CAMEROON VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,665	6	10,695	+ 5,970
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,683	1	19,694	- 4,012
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,758	11	5,468	+ 6,291
Kidney Disease	4	10,647	13	5,140	+ 5,507
Liver Disease	5	9,643	14	4,531	+ 5,112
Stroke	6	8,225	5	11,199	- 2,975
Violence	7	7,482	24	1,666	+ 5,815
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,830	9	7,810	- 980
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,440	3	11,849	- 7,409
Other Injuries	10	4,183	16	3,289	+ 893
Malnutrition	11	3,360	28	1,218	+ 2,141
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,319	31	1,157	+ 2,163
Lung Disease	13	3,225	20	2,310	+ 915
Alcohol	14	3,052	57	198	+ 2,854
Liver Cancer	15	2,994	37	875	+ 2,119
Low Birth Weight	16	2,813	8	7,950	- 5,137
Stomach Cancer	17	2,664	45	458	+ 2,206
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,573	12	5,258	- 2,685
Birth Trauma	19	2,487	7	8,243	- 5,756
Falls	20	2,326	27	1,235	+ 1,091
HIV/AIDS	21	1,989	2	13,888	- 11,899
Suicide	22	1,763	19	2,333	- 570
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,746	40	754	+ 992
Prostate Cancer	24	1,434	34	940	+ 494
Cervical Cancer	25	1,370	26	1,582	- 212
Hypertension	26	1,152	22	2,035	- 883
Leukemia	27	1,019	54	275	+ 744
Breast Cancer	28	840	23	1,874	- 1,034
Endocrine Disorders	29	824	18	2,474	- 1,651
Maternal Conditions	30	795	17	2,615	- 1,820
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	787	43	569	+ 218
Drownings	32	786	29	1,178	- 392
Epilepsy	33	785	38	867	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	34	666	46	449	+ 217
Lung Cancers	35	664	51	301	+ 363
Asthma	36	568	25	1,619	- 1,052
Tuberculosis	37	511	10	7,414	- 6,903
Pancreas Cancer	38	478	52	290	+ 189
Poisonings	39	467	41	666	- 199
Drug Use	40	461	35	928	- 467
Meningitis	41	460	15	3,441	- 2,981
Skin Disease	42	394	48	324	+ 70
Lymphomas	43	389	44	489	- 101
Inflammatory/Heart	44	382	33	986	- 604
Fires	45	352	36	908	- 556
Skin Cancers	46	331	56	204	+ 127
Appendicitis	47	278	61	72	+ 205
Oesophagus Cancer	48	244	59	135	+ 109
Oral Cancer	49	241	39	845	- 604
Ovary Cancer	50	225	50	303	- 77
Encephalitis	51	176	58	187	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	139	68	26	+ 113
Pertussis	53	118	21	2,288	- 2,169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	105	49	323	- 218
Bladder Cancer	55	98	62	65	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	56	71	63	49	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	57	58	70	19	+ 39
Dengue	58	55	73	0	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	59	46	60	75	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	60	35	64	41	- 6
Chagas disease	61	32	79	0	+ 32
Tetanus	62	17	55	223	- 206
Ascariasis	63	12	65	30	- 18
Syphilis	64	5	30	1,170	- 1,165
Hepatitis B	65	4	47	336	- 332
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	27	- 23
Chlamydia	67	4	72	4	- 1
War	68	3	42	643	- 640
Leishmaniasis	69	1	69	20	- 19
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	26	- 26
Measles	72	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	74	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Schistosomiasis	75	0	53	288	- 288
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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 CAMEROON

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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.