GUATEMALA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,943	1	9,825	+ 9,118
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,921	2	9,245	+ 6,676
Lung Disease	3	9,025	13	1,901	+ 7,124
Stroke	4	8,887	6	4,849	+ 4,038
Kidney Disease	5	5,278	4	6,277	- 998
Lung Cancers	6	3,890	35	391	+ 3,499
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,469	31	464	+ 3,005
Breast Cancer	8	2,743	28	495	+ 2,248
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,656	3	6,932	- 4,276
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,446	8	4,026	- 1,580
Hypertension	11	2,253	26	679	+ 1,573
Other Injuries	12	2,192	10	2,466	- 274
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,135	44	225	+ 1,909
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,789	38	282	+ 1,507
Prostate Cancer	15	1,751	24	846	+ 905
Liver Disease	16	1,565	5	5,684	- 4,119
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,549	29	486	+ 1,063
Suicide	18	1,456	22	1,039	+ 416
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,452	12	1,957	- 505
Stomach Cancer	20	1,369	17	1,570	- 202
Other Neoplasms	21	1,252	56	42	+ 1,210
Skin Disease	22	1,232	42	232	+ 1,000
Violence	23	1,053	7	4,411	- 3,357
Lymphomas	24	1,052	43	229	+ 823
Cervical Cancer	25	963	25	808	+ 156
Congenital Anomalies	26	940	18	1,517	- 577
Leukemia	27	850	27	601	+ 250
Low Birth Weight	28	848	16	1,658	- 811
Oesophagus Cancer	29	798	48	144	+ 654
Liver Cancer	30	794	15	1,765	- 971
Bladder Cancer	31	651	55	57	+ 593
HIV/AIDS	32	575	21	1,173	- 597
Ovary Cancer	33	508	50	133	+ 375
Skin Cancers	34	417	46	195	+ 222
Oral Cancer	35	417	49	142	+ 275
Parkinson's Disease	36	375	34	393	- 18
Uterin Cancer	37	367	59	27	+ 339
Malnutrition	38	361	11	1,981	- 1,620
Drug Use	39	321	40	272	+ 49
Anemia	40	268	83	0	+ 268
Tuberculosis	41	255	37	301	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	225	9	2,617	- 2,393
Falls	43	197	20	1,371	- 1,175
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	190	23	1,029	- 840
Chagas disease	45	175	61	19	+ 156
Alcohol	46	172	14	1,799	- 1,627
Asthma	47	157	36	335	- 178
Drownings	48	148	32	463	- 316
Birth Trauma	49	145	19	1,466	- 1,321
Epilepsy	50	129	33	463	- 334
Meningitis	51	123	41	271	- 148
Fires	52	109	45	207	- 99
Maternal Conditions	53	108	30	468	- 360
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	94	52	82	+ 13
Poisonings	55	75	39	275	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	54	54	62	- 8
Hepatitis C	57	44	66	2	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	58	39	60	21	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	59	28	84	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	60	27	47	164	- 136
Schizophrenia	61	23	80	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	62	22	65	2	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	19	85	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	64	7	51	104	- 97
Syphilis	65	6	64	3	+ 3
Oral conditions	66	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	67	5	57	34	- 29
Pertussis	68	4	53	70	- 66
Leprosy	69	2	77	0	+ 2
War	70	2	68	2	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	62	10	- 9
Leishmaniasis	72	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	7	- 7
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	58	33	- 33
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	67	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Argentina

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.