GUATEMALA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,288	1	9,825	+ 8,464
War	2	11,657	68	2	+ 11,655
Stroke	3	8,672	6	4,849	+ 3,824
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,665	2	9,245	- 2,580
Low Birth Weight	5	5,747	16	1,658	+ 4,088
Birth Trauma	6	4,879	19	1,466	+ 3,413
Tuberculosis	7	4,477	37	301	+ 4,175
Hypertension	8	3,638	26	679	+ 2,958
Maternal Conditions	9	3,552	30	468	+ 3,084
Kidney Disease	10	2,999	4	6,277	- 3,278
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,745	8	4,026	- 1,281
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,616	3	6,932	- 4,316
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,528	9	2,617	- 90
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,275	18	1,517	+ 759
Lung Disease	15	2,116	13	1,901	+ 214
Liver Disease	16	2,093	5	5,684	- 3,592
Asthma	17	1,548	36	335	+ 1,214
Other Injuries	18	1,475	10	2,466	- 991
Violence	19	1,464	7	4,411	- 2,947
Meningitis	20	1,195	41	271	+ 924
Pertussis	21	959	53	70	+ 889
Breast Cancer	22	829	28	495	+ 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	803	12	1,957	- 1,154
Suicide	24	716	22	1,039	- 324
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	685	23	1,029	- 345
Stomach Cancer	26	683	17	1,570	- 888
Oral Cancer	27	668	49	142	+ 525
Endocrine Disorders	28	621	29	486	+ 135
Oesophagus Cancer	29	598	48	144	+ 454
Tetanus	30	571	62	10	+ 561
Encephalitis	31	541	51	104	+ 438
Lung Cancers	32	490	35	391	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	474	54	62	+ 412
Drownings	34	453	32	463	- 10
Epilepsy	35	452	33	463	- 11
Lymphomas	36	430	43	229	+ 201
Falls	37	412	20	1,371	- 960
Hepatitis B	38	393	65	2	+ 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	337	31	464	- 127
Liver Cancer	40	299	15	1,765	- 1,466
Parkinson's Disease	41	286	34	393	- 107
Leukemia	42	278	27	601	- 323
Malnutrition	43	268	11	1,981	- 1,712
Cervical Cancer	44	246	25	808	- 562
Inflammatory/Heart	45	240	44	225	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	46	211	21	1,173	- 962
Poisonings	47	175	39	275	- 101
Ovary Cancer	48	168	50	133	+ 35
Measles	49	159	72	0	+ 159
Fires	50	158	45	207	- 49
Drug Use	51	149	40	272	- 122
Appendicitis	52	136	47	164	- 28
Uterin Cancer	53	131	59	27	+ 104
Bladder Cancer	54	124	55	57	+ 66
Prostate Cancer	55	117	24	846	- 728
Pancreas Cancer	56	104	38	282	- 178
Malaria	57	84	74	0	+ 84
Alcohol	58	68	14	1,799	- 1,731
Skin Cancers	59	66	46	195	- 129
Syphilis	60	43	64	3	+ 40
Skin Disease	61	43	42	232	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	62	38	60	21	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	63	13	56	42	- 29
Hepatitis C	64	13	66	2	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	52	82	- 70
Ascariasis	66	8	63	7	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	7	71	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	68	4	57	34	- 30
Chlamydia	69	1	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	33	- 33
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Afghanistan

Guatemala

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.