DENMARK VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,215	1	5,341	- 2,127
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,025	6	2,244	+ 782
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,268	10	1,284	+ 984
Kidney Disease	4	2,054	12	911	+ 1,143
Liver Disease	5	1,860	14	692	+ 1,168
Stroke	6	1,586	5	3,662	- 2,076
Violence	7	1,443	47	63	+ 1,380
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,317	33	213	+ 1,104
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	856	38	145	+ 712
Other Injuries	10	807	30	347	+ 460
Malnutrition	11	648	59	14	+ 634
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	640	2	5,218	- 4,577
Lung Disease	13	622	3	4,387	- 3,764
Alcohol	14	589	18	598	- 10
Liver Cancer	15	578	25	464	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	16	543	41	116	+ 426
Stomach Cancer	17	514	23	484	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	18	496	36	153	+ 343
Birth Trauma	19	480	56	21	+ 458
Falls	20	449	22	541	- 92
HIV/AIDS	21	384	55	23	+ 361
Suicide	22	340	16	617	- 277
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	337	32	216	+ 121
Prostate Cancer	24	277	8	1,480	- 1,203
Cervical Cancer	25	264	37	153	+ 112
Hypertension	26	222	15	642	- 420
Leukemia	27	197	20	558	- 362
Breast Cancer	28	162	9	1,299	- 1,137
Endocrine Disorders	29	159	19	575	- 416
Maternal Conditions	30	153	64	2	+ 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	152	7	2,147	- 1,995
Drownings	32	152	50	37	+ 114
Epilepsy	33	151	40	125	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	34	128	17	600	- 472
Lung Cancers	35	128	4	3,721	- 3,593
Asthma	36	109	44	82	+ 27
Tuberculosis	37	99	57	16	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	38	92	11	1,096	- 1,004
Poisonings	39	90	62	6	+ 84
Drug Use	40	89	34	197	- 108
Meningitis	41	89	52	25	+ 64
Skin Disease	42	76	45	79	- 3
Lymphomas	43	75	13	730	- 655
Inflammatory/Heart	44	74	31	284	- 211
Fires	45	68	49	53	+ 15
Skin Cancers	46	64	26	388	- 325
Appendicitis	47	54	54	23	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	48	47	24	477	- 429
Oral Cancer	49	47	28	371	- 324
Ovary Cancer	50	43	29	367	- 324
Encephalitis	51	34	67	1	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	27	43	84	- 58
Pertussis	53	23	72	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	42	96	- 76
Bladder Cancer	55	19	21	545	- 527
Other Neoplasms	56	14	27	378	- 364
Upper Respiratory	57	11	58	15	- 4
Dengue	58	11	83	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	59	9	35	156	- 147
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	39	132	- 125
Chagas disease	61	6	77	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	3	68	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	61	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	60	9	- 8
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 0
War	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Guatemala

Denmark

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.