COMOROS VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	484	4	349	+ 136
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	456	1	594	- 139
Diabetes Mellitus	3	342	9	136	+ 206
Kidney Disease	4	309	14	101	+ 208
Liver Disease	5	280	8	160	+ 121
Stroke	6	239	3	356	- 117
Violence	7	217	20	63	+ 154
Road Traffic Accidents	8	199	6	226	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	129	2	363	- 234
Other Injuries	10	122	16	90	+ 31
Malnutrition	11	98	15	96	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	96	23	46	+ 50
Lung Disease	13	94	17	83	+ 10
Alcohol	14	89	51	6	+ 83
Liver Cancer	15	87	28	29	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	16	82	5	328	- 247
Stomach Cancer	17	77	45	11	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	18	75	10	131	- 56
Birth Trauma	19	72	7	211	- 139
Falls	20	68	32	26	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	21	58	76	0	+ 58
Suicide	22	51	24	46	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	51	34	21	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	24	42	27	33	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	25	40	13	104	- 65
Hypertension	26	33	12	115	- 82
Leukemia	27	30	57	3	+ 27
Breast Cancer	28	24	33	23	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	29	24	36	19	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	30	23	22	47	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	23	39	19	+ 4
Drownings	32	23	25	35	- 12
Epilepsy	33	23	40	17	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	19	44	11	+ 8
Lung Cancers	35	19	60	1	+ 18
Asthma	36	16	21	49	- 32
Tuberculosis	37	15	19	79	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	38	14	82	0	+ 14
Poisonings	39	14	35	20	- 7
Drug Use	40	13	49	7	+ 7
Meningitis	41	13	11	115	- 102
Skin Disease	42	11	48	9	+ 2
Lymphomas	43	11	37	19	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	44	11	31	26	- 15
Fires	45	10	30	27	- 17
Skin Cancers	46	10	42	12	- 3
Appendicitis	47	8	50	6	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	48	7	26	34	- 27
Oral Cancer	49	7	41	15	- 8
Ovary Cancer	50	7	56	3	+ 3
Encephalitis	51	5	54	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	58	2	+ 2
Pertussis	53	3	18	80	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	47	10	- 7
Bladder Cancer	55	3	46	10	- 7
Other Neoplasms	56	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	2	53	4	- 3
Dengue	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	1	55	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	43	12	- 11
Ascariasis	63	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	38	19	- 19
Hepatitis B	65	0	52	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	- 0
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	29	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.