GUATEMALA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,754	1	9,825	+ 3,929
Stroke	2	10,221	6	4,849	+ 5,373
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,857	2	9,245	- 1,389
Violence	4	5,706	7	4,411	+ 1,295
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,945	3	6,932	- 1,987
Lung Disease	6	4,926	13	1,901	+ 3,024
Kidney Disease	7	3,127	4	6,277	- 3,150
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,810	8	4,026	- 1,216
Lung Cancers	9	2,626	35	391	+ 2,235
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,548	12	1,957	+ 591
Hypertension	11	2,391	26	679	+ 1,712
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,921	31	464	+ 1,457
Liver Disease	13	1,777	5	5,684	- 3,907
Breast Cancer	14	1,722	28	495	+ 1,227
Prostate Cancer	15	1,576	24	846	+ 731
Falls	16	1,564	20	1,371	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	17	1,493	17	1,570	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,452	44	225	+ 1,227
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,404	29	486	+ 919
Suicide	20	1,206	22	1,039	+ 167
Other Injuries	21	1,145	10	2,466	- 1,320
HIV/AIDS	22	1,042	21	1,173	- 131
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,022	18	1,517	- 495
Pancreas Cancer	24	995	38	282	+ 713
Liver Cancer	25	955	15	1,765	- 810
Oesophagus Cancer	26	868	48	144	+ 724
Lymphomas	27	861	43	229	+ 632
Oral Cancer	28	826	49	142	+ 683
Cervical Cancer	29	789	25	808	- 19
Leukemia	30	708	27	601	+ 107
Skin Disease	31	596	42	232	+ 364
Alcohol	32	591	14	1,799	- 1,208
Low Birth Weight	33	571	16	1,658	- 1,088
Malnutrition	34	555	11	1,981	- 1,425
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	469	9	2,617	- 2,148
Bladder Cancer	36	440	55	57	+ 383
Chagas disease	37	419	61	19	+ 400
Skin Cancers	38	417	46	195	+ 222
Drownings	39	410	32	463	- 54
Tuberculosis	40	406	37	301	+ 105
Parkinson's Disease	41	396	34	393	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	42	387	56	42	+ 345
Ovary Cancer	43	361	50	133	+ 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	353	23	1,029	- 676
Birth Trauma	45	313	19	1,466	- 1,153
Epilepsy	46	271	33	463	- 192
Uterin Cancer	47	231	59	27	+ 203
Asthma	48	215	36	335	- 119
Drug Use	49	205	40	272	- 67
Anemia	50	201	83	0	+ 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	182	54	62	+ 120
Hepatitis C	52	162	66	2	+ 160
Maternal Conditions	53	125	30	468	- 343
Meningitis	54	113	41	271	- 158
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	91	85	0	+ 91
War	56	90	68	2	+ 88
Appendicitis	57	89	47	164	- 75
Fires	58	85	45	207	- 122
Hepatitis B	59	64	65	2	+ 62
Schizophrenia	60	55	80	0	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	49	52	82	- 32
Schistosomiasis	62	49	75	0	+ 49
Leishmaniasis	63	36	69	1	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	64	30	60	21	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	65	27	84	0	+ 27
Poisonings	66	26	39	275	- 249
Upper Respiratory	67	22	57	34	- 13
Syphilis	68	18	64	3	+ 16
Leprosy	69	14	77	0	+ 14
Otitis Media	70	8	70	0	+ 8
Tetanus	71	7	62	10	- 3
Encephalitis	72	5	51	104	- 98
Oral conditions	73	5	86	0	+ 5
Malaria	74	4	74	0	+ 4
Pertussis	75	3	53	70	- 67
Dengue	76	1	58	33	- 31
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	63	7	- 6
Diphtheria	79	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	80	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	81	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Brazil

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.