BURUNDI VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,314	6	3,718	+ 3,596
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,883	1	7,810	- 927
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,160	16	1,383	+ 3,777
Kidney Disease	4	4,673	21	1,001	+ 3,671
Liver Disease	5	4,232	13	1,767	+ 2,465
Stroke	6	3,609	4	4,323	- 713
Violence	7	3,283	23	760	+ 2,524
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,997	5	4,089	- 1,092
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,948	2	6,046	- 4,098
Other Injuries	10	1,836	15	1,413	+ 423
Malnutrition	11	1,474	9	2,500	- 1,026
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,457	27	426	+ 1,031
Lung Disease	13	1,416	17	1,349	+ 67
Alcohol	14	1,339	55	76	+ 1,263
Liver Cancer	15	1,314	29	389	+ 925
Low Birth Weight	16	1,235	8	3,171	- 1,937
Stomach Cancer	17	1,169	44	180	+ 989
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,129	12	1,788	- 659
Birth Trauma	19	1,091	7	3,183	- 2,092
Falls	20	1,021	30	385	+ 636
HIV/AIDS	21	873	11	1,814	- 941
Suicide	22	774	24	720	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	766	36	340	+ 426
Prostate Cancer	24	629	33	374	+ 256
Cervical Cancer	25	601	14	1,474	- 873
Hypertension	26	506	20	1,113	- 608
Leukemia	27	447	47	135	+ 312
Breast Cancer	28	369	35	355	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	29	361	40	275	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	30	349	18	1,332	- 984
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	346	37	324	+ 21
Drownings	32	345	25	598	- 253
Epilepsy	33	345	41	234	+ 110
Parkinson's Disease	34	292	52	103	+ 189
Lung Cancers	35	291	56	76	+ 215
Asthma	36	249	22	836	- 587
Tuberculosis	37	224	10	2,385	- 2,160
Pancreas Cancer	38	210	58	66	+ 144
Poisonings	39	205	34	369	- 164
Drug Use	40	202	60	52	+ 150
Meningitis	41	202	19	1,322	- 1,120
Skin Disease	42	173	54	91	+ 81
Lymphomas	43	171	31	379	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	44	168	38	311	- 143
Fires	45	154	28	425	- 271
Skin Cancers	46	145	48	121	+ 24
Appendicitis	47	122	49	109	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	48	107	26	455	- 347
Oral Cancer	49	106	39	285	- 179
Ovary Cancer	50	99	51	106	- 8
Encephalitis	51	77	61	46	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	61	65	17	+ 44
Pertussis	53	52	32	378	- 327
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	46	43	181	- 135
Bladder Cancer	55	43	50	109	- 66
Other Neoplasms	56	31	67	10	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	57	25	46	136	- 111
Dengue	58	24	72	0	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	59	20	57	67	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	69	5	+ 10
Chagas disease	61	14	78	0	+ 14
Tetanus	62	7	45	178	- 170
Ascariasis	63	5	66	16	- 11
Syphilis	64	2	59	60	- 58
Hepatitis B	65	2	62	44	- 42
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	17	- 15
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	- 1
War	68	2	53	96	- 95
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	10	- 10
Diphtheria	71	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	63	17	- 17
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	211	- 211
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Guatemala

Burundi

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.