GUATEMALA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,695	1	9,825	+ 4,871
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,631	12	1,957	+ 8,674
Stroke	3	7,045	6	4,849	+ 2,197
Lung Cancers	4	5,980	35	391	+ 5,589
Lung Disease	5	5,788	13	1,901	+ 3,887
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,234	31	464	+ 3,770
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,049	3	6,932	- 3,883
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,032	2	9,245	- 6,213
Prostate Cancer	9	2,568	24	846	+ 1,723
Breast Cancer	10	2,322	28	495	+ 1,827
Suicide	11	2,148	22	1,039	+ 1,109
Kidney Disease	12	2,141	4	6,277	- 4,136
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,126	38	282	+ 1,844
Falls	14	2,125	20	1,371	+ 753
Lymphomas	15	2,072	43	229	+ 1,843
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,588	29	486	+ 1,102
Skin Cancers	17	1,581	46	195	+ 1,386
Leukemia	18	1,450	27	601	+ 849
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,389	34	393	+ 996
Liver Cancer	20	1,389	15	1,765	- 377
Drug Use	21	1,216	40	272	+ 944
Other Injuries	22	1,120	10	2,466	- 1,346
Hypertension	23	1,113	26	679	+ 433
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,071	44	225	+ 846
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,019	48	144	+ 875
Liver Disease	26	969	5	5,684	- 4,715
Stomach Cancer	27	878	17	1,570	- 692
Other Neoplasms	28	854	56	42	+ 812
Road Traffic Accidents	29	849	8	4,026	- 3,177
Bladder Cancer	30	810	55	57	+ 752
Ovary Cancer	31	684	50	133	+ 551
Oral Cancer	32	663	49	142	+ 521
Congenital Anomalies	33	485	18	1,517	- 1,032
Skin Disease	34	405	42	232	+ 173
Uterin Cancer	35	357	59	27	+ 330
Asthma	36	311	36	335	- 24
Alcohol	37	259	14	1,799	- 1,540
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	258	54	62	+ 196
Cervical Cancer	39	233	25	808	- 575
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	202	9	2,617	- 2,416
Epilepsy	41	194	33	463	- 269
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	188	23	1,029	- 841
Low Birth Weight	43	169	16	1,658	- 1,489
Violence	44	166	7	4,411	- 4,245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	156	52	82	+ 74
Multiple Sclerosis	46	128	60	21	+ 107
Drownings	47	121	32	463	- 343
Hepatitis C	48	118	66	2	+ 116
Anemia	49	107	83	0	+ 107
Birth Trauma	50	96	19	1,466	- 1,370
Malnutrition	51	80	11	1,981	- 1,901
Osteoarthritis	52	78	84	0	+ 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	49	85	0	+ 49
Schizophrenia	54	44	80	0	+ 44
Fires	55	37	45	207	- 170
Tuberculosis	56	36	37	301	- 266
HIV/AIDS	57	34	21	1,173	- 1,139
Hepatitis B	58	28	65	2	+ 26
Oral conditions	59	27	86	0	+ 27
Meningitis	60	25	41	271	- 246
Poisonings	61	24	39	275	- 252
Appendicitis	62	18	47	164	- 146
Maternal Conditions	63	14	30	468	- 455
Upper Respiratory	64	12	57	34	- 23
War	65	5	68	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	4	70	0	+ 4
Syphilis	67	2	64	3	- 1
Encephalitis	68	2	51	104	- 102
Pertussis	69	1	53	70	- 69
Tetanus	70	1	62	10	- 9
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	33	- 33
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	7	- 7
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	61	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Australia

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.