DR CONGO VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,108	7	34,713	+ 27,394
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	58,445	1	73,546	- 15,101
Diabetes Mellitus	3	43,821	16	12,902	+ 30,919
Kidney Disease	4	39,679	20	9,077	+ 30,603
Liver Disease	5	35,935	13	15,044	+ 20,891
Stroke	6	30,651	6	36,596	- 5,945
Violence	7	27,882	18	11,120	+ 16,762
Road Traffic Accidents	8	25,453	10	30,256	- 4,803
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	16,546	5	41,301	- 24,755
Other Injuries	10	15,587	22	8,272	+ 7,315
Malnutrition	11	12,521	21	8,910	+ 3,610
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	12,370	28	4,548	+ 7,823
Lung Disease	13	12,020	14	13,527	- 1,506
Alcohol	14	11,372	60	635	+ 10,737
Liver Cancer	15	11,159	31	3,840	+ 7,320
Low Birth Weight	16	10,484	8	34,668	- 24,184
Stomach Cancer	17	9,928	37	2,579	+ 7,349
Congenital Anomalies	18	9,587	11	16,256	- 6,669
Birth Trauma	19	9,267	9	33,075	- 23,808
Falls	20	8,670	33	3,483	+ 5,187
HIV/AIDS	21	7,413	15	13,286	- 5,873
Suicide	22	6,571	26	5,812	+ 759
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	6,508	40	1,923	+ 4,585
Prostate Cancer	24	5,345	30	3,948	+ 1,397
Cervical Cancer	25	5,105	27	4,823	+ 283
Hypertension	26	4,294	12	15,743	- 11,449
Leukemia	27	3,797	41	1,871	+ 1,926
Breast Cancer	28	3,131	35	3,416	- 284
Endocrine Disorders	29	3,069	25	7,380	- 4,310
Maternal Conditions	30	2,961	19	10,513	- 7,552
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	2,934	36	2,966	- 32
Drownings	32	2,929	34	3,454	- 524
Epilepsy	33	2,926	44	1,727	+ 1,200
Parkinson's Disease	34	2,482	49	1,035	+ 1,448
Lung Cancers	35	2,474	47	1,158	+ 1,316
Asthma	36	2,115	24	7,733	- 5,618
Tuberculosis	37	1,905	2	43,759	- 41,854
Pancreas Cancer	38	1,783	50	1,017	+ 766
Poisonings	39	1,740	42	1,729	+ 11
Drug Use	40	1,717	59	638	+ 1,078
Meningitis	41	1,714	17	11,568	- 9,854
Skin Disease	42	1,467	54	781	+ 686
Lymphomas	43	1,448	38	2,061	- 613
Inflammatory/Heart	44	1,424	29	4,045	- 2,620
Fires	45	1,311	39	2,007	- 696
Skin Cancers	46	1,233	55	765	+ 468
Appendicitis	47	1,035	56	703	+ 332
Oesophagus Cancer	48	910	53	790	+ 119
Oral Cancer	49	899	51	1,003	- 104
Ovary Cancer	50	840	58	656	+ 184
Encephalitis	51	655	57	680	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	517	66	217	+ 300
Pertussis	53	441	23	7,921	- 7,480
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	391	43	1,728	- 1,336
Bladder Cancer	55	363	65	270	+ 94
Other Neoplasms	56	265	67	88	+ 178
Upper Respiratory	57	216	62	370	- 154
Dengue	58	206	74	1	+ 205
Uterin Cancer	59	172	63	352	- 180
Multiple Sclerosis	60	131	71	44	+ 87
Chagas disease	61	120	79	0	+ 120
Tetanus	62	62	46	1,166	- 1,103
Ascariasis	63	45	68	80	- 35
Syphilis	64	18	32	3,751	- 3,734
Hepatitis B	65	16	61	456	- 441
Hepatitis C	66	14	69	69	- 55
Chlamydia	67	14	73	15	- 1
War	68	13	45	1,658	- 1,645
Leishmaniasis	69	3	52	869	- 865
Otitis Media	70	1	72	38	- 38
Diphtheria	71	0	70	47	- 47
Measles	72	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	74	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Schistosomiasis	75	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Guatemala

DR Congo

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.