GABON VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,321	3	1,019	+ 302
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,243	4	966	+ 278
Diabetes Mellitus	3	932	6	643	+ 290
Kidney Disease	4	844	12	384	+ 461
Liver Disease	5	764	10	416	+ 348
Stroke	6	652	5	896	- 244
Violence	7	593	17	184	+ 409
Road Traffic Accidents	8	541	8	518	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	352	14	318	+ 34
Other Injuries	10	332	22	140	+ 192
Malnutrition	11	266	33	78	+ 189
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	263	19	152	+ 112
Lung Disease	13	256	16	215	+ 41
Alcohol	14	242	56	19	+ 223
Liver Cancer	15	237	35	53	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	16	223	9	494	- 271
Stomach Cancer	17	211	48	32	+ 179
Congenital Anomalies	18	204	15	285	- 81
Birth Trauma	19	197	13	362	- 165
Falls	20	184	30	84	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	21	158	2	1,128	- 970
Suicide	22	140	18	183	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	138	41	36	+ 102
Prostate Cancer	24	114	32	80	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	25	109	26	96	+ 12
Hypertension	26	91	11	412	- 321
Leukemia	27	81	57	17	+ 64
Breast Cancer	28	67	27	92	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	25	98	- 33
Maternal Conditions	30	63	21	145	- 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	62	37	43	+ 19
Drownings	32	62	38	42	+ 21
Epilepsy	33	62	40	37	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	34	53	36	47	+ 6
Lung Cancers	35	53	29	87	- 35
Asthma	36	45	28	90	- 45
Tuberculosis	37	41	1	1,819	- 1,778
Pancreas Cancer	38	38	53	21	+ 17
Poisonings	39	37	50	28	+ 9
Drug Use	40	37	45	34	+ 3
Meningitis	41	36	23	113	- 77
Skin Disease	42	31	52	22	+ 10
Lymphomas	43	31	49	32	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	44	30	24	101	- 71
Fires	45	28	39	39	- 11
Skin Cancers	46	26	46	34	- 8
Appendicitis	47	22	61	7	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	48	19	44	35	- 15
Oral Cancer	49	19	34	69	- 50
Ovary Cancer	50	18	51	27	- 9
Encephalitis	51	14	60	7	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	63	6	+ 5
Pertussis	53	9	31	81	- 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	54	20	- 12
Bladder Cancer	55	8	43	35	- 27
Other Neoplasms	56	6	64	5	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	5	66	3	+ 2
Dengue	58	4	73	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	55	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	67	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	59	8	- 7
Ascariasis	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	47	33	- 32
Hepatitis B	65	0	62	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	65	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	20	146	- 146
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	74	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	75	0	58	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Guatemala

Gabon

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.