GUINEA-BISSAU VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,557	2	1,390	+ 2,167
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,517	4	913	+ 1,604
Measles	3	1,896	25	147	+ 1,749
Tuberculosis	4	1,681	3	1,387	+ 294
Birth Trauma	5	1,568	7	790	+ 778
Stroke	6	1,408	6	829	+ 579
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,185	5	907	+ 278
Low Birth Weight	8	1,024	8	705	+ 319
Meningitis	9	881	16	258	+ 623
Malnutrition	10	790	27	121	+ 669
Road Traffic Accidents	11	693	10	619	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	12	676	13	333	+ 343
Liver Disease	13	642	11	405	+ 237
Other Injuries	14	590	17	234	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	15	559	12	373	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	16	473	14	313	+ 160
Tetanus	17	434	40	48	+ 386
Hypertension	18	433	21	177	+ 256
Lung Disease	19	400	20	191	+ 209
Pertussis	20	336	19	212	+ 125
Kidney Disease	21	336	15	268	+ 68
Malaria	22	318	9	684	- 366
Asthma	23	308	24	150	+ 158
War	24	216	70	0	+ 216
Drownings	25	208	30	89	+ 119
Breast Cancer	26	202	29	93	+ 109
Suicide	27	200	26	134	+ 66
Cervical Cancer	28	145	23	154	- 10
Violence	29	136	22	173	- 37
Fires	30	133	35	64	+ 69
Poisonings	31	124	41	45	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	106	34	69	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	33	100	1	1,445	- 1,345
Lymphomas	34	99	45	28	+ 71
Leukemia	35	92	61	6	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	92	32	77	+ 14
Falls	37	90	33	71	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	89	38	50	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	39	85	37	53	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	40	85	49	19	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	73	43	33	+ 40
Schistosomiasis	42	71	44	30	+ 41
Epilepsy	43	69	39	48	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	44	67	18	221	- 155
Syphilis	45	62	31	85	- 23
Oral Cancer	46	54	56	13	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	47	53	66	2	+ 51
Hepatitis B	48	52	47	20	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	49	51	36	55	- 4
Ovary Cancer	50	48	48	19	+ 29
Leishmaniasis	51	47	79	0	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	52	47	42	41	+ 6
Liver Cancer	53	42	28	116	- 74
Lung Cancers	54	38	50	18	+ 20
Appendicitis	55	31	60	7	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	56	30	46	27	+ 3
Skin Cancers	57	27	52	17	+ 10
Skin Disease	58	25	53	16	+ 9
Alcohol	59	25	57	12	+ 12
Diphtheria	60	25	68	1	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	61	24	51	17	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	18	54	14	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	15	58	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	64	13	59	8	+ 4
Drug Use	65	9	55	13	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	67	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	6	63	3	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	5	71	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	69	5	62	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	70	2	65	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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

Somalia

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.