COSTA RICA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GUATEMALA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,834	1	2,639	+ 195
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,667	7	836	+ 1,831
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,999	5	953	+ 1,046
Kidney Disease	4	1,810	3	1,482	+ 328
Liver Disease	5	1,640	18	370	+ 1,270
Stroke	6	1,399	2	1,624	- 226
Violence	7	1,272	11	635	+ 637
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,161	9	746	+ 416
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	755	39	87	+ 668
Other Injuries	10	711	13	571	+ 141
Malnutrition	11	571	48	37	+ 535
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	564	8	818	- 254
Lung Disease	13	548	4	1,046	- 498
Alcohol	14	519	33	126	+ 393
Liver Cancer	15	509	17	382	+ 127
Low Birth Weight	16	478	28	178	+ 300
Stomach Cancer	17	453	10	661	- 208
Congenital Anomalies	18	437	21	315	+ 122
Birth Trauma	19	423	47	48	+ 375
Falls	20	396	35	116	+ 280
HIV/AIDS	21	338	25	192	+ 146
Suicide	22	300	15	407	- 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	297	42	74	+ 223
Prostate Cancer	24	244	14	448	- 204
Cervical Cancer	25	233	29	159	+ 74
Hypertension	26	196	6	863	- 667
Leukemia	27	173	24	262	- 88
Breast Cancer	28	143	16	384	- 241
Endocrine Disorders	29	140	27	183	- 43
Maternal Conditions	30	135	55	17	+ 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	134	12	621	- 487
Drownings	32	134	37	97	+ 37
Epilepsy	33	134	34	116	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	34	113	30	138	- 25
Lung Cancers	35	113	20	343	- 231
Asthma	36	97	45	60	+ 36
Tuberculosis	37	87	50	32	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	38	81	22	294	- 212
Poisonings	39	79	60	5	+ 74
Drug Use	40	78	43	63	+ 15
Meningitis	41	78	54	18	+ 60
Skin Disease	42	67	32	126	- 59
Lymphomas	43	66	19	356	- 290
Inflammatory/Heart	44	65	26	191	- 126
Fires	45	60	58	10	+ 50
Skin Cancers	46	56	31	137	- 80
Appendicitis	47	47	52	22	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	48	41	44	61	- 19
Oral Cancer	49	41	38	96	- 55
Ovary Cancer	50	38	40	80	- 42
Encephalitis	51	30	63	3	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	24	46	55	- 31
Pertussis	53	20	69	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	49	32	- 14
Bladder Cancer	55	17	36	100	- 83
Other Neoplasms	56	12	23	266	- 253
Upper Respiratory	57	10	62	3	+ 7
Dengue	58	9	70	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	8	41	80	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	57	11	- 5
Chagas disease	61	5	79	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	3	74	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	65	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Guatemala

Costa Rica

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.