Maternal Conditions	53	1	13	333	- 332
Upper Respiratory	54	1	66	2	- 1
Birth Trauma	55	1	7	790	- 789
Hepatitis C	56	1	63	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	64	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	67	2	- 1
War	59	1	70	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	0	41	45	- 44
Encephalitis	61	0	58	10	- 10
Pertussis	62	0	19	212	- 212
Malnutrition	63	0	27	121	- 121
Diphtheria	64	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	31	85	- 85
Dengue	66	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	68	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	69	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	25	147	- 147
Tetanus	73	0	40	48	- 48
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	44	30	- 30
Otitis Media	79	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Singapore

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.