FIJI VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	512	2	1,481	- 969
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	482	5	228	+ 253
Diabetes Mellitus	3	361	1	1,628	- 1,267
Kidney Disease	4	327	4	277	+ 50
Liver Disease	5	296	15	82	+ 215
Stroke	6	253	3	583	- 330
Violence	7	230	40	19	+ 210
Road Traffic Accidents	8	210	11	120	+ 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	136	12	96	+ 40
Other Injuries	10	129	17	77	+ 52
Malnutrition	11	103	45	14	+ 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	102	19	63	+ 39
Lung Disease	13	99	9	141	- 42
Alcohol	14	94	57	2	+ 92
Liver Cancer	15	92	18	68	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	16	86	14	86	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	17	82	37	23	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	18	79	10	129	- 50
Birth Trauma	19	76	28	36	+ 40
Falls	20	71	36	27	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	21	61	31	30	+ 31
Suicide	22	54	16	80	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	54	29	34	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	24	44	25	41	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	25	42	13	86	- 44
Hypertension	26	35	7	170	- 135
Leukemia	27	31	30	31	+ 0
Breast Cancer	28	26	8	162	- 137
Endocrine Disorders	29	25	34	28	- 2
Maternal Conditions	30	24	49	9	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	24	24	45	- 21
Drownings	32	24	21	60	- 35
Epilepsy	33	24	44	16	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	34	20	26	40	- 20
Lung Cancers	35	20	22	48	- 27
Asthma	36	17	6	226	- 208
Tuberculosis	37	16	27	39	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	38	15	38	21	- 6
Poisonings	39	14	56	2	+ 12
Drug Use	40	14	52	4	+ 10
Meningitis	41	14	43	17	- 3
Skin Disease	42	12	41	19	- 7
Lymphomas	43	12	35	27	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	44	12	23	45	- 34
Fires	45	11	33	28	- 17
Skin Cancers	46	10	61	1	+ 10
Appendicitis	47	9	54	3	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	48	7	42	18	- 10
Oral Cancer	49	7	46	13	- 5
Ovary Cancer	50	7	32	29	- 22
Encephalitis	51	5	51	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	62	0	+ 4
Pertussis	53	4	48	10	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	20	62	- 59
Bladder Cancer	55	3	50	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	56	2	53	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	57	2	69	0	+ 2
Dengue	58	2	55	3	- 1
Uterin Cancer	59	1	39	20	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	60	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	47	11	- 11
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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 FIJI

Guatemala

Fiji

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.