BOLIVIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,626	1	11,051	- 4,425
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,235	2	8,069	- 1,834
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,675	5	4,927	- 252
Kidney Disease	4	4,233	4	5,879	- 1,645
Liver Disease	5	3,834	6	3,987	- 153
Stroke	6	3,270	3	7,206	- 3,936
Violence	7	2,975	14	1,097	+ 1,878
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,716	9	2,430	+ 286
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,765	21	883	+ 882
Other Injuries	10	1,663	11	1,279	+ 384
Malnutrition	11	1,336	18	1,031	+ 305
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,320	8	2,479	- 1,160
Lung Disease	13	1,282	7	3,735	- 2,453
Alcohol	14	1,213	33	384	+ 829
Liver Cancer	15	1,191	25	720	+ 470
Low Birth Weight	16	1,119	12	1,265	- 146
Stomach Cancer	17	1,059	23	785	+ 274
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,023	15	1,080	- 58
Birth Trauma	19	989	19	984	+ 4
Falls	20	925	17	1,066	- 141
HIV/AIDS	21	791	45	174	+ 617
Suicide	22	701	26	715	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	694	27	678	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	24	570	28	550	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	25	545	16	1,071	- 526
Hypertension	26	458	10	1,927	- 1,468
Leukemia	27	405	34	380	+ 25
Breast Cancer	28	334	29	482	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	29	327	32	384	- 57
Maternal Conditions	30	316	39	245	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	313	30	407	- 94
Drownings	32	313	31	406	- 93
Epilepsy	33	312	42	199	+ 113
Parkinson's Disease	34	265	22	852	- 587
Lung Cancers	35	264	20	901	- 638
Asthma	36	226	38	258	- 33
Tuberculosis	37	203	13	1,187	- 984
Pancreas Cancer	38	190	36	332	- 141
Poisonings	39	186	57	66	+ 120
Drug Use	40	183	40	244	- 61
Meningitis	41	183	49	128	+ 55
Skin Disease	42	156	55	101	+ 56
Lymphomas	43	155	41	219	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	44	152	35	374	- 222
Fires	45	140	44	181	- 41
Skin Cancers	46	132	43	190	- 59
Appendicitis	47	110	46	156	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	48	97	48	133	- 36
Oral Cancer	49	96	56	91	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	50	90	54	102	- 12
Encephalitis	51	70	52	110	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	55	51	111	- 56
Pertussis	53	47	50	121	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	42	37	292	- 250
Bladder Cancer	55	39	59	43	- 4
Other Neoplasms	56	28	58	43	- 15
Upper Respiratory	57	23	62	15	+ 8
Dengue	58	22	66	4	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	59	18	47	151	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	61	22	- 8
Chagas disease	61	13	24	755	- 742
Tetanus	62	7	60	31	- 24
Ascariasis	63	5	69	2	+ 3
Syphilis	64	2	53	105	- 103
Hepatitis B	65	2	64	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	3	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	68	2	- 0
War	68	1	63	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	69	0	65	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Guatemala

Bolivia

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.