GEORGIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,638	1	16,014	- 13,377
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,482	9	886	+ 1,596
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,861	6	1,621	+ 240
Kidney Disease	4	1,685	10	826	+ 859
Liver Disease	5	1,526	4	1,871	- 345
Stroke	6	1,302	2	11,969	- 10,668
Violence	7	1,184	40	90	+ 1,094
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,081	13	496	+ 585
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	703	50	19	+ 684
Other Injuries	10	662	20	346	+ 316
Malnutrition	11	532	59	5	+ 527
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	525	5	1,826	- 1,301
Lung Disease	13	510	7	1,158	- 648
Alcohol	14	483	45	49	+ 434
Liver Cancer	15	474	17	385	+ 89
Low Birth Weight	16	445	37	114	+ 331
Stomach Cancer	17	422	12	533	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	18	407	28	174	+ 233
Birth Trauma	19	394	46	39	+ 354
Falls	20	368	16	420	- 52
HIV/AIDS	21	315	42	89	+ 226
Suicide	22	279	18	367	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	276	24	226	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	24	227	22	290	- 63
Cervical Cancer	25	217	27	187	+ 30
Hypertension	26	182	3	4,387	- 4,205
Leukemia	27	161	30	171	- 10
Breast Cancer	28	133	11	613	- 480
Endocrine Disorders	29	130	38	109	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	30	126	53	13	+ 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	125	14	444	- 319
Drownings	32	124	39	95	+ 29
Epilepsy	33	124	44	51	+ 73
Parkinson's Disease	34	105	19	354	- 249
Lung Cancers	35	105	8	1,152	- 1,047
Asthma	36	90	35	136	- 46
Tuberculosis	37	81	32	153	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	38	76	23	227	- 152
Poisonings	39	74	49	23	+ 50
Drug Use	40	73	41	90	- 17
Meningitis	41	73	47	25	+ 48
Skin Disease	42	62	51	17	+ 46
Lymphomas	43	62	25	208	- 147
Inflammatory/Heart	44	60	21	346	- 286
Fires	45	56	34	140	- 84
Skin Cancers	46	52	33	149	- 97
Appendicitis	47	44	55	10	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	48	39	43	75	- 37
Oral Cancer	49	38	31	167	- 128
Ovary Cancer	50	36	29	174	- 138
Encephalitis	51	28	48	24	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	22	57	8	+ 14
Pertussis	53	19	67	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	15	426	- 410
Bladder Cancer	55	15	26	205	- 190
Other Neoplasms	56	11	52	15	- 3
Upper Respiratory	57	9	60	1	+ 8
Dengue	58	9	76	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	7	36	115	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	54	12	- 6
Chagas disease	61	5	72	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	3	62	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	1	58	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	65	0	+ 0
War	68	1	61	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	56	8	- 8
Otitis Media	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Guatemala

Georgia

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.