ESTONIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	642	1	3,009	- 2,366
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	605	6	349	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	3	453	19	146	+ 307
Kidney Disease	4	410	17	176	+ 234
Liver Disease	5	372	7	328	+ 43
Stroke	6	317	3	1,116	- 799
Violence	7	288	42	28	+ 260
Road Traffic Accidents	8	263	35	59	+ 204
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	171	53	8	+ 163
Other Injuries	10	161	20	141	+ 20
Malnutrition	11	130	79	0	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	128	12	229	- 101
Lung Disease	13	124	13	229	- 104
Alcohol	14	118	18	148	- 31
Liver Cancer	15	115	26	107	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	16	108	55	7	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	17	103	9	290	- 187
Congenital Anomalies	18	99	43	25	+ 74
Birth Trauma	19	96	57	5	+ 91
Falls	20	90	24	119	- 29
HIV/AIDS	21	77	39	40	+ 36
Suicide	22	68	16	197	- 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	67	36	55	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	24	55	8	298	- 243
Cervical Cancer	25	53	32	68	- 15
Hypertension	26	44	2	2,700	- 2,656
Leukemia	27	39	22	126	- 86
Breast Cancer	28	32	11	260	- 228
Endocrine Disorders	29	32	33	66	- 34
Maternal Conditions	30	31	61	1	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	30	5	527	- 497
Drownings	32	30	40	30	+ 0
Epilepsy	33	30	37	45	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	34	26	29	82	- 56
Lung Cancers	35	26	4	657	- 632
Asthma	36	22	44	24	- 2
Tuberculosis	37	20	47	16	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	38	18	10	268	- 250
Poisonings	39	18	52	8	+ 10
Drug Use	40	18	31	75	- 57
Meningitis	41	18	54	7	+ 10
Skin Disease	42	15	41	29	- 13
Lymphomas	43	15	15	213	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	44	15	14	217	- 202
Fires	45	14	38	41	- 27
Skin Cancers	46	13	30	79	- 66
Appendicitis	47	11	59	2	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	48	9	27	99	- 89
Oral Cancer	49	9	25	110	- 101
Ovary Cancer	50	9	28	87	- 79
Encephalitis	51	7	63	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	46	17	- 12
Pertussis	53	5	83	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	45	22	- 17
Bladder Cancer	55	4	21	126	- 122
Other Neoplasms	56	3	23	123	- 121
Upper Respiratory	57	2	66	0	+ 2
Dengue	58	2	75	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	2	34	60	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	48	16	- 15
Chagas disease	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	62	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Guatemala

Estonia

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.