GRENADA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Guatemala GUATEMALA GRENADA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 62 1 156 - 94
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 58 4 54 + 4
Diabetes Mellitus 3 44 3 90 - 46
Kidney Disease 4 39 6 40 - 1
Liver Disease 5 36 18 11 + 25
Stroke 6 30 2 104 - 74
Violence 7 28 24 7 + 20
Road Traffic Accidents 8 25 22 9 + 16
Diarrhoeal diseases 9 16 48 2 + 15
Other Injuries 10 15 10 21 - 6
Malnutrition 11 12 40 4 + 9
Alzheimers & Dementia 12 12 19 10 + 2
Lung Disease 13 12 13 16 - 4
Alcohol 14 11 31 6 + 5
Liver Cancer 15 11 25 7 + 4
Low Birth Weight 16 10 27 7 + 4
Stomach Cancer 17 10 23 8 + 2
Congenital Anomalies 18 10 26 7 + 3
Birth Trauma 19 9 17 11 - 2
Falls 20 9 34 5 + 4
HIV/AIDS 21 7 42 3 + 4
Suicide 22 7 52 1 + 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease 23 6 33 5 + 2
Prostate Cancer 24 5 5 49 - 43
Cervical Cancer 25 5 20 10 - 5
Hypertension 26 4 8 27 - 23
Leukemia 27 4 38 4 - 0
Breast Cancer 28 3 9 25 - 22
Endocrine Disorders 29 3 7 28 - 25
Maternal Conditions 30 3 55 1 + 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers 31 3 11 20 - 17
Drownings 32 3 39 4 - 1
Epilepsy 33 3 45 2 + 1
Parkinson's Disease 34 2 44 3 - 0
Lung Cancers 35 2 14 15 - 13
Asthma 36 2 43 3 - 1
Tuberculosis 37 2 51 1 + 1
Pancreas Cancer 38 2 16 11 - 9
Poisonings 39 2 60 0 + 2
Drug Use 40 2 49 1 + 0
Meningitis 41 2 68 0 + 2
Skin Disease 42 1 12 18 - 17
Lymphomas 43 1 21 10 - 9
Inflammatory/Heart 44 1 36 4 - 3
Fires 45 1 46 2 - 1
Skin Cancers 46 1 54 1 + 1
Appendicitis 47 1 53 1 + 0
Oesophagus Cancer 48 1 30 6 - 5
Oral Cancer 49 1 28 7 - 6
Ovary Cancer 50 1 35 4 - 4
Encephalitis 51 1 70 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 52 1 56 0 + 0
Pertussis 53 0 62 0 + 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease 54 0 47 2 - 1
Bladder Cancer 55 0 41 4 - 3
Other Neoplasms 56 0 29 7 - 6
Upper Respiratory 57 0 57 0 - 0
Dengue 58 0 63 0 + 0
Uterin Cancer 59 0 15 12 - 12
Multiple Sclerosis 60 0 82 0 + 0
Chagas disease 61 0 74 0 + 0
Tetanus 62 0 77 0 + 0
Ascariasis 63 0 64 0 + 0
Syphilis 64 0 59 0 - 0
Hepatitis B 65 0 58 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 66 0 69 0 + 0
Chlamydia 67 0 67 0 + 0
War 68 0 61 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 69 0 75 0 + 0
Otitis Media 70 0 81 0 + 0
Diphtheria 71 0 76 0 + 0
Measles 72 0 78 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 73 0 72 0 - 0
Malaria 74 0 71 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 75 0 73 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 79 0 - 0
Leprosy 77 0 80 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 66 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 65 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 80 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 81 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 82 0 85 0 - 0
Anemia 83 0 32 6 - 6
Osteoarthritis 84 0 50 1 - 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 37 4 - 4
Oral conditions 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GRENADA

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020