GHANA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,615	3	14,103	+ 4,513
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	17,517	1	16,262	+ 1,255
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,134	12	5,929	+ 7,205
Kidney Disease	4	11,893	13	4,161	+ 7,731
Liver Disease	5	10,771	11	6,053	+ 4,717
Stroke	6	9,187	2	15,163	- 5,976
Violence	7	8,357	27	1,857	+ 6,500
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,629	7	7,808	- 179
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,959	9	6,538	- 1,579
Other Injuries	10	4,672	18	2,433	+ 2,239
Malnutrition	11	3,753	26	1,868	+ 1,884
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,708	29	1,294	+ 2,414
Lung Disease	13	3,603	15	3,120	+ 483
Alcohol	14	3,409	54	244	+ 3,165
Liver Cancer	15	3,345	17	2,851	+ 494
Low Birth Weight	16	3,142	8	6,662	- 3,519
Stomach Cancer	17	2,976	33	870	+ 2,105
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,874	14	3,935	- 1,062
Birth Trauma	19	2,778	10	6,194	- 3,416
Falls	20	2,599	30	1,168	+ 1,431
HIV/AIDS	21	2,222	4	13,565	- 11,343
Suicide	22	1,970	21	1,993	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,951	48	321	+ 1,630
Prostate Cancer	24	1,602	31	1,031	+ 571
Cervical Cancer	25	1,530	20	2,161	- 631
Hypertension	26	1,287	19	2,231	- 944
Leukemia	27	1,138	45	340	+ 798
Breast Cancer	28	939	25	1,937	- 999
Endocrine Disorders	29	920	24	1,965	- 1,045
Maternal Conditions	30	887	22	1,991	- 1,103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	879	34	803	+ 77
Drownings	32	878	36	740	+ 138
Epilepsy	33	877	47	329	+ 548
Parkinson's Disease	34	744	43	387	+ 357
Lung Cancers	35	741	55	237	+ 504
Asthma	36	634	23	1,979	- 1,345
Tuberculosis	37	571	6	10,214	- 9,643
Pancreas Cancer	38	534	46	334	+ 200
Poisonings	39	521	40	522	- 0
Drug Use	40	515	39	630	- 115
Meningitis	41	514	16	2,983	- 2,470
Skin Disease	42	440	50	264	+ 176
Lymphomas	43	434	32	875	- 441
Inflammatory/Heart	44	427	28	1,615	- 1,188
Fires	45	393	37	729	- 336
Skin Cancers	46	370	58	214	+ 155
Appendicitis	47	310	59	146	+ 165
Oesophagus Cancer	48	273	49	285	- 13
Oral Cancer	49	269	42	483	- 213
Ovary Cancer	50	252	38	698	- 447
Encephalitis	51	196	44	357	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	155	67	16	+ 139
Pertussis	53	132	35	744	- 612
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	117	52	256	- 138
Bladder Cancer	55	109	53	245	- 136
Other Neoplasms	56	80	63	48	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	57	65	66	16	+ 48
Dengue	58	62	71	0	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	59	52	57	219	- 167
Multiple Sclerosis	60	39	61	113	- 73
Chagas disease	61	36	76	0	+ 36
Tetanus	62	19	56	220	- 201
Ascariasis	63	13	68	12	+ 1
Syphilis	64	5	41	483	- 478
Hepatitis B	65	5	62	101	- 97
Hepatitis C	66	4	65	28	- 24
Chlamydia	67	4	70	3	+ 1
War	68	4	64	29	- 25
Leishmaniasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	60	135	- 135
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	257	- 257
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Guatemala

Ghana

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.