ERITREA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,414	4	2,154	+ 1,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,213	1	3,277	- 64
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,409	7	944	+ 1,464
Kidney Disease	4	2,181	12	578	+ 1,604
Liver Disease	5	1,975	6	1,215	+ 761
Stroke	6	1,685	2	2,564	- 879
Violence	7	1,533	20	384	+ 1,149
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,399	5	1,326	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	910	3	2,292	- 1,383
Other Injuries	10	857	15	540	+ 317
Malnutrition	11	688	10	660	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	680	24	310	+ 370
Lung Disease	13	661	9	662	- 1
Alcohol	14	625	49	45	+ 580
Liver Cancer	15	613	45	69	+ 544
Low Birth Weight	16	576	16	531	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	17	546	48	48	+ 497
Congenital Anomalies	18	527	18	432	+ 95
Birth Trauma	19	509	11	616	- 107
Falls	20	477	26	168	+ 308
HIV/AIDS	21	408	25	308	+ 100
Suicide	22	361	21	382	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	358	27	147	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	24	294	47	54	+ 240
Cervical Cancer	25	281	30	132	+ 148
Hypertension	26	236	8	926	- 690
Leukemia	27	209	29	144	+ 65
Breast Cancer	28	172	23	311	- 139
Endocrine Disorders	29	169	43	71	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	30	163	13	544	- 381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	161	35	113	+ 48
Drownings	32	161	33	118	+ 43
Epilepsy	33	161	38	81	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	34	136	37	85	+ 52
Lung Cancers	35	136	46	62	+ 74
Asthma	36	116	22	326	- 210
Tuberculosis	37	105	14	543	- 439
Pancreas Cancer	38	98	58	20	+ 78
Poisonings	39	96	34	114	- 19
Drug Use	40	94	53	36	+ 58
Meningitis	41	94	19	404	- 310
Skin Disease	42	81	50	45	+ 36
Lymphomas	43	80	28	147	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	44	78	32	123	- 45
Fires	45	72	31	132	- 60
Skin Cancers	46	68	56	30	+ 38
Appendicitis	47	57	55	31	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	48	50	39	81	- 31
Oral Cancer	49	49	44	71	- 22
Ovary Cancer	50	46	40	79	- 33
Encephalitis	51	36	62	16	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	28	64	12	+ 17
Pertussis	53	24	36	90	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	22	41	77	- 55
Bladder Cancer	55	20	51	42	- 22
Other Neoplasms	56	15	66	6	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	57	12	60	18	- 6
Dengue	58	11	73	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	59	9	61	18	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	67	4	+ 3
Chagas disease	61	7	77	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	3	52	37	- 34
Ascariasis	63	2	68	2	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	54	35	- 34
Hepatitis B	65	1	57	28	- 27
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	67	1	70	1	- 0
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	59	19	- 19
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	73	- 73
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Guatemala

Eritrea

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.