ECUADOR VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,854	1	9,805	+ 49
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,273	4	5,083	+ 4,190
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,953	5	4,321	+ 2,632
Kidney Disease	4	6,296	2	6,184	+ 112
Liver Disease	5	5,702	7	3,330	+ 2,371
Stroke	6	4,863	3	5,429	- 566
Violence	7	4,424	15	1,210	+ 3,214
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,038	6	3,490	+ 548
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,625	34	410	+ 2,215
Other Injuries	10	2,473	17	1,161	+ 1,312
Malnutrition	11	1,987	28	578	+ 1,408
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,963	9	2,565	- 602
Lung Disease	13	1,907	8	2,576	- 669
Alcohol	14	1,804	39	280	+ 1,524
Liver Cancer	15	1,771	21	954	+ 817
Low Birth Weight	16	1,663	16	1,172	+ 492
Stomach Cancer	17	1,575	11	2,089	- 514
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,521	13	1,335	+ 186
Birth Trauma	19	1,470	38	302	+ 1,168
Falls	20	1,376	18	1,114	+ 261
HIV/AIDS	21	1,176	27	609	+ 567
Suicide	22	1,043	14	1,326	- 284
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,033	33	417	+ 616
Prostate Cancer	24	848	12	1,362	- 514
Cervical Cancer	25	810	24	840	- 30
Hypertension	26	681	10	2,507	- 1,826
Leukemia	27	602	23	882	- 279
Breast Cancer	28	497	25	825	- 329
Endocrine Disorders	29	487	31	507	- 20
Maternal Conditions	30	470	46	164	+ 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	466	19	1,109	- 644
Drownings	32	465	32	470	- 5
Epilepsy	33	464	40	273	+ 192
Parkinson's Disease	34	394	26	658	- 264
Lung Cancers	35	392	20	1,075	- 682
Asthma	36	336	53	85	+ 250
Tuberculosis	37	302	29	574	- 271
Pancreas Cancer	38	283	30	562	- 279
Poisonings	39	276	58	59	+ 217
Drug Use	40	272	41	214	+ 59
Meningitis	41	272	52	90	+ 182
Skin Disease	42	233	51	103	+ 130
Lymphomas	43	230	22	883	- 653
Inflammatory/Heart	44	226	36	308	- 82
Fires	45	208	43	175	+ 33
Skin Cancers	46	196	37	308	- 112
Appendicitis	47	164	50	110	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	48	144	42	180	- 35
Oral Cancer	49	143	45	166	- 23
Ovary Cancer	50	133	35	322	- 189
Encephalitis	51	104	55	82	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	82	49	124	- 42
Pertussis	53	70	56	79	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	62	47	163	- 100
Bladder Cancer	55	58	44	168	- 110
Other Neoplasms	56	42	57	64	- 22
Upper Respiratory	57	34	63	8	+ 26
Dengue	58	33	61	10	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	59	27	48	129	- 101
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	60	18	+ 3
Chagas disease	61	19	59	21	- 2
Tetanus	62	10	62	9	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	7	65	2	+ 5
Syphilis	64	3	54	85	- 82
Hepatitis B	65	2	64	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	2	68	1	+ 1
War	68	2	66	2	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Guatemala

Ecuador

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.