EQU. GUINEA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	966	7	419	+ 548
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	909	2	913	- 3
Diabetes Mellitus	3	682	11	299	+ 383
Kidney Disease	4	617	14	198	+ 419
Liver Disease	5	559	13	199	+ 360
Stroke	6	477	6	437	+ 40
Violence	7	434	33	45	+ 389
Road Traffic Accidents	8	396	8	368	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	257	9	349	- 91
Other Injuries	10	243	23	105	+ 137
Malnutrition	11	195	31	48	+ 147
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	192	29	55	+ 137
Lung Disease	13	187	20	120	+ 67
Alcohol	14	177	53	12	+ 165
Liver Cancer	15	174	34	43	+ 131
Low Birth Weight	16	163	4	457	- 294
Stomach Cancer	17	154	49	16	+ 139
Congenital Anomalies	18	149	12	249	- 100
Birth Trauma	19	144	5	441	- 297
Falls	20	135	32	46	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	21	115	1	1,838	- 1,723
Suicide	22	102	22	107	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	101	43	22	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	24	83	35	43	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	25	79	28	56	+ 23
Hypertension	26	67	16	165	- 98
Leukemia	27	59	61	4	+ 55
Breast Cancer	28	49	24	84	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	29	48	25	73	- 25
Maternal Conditions	30	46	17	139	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	46	40	29	+ 17
Drownings	32	46	36	39	+ 6
Epilepsy	33	46	38	32	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	34	39	46	18	+ 21
Lung Cancers	35	38	41	27	+ 12
Asthma	36	33	26	65	- 32
Tuberculosis	37	30	10	321	- 291
Pancreas Cancer	38	28	55	11	+ 16
Poisonings	39	27	44	21	+ 6
Drug Use	40	27	30	50	- 24
Meningitis	41	27	19	127	- 100
Skin Disease	42	23	51	13	+ 10
Lymphomas	43	23	45	19	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	44	22	27	63	- 41
Fires	45	20	39	30	- 10
Skin Cancers	46	19	48	16	+ 3
Appendicitis	47	16	59	6	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	48	14	54	12	+ 2
Oral Cancer	49	14	37	35	- 21
Ovary Cancer	50	13	52	13	+ 0
Encephalitis	51	10	57	8	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	62	4	+ 4
Pertussis	53	7	21	109	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	6	50	14	- 8
Bladder Cancer	55	6	56	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	4	63	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	3	66	2	+ 2
Dengue	58	3	73	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	3	58	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	2	77	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	42	23	- 22
Ascariasis	63	1	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	18	134	- 134
Hepatitis B	65	0	65	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	74	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Guatemala

Equ. Guinea

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.