GUATEMALA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,229	2	9,245	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	6,831	9	2,617	+ 4,214
Stroke	3	6,061	6	4,849	+ 1,213
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,625	1	9,825	- 4,199
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,860	8	4,026	+ 834
Birth Trauma	6	4,790	19	1,466	+ 3,324
Low Birth Weight	7	4,315	16	1,658	+ 2,656
Liver Disease	8	4,199	5	5,684	- 1,485
Tuberculosis	9	3,304	37	301	+ 3,002
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,503	3	6,932	- 4,428
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,408	18	1,517	+ 891
Hypertension	12	2,074	26	679	+ 1,395
Kidney Disease	13	1,864	4	6,277	- 4,413
Meningitis	14	1,851	41	271	+ 1,580
Lung Disease	15	1,828	13	1,901	- 74
Other Injuries	16	1,807	10	2,466	- 659
HIV/AIDS	17	1,766	21	1,173	+ 594
Maternal Conditions	18	1,368	30	468	+ 900
Malnutrition	19	1,331	11	1,981	- 650
Breast Cancer	20	1,307	28	495	+ 811
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,272	12	1,957	- 685
Violence	22	1,244	7	4,411	- 3,167
Pertussis	23	1,062	53	70	+ 992
Measles	24	974	72	0	+ 974
Suicide	25	929	22	1,039	- 111
Malaria	26	866	74	0	+ 866
Cervical Cancer	27	773	25	808	- 35
Falls	28	695	20	1,371	- 677
Asthma	29	690	36	335	+ 356
Leukemia	30	650	27	601	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	578	31	464	+ 114
Poisonings	32	565	39	275	+ 290
Lymphomas	33	553	43	229	+ 324
Fires	34	501	45	207	+ 294
Drownings	35	482	32	463	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	36	373	50	133	+ 240
Tetanus	37	339	62	10	+ 329
Lung Cancers	38	339	35	391	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	39	334	44	225	+ 109
Oesophagus Cancer	40	283	48	144	+ 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	271	23	1,029	- 759
Liver Cancer	42	266	15	1,765	- 1,499
Syphilis	43	262	64	3	+ 259
Epilepsy	44	250	33	463	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	45	250	29	486	- 236
Parkinson's Disease	46	243	34	393	- 150
Stomach Cancer	47	234	17	1,570	- 1,337
Oral Cancer	48	227	49	142	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	206	54	62	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	50	192	24	846	- 654
Bladder Cancer	51	166	55	57	+ 109
Skin Cancers	52	155	46	195	- 40
Skin Disease	53	139	42	232	- 93
Schistosomiasis	54	129	75	0	+ 129
Alcohol	55	115	14	1,799	- 1,684
Hepatitis B	56	114	65	2	+ 112
Upper Respiratory	57	109	57	34	+ 75
Appendicitis	58	104	47	164	- 59
Leishmaniasis	59	89	69	1	+ 89
Drug Use	60	79	40	272	- 193
Pancreas Cancer	61	75	38	282	- 207
Uterin Cancer	62	65	59	27	+ 38
Encephalitis	63	59	51	104	- 44
War	64	43	68	2	+ 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	34	52	82	- 48
Other Neoplasms	66	23	56	42	- 19
Diphtheria	67	22	71	0	+ 22
Ascariasis	68	20	63	7	+ 13
Hepatitis C	69	18	66	2	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	70	9	60	21	- 11
Otitis Media	71	6	70	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	72	3	67	2	+ 1
Dengue	73	3	58	33	- 29
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Ethiopia

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.