GUATEMALA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,451	1	9,825	+ 626
Stroke	2	9,518	6	4,849	+ 4,669
Kidney Disease	3	3,976	4	6,277	- 2,301
Lung Disease	4	3,973	13	1,901	+ 2,072
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,912	12	1,957	+ 1,955
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,834	2	9,245	- 5,411
Hypertension	7	3,733	26	679	+ 3,054
Stomach Cancer	8	3,551	17	1,570	+ 1,980
Lung Cancers	9	3,377	35	391	+ 2,985
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,107	3	6,932	- 3,825
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,956	31	464	+ 2,492
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,764	8	4,026	- 1,262
Liver Disease	13	2,589	5	5,684	- 3,095
Prostate Cancer	14	2,382	24	846	+ 1,536
Suicide	15	1,663	22	1,039	+ 624
Breast Cancer	16	1,651	28	495	+ 1,156
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,533	38	282	+ 1,250
Lymphomas	18	1,363	43	229	+ 1,134
Liver Cancer	19	1,339	15	1,765	- 426
Other Neoplasms	20	1,328	56	42	+ 1,286
Other Injuries	21	1,281	10	2,466	- 1,184
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,258	29	486	+ 773
Falls	23	884	20	1,371	- 487
Leukemia	24	860	27	601	+ 259
Congenital Anomalies	25	839	18	1,517	- 678
Parkinson's Disease	26	773	34	393	+ 380
Cervical Cancer	27	762	25	808	- 45
Skin Disease	28	747	42	232	+ 515
Violence	29	727	7	4,411	- 3,683
Oesophagus Cancer	30	706	48	144	+ 562
Inflammatory/Heart	31	694	44	225	+ 468
Bladder Cancer	32	627	55	57	+ 570
HIV/AIDS	33	528	21	1,173	- 645
Skin Cancers	34	514	46	195	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	35	503	50	133	+ 370
Low Birth Weight	36	428	16	1,658	- 1,231
Malnutrition	37	411	11	1,981	- 1,570
Tuberculosis	38	401	37	301	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	327	9	2,617	- 2,290
Oral Cancer	40	300	49	142	+ 158
Fires	41	289	45	207	+ 82
Asthma	42	288	36	335	- 46
Epilepsy	43	288	33	463	- 175
Drownings	44	277	32	463	- 187
Uterin Cancer	45	269	59	27	+ 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	218	23	1,029	- 811
Alcohol	47	202	14	1,799	- 1,596
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	182	52	82	+ 101
Anemia	49	176	83	0	+ 176
Drug Use	50	145	40	272	- 126
Osteoarthritis	51	128	84	0	+ 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	102	54	62	+ 40
Meningitis	53	93	41	271	- 178
Birth Trauma	54	85	19	1,466	- 1,381
Chagas disease	55	77	61	19	+ 58
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	72	85	0	+ 72
Poisonings	57	67	39	275	- 208
Schizophrenia	58	37	80	0	+ 37
Appendicitis	59	36	47	164	- 128
Hepatitis B	60	29	65	2	+ 27
Hepatitis C	61	26	66	2	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	26	60	21	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	23	30	468	- 445
War	64	13	68	2	+ 11
Oral conditions	65	5	86	0	+ 5
Syphilis	66	5	64	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	4	57	34	- 30
Pertussis	68	3	53	70	- 67
Tetanus	69	2	62	10	- 8
Encephalitis	70	2	51	104	- 102
Otitis Media	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	0	63	7	- 7
Dengue	73	0	58	33	- 33
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Chile

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.