GUATEMALA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,854	1	9,825	+ 6,030
Violence	2	7,093	7	4,411	+ 2,683
Stroke	3	6,101	6	4,849	+ 1,252
Lung Disease	4	5,864	13	1,901	+ 3,962
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,966	2	9,245	- 5,279
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,858	8	4,026	- 1,168
Kidney Disease	7	2,516	4	6,277	- 3,761
Hypertension	8	2,356	26	679	+ 1,677
Stomach Cancer	9	2,250	17	1,570	+ 680
Lung Cancers	10	1,933	35	391	+ 1,542
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,851	3	6,932	- 5,081
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,609	31	464	+ 1,145
Breast Cancer	13	1,351	28	495	+ 855
Prostate Cancer	14	1,320	24	846	+ 474
Other Neoplasms	15	1,180	56	42	+ 1,138
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,091	18	1,517	- 426
HIV/AIDS	17	988	21	1,173	- 185
Lymphomas	18	958	43	229	+ 729
Liver Disease	19	893	5	5,684	- 4,791
Cervical Cancer	20	834	25	808	+ 27
Leukemia	21	813	27	601	+ 212
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	794	12	1,957	- 1,163
Low Birth Weight	23	771	16	1,658	- 887
Liver Cancer	24	760	15	1,765	- 1,005
Pancreas Cancer	25	744	38	282	+ 462
Suicide	26	723	22	1,039	- 316
Malnutrition	27	691	11	1,981	- 1,289
Other Injuries	28	586	10	2,466	- 1,879
Falls	29	559	20	1,371	- 813
Endocrine Disorders	30	503	29	486	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	31	489	44	225	+ 264
Tuberculosis	32	468	37	301	+ 167
Ovary Cancer	33	413	50	133	+ 280
Skin Disease	34	406	42	232	+ 174
Skin Cancers	35	379	46	195	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	36	308	48	144	+ 164
Oral Cancer	37	297	49	142	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	275	9	2,617	- 2,342
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	257	23	1,029	- 772
Drownings	40	254	32	463	- 210
Birth Trauma	41	239	19	1,466	- 1,227
Bladder Cancer	42	224	55	57	+ 167
Epilepsy	43	220	33	463	- 243
Drug Use	44	181	40	272	- 91
Uterin Cancer	45	156	59	27	+ 129
Maternal Conditions	46	145	30	468	- 323
Parkinson's Disease	47	141	34	393	- 252
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	123	85	0	+ 123
War	49	96	68	2	+ 94
Meningitis	50	90	41	271	- 181
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	89	52	82	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	78	47	164	- 85
Chagas disease	53	75	61	19	+ 56
Asthma	54	70	36	335	- 264
Dengue	55	49	58	33	+ 16
Fires	56	47	45	207	- 161
Anemia	57	37	83	0	+ 37
Osteoarthritis	58	25	84	0	+ 25
Hepatitis C	59	24	66	2	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	60	23	60	21	+ 2
Poisonings	61	22	39	275	- 253
Hepatitis B	62	19	65	2	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	14	54	62	- 48
Encephalitis	64	14	51	104	- 90
Syphilis	65	11	64	3	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	10	57	34	- 24
Malaria	67	10	74	0	+ 10
Alcohol	68	8	14	1,799	- 1,791
Pertussis	69	7	53	70	- 63
Schizophrenia	70	6	80	0	+ 6
Tetanus	71	5	62	10	- 5
Leprosy	72	3	77	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	70	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	74	3	69	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	3	86	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	2	63	7	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Colombia

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.