FINLAND VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,028	2	9,831	- 6,803
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,849	21	436	+ 2,413
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,136	22	418	+ 1,719
Kidney Disease	4	1,935	26	342	+ 1,593
Liver Disease	5	1,752	10	1,068	+ 684
Stroke	6	1,494	3	4,115	- 2,621
Violence	7	1,359	43	64	+ 1,295
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,241	33	215	+ 1,026
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	807	52	15	+ 791
Other Injuries	10	760	20	437	+ 323
Malnutrition	11	610	57	7	+ 604
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	603	1	11,120	- 10,517
Lung Disease	13	586	8	1,289	- 703
Alcohol	14	554	18	464	+ 90
Liver Cancer	15	544	16	545	- 1
Low Birth Weight	16	511	48	26	+ 485
Stomach Cancer	17	484	19	447	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	18	467	35	192	+ 275
Birth Trauma	19	452	56	8	+ 444
Falls	20	423	7	1,325	- 902
HIV/AIDS	21	361	59	6	+ 356
Suicide	22	320	15	846	- 526
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	317	36	151	+ 166
Prostate Cancer	24	261	11	970	- 710
Cervical Cancer	25	249	44	62	+ 187
Hypertension	26	209	5	2,030	- 1,821
Leukemia	27	185	24	371	- 186
Breast Cancer	28	153	12	948	- 796
Endocrine Disorders	29	150	31	257	- 107
Maternal Conditions	30	144	64	2	+ 143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	143	6	1,433	- 1,290
Drownings	32	143	37	106	+ 37
Epilepsy	33	143	38	104	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	34	121	13	853	- 732
Lung Cancers	35	121	4	2,312	- 2,192
Asthma	36	103	40	85	+ 18
Tuberculosis	37	93	46	32	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	38	87	9	1,247	- 1,160
Poisonings	39	85	49	25	+ 60
Drug Use	40	84	30	269	- 185
Meningitis	41	84	55	9	+ 74
Skin Disease	42	72	47	27	+ 44
Lymphomas	43	71	14	851	- 780
Inflammatory/Heart	44	69	17	518	- 449
Fires	45	64	45	62	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	60	29	297	- 237
Appendicitis	47	50	54	10	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	48	44	27	320	- 275
Oral Cancer	49	44	34	207	- 163
Ovary Cancer	50	41	25	344	- 303
Encephalitis	51	32	66	0	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	41	83	- 58
Pertussis	53	22	69	0	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	19	50	19	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	55	18	28	308	- 291
Other Neoplasms	56	13	23	377	- 364
Upper Respiratory	57	11	62	2	+ 9
Dengue	58	10	82	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	59	8	32	225	- 217
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	42	80	- 74
Chagas disease	61	6	76	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	3	70	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	63	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Guatemala

Finland

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.