GUINEA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,527	6	5,665	+ 1,862
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,083	1	12,790	- 5,707
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,311	15	2,138	+ 3,173
Kidney Disease	4	4,809	16	1,939	+ 2,870
Liver Disease	5	4,355	12	2,550	+ 1,805
Stroke	6	3,715	5	5,777	- 2,062
Violence	7	3,379	26	1,128	+ 2,251
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,085	9	3,788	- 703
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,005	3	6,788	- 4,783
Other Injuries	10	1,889	18	1,504	+ 385
Malnutrition	11	1,517	28	1,032	+ 485
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,499	30	579	+ 920
Lung Disease	13	1,457	20	1,373	+ 84
Alcohol	14	1,378	55	83	+ 1,295
Liver Cancer	15	1,352	23	1,167	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	16	1,271	8	4,319	- 3,048
Stomach Cancer	17	1,203	41	245	+ 958
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,162	14	2,181	- 1,019
Birth Trauma	19	1,123	7	4,797	- 3,673
Falls	20	1,051	33	480	+ 571
HIV/AIDS	21	898	10	3,020	- 2,121
Suicide	22	796	29	892	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	789	34	448	+ 341
Prostate Cancer	24	648	32	525	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	25	619	19	1,491	- 873
Hypertension	26	520	21	1,348	- 828
Leukemia	27	460	67	17	+ 443
Breast Cancer	28	380	38	345	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	29	372	25	1,140	- 768
Maternal Conditions	30	359	17	1,793	- 1,434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	356	53	100	+ 256
Drownings	32	355	31	528	- 173
Epilepsy	33	355	37	350	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	34	301	44	212	+ 89
Lung Cancers	35	300	50	128	+ 172
Asthma	36	256	22	1,179	- 923
Tuberculosis	37	231	13	2,369	- 2,138
Pancreas Cancer	38	216	65	19	+ 197
Poisonings	39	211	40	295	- 84
Drug Use	40	208	46	169	+ 39
Meningitis	41	208	11	2,633	- 2,425
Skin Disease	42	178	51	127	+ 51
Lymphomas	43	176	48	158	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	44	173	35	439	- 267
Fires	45	159	36	410	- 251
Skin Cancers	46	149	49	152	- 3
Appendicitis	47	125	57	41	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	48	110	63	20	+ 90
Oral Cancer	49	109	52	122	- 13
Ovary Cancer	50	102	54	93	+ 9
Encephalitis	51	79	56	81	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	63	70	13	+ 50
Pertussis	53	53	24	1,165	- 1,112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	47	42	238	- 190
Bladder Cancer	55	44	60	32	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	56	32	68	16	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	57	26	69	15	+ 11
Dengue	58	25	73	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	59	21	59	38	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	16	66	18	- 2
Chagas disease	61	15	77	0	+ 15
Tetanus	62	8	45	170	- 162
Ascariasis	63	5	62	22	- 17
Syphilis	64	2	39	328	- 326
Hepatitis B	65	2	47	162	- 160
Hepatitis C	66	2	61	22	- 21
Chlamydia	67	2	71	3	- 1
War	68	2	64	20	- 18
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	58	40	- 40
Measles	72	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Malaria	74	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Schistosomiasis	75	0	43	232	- 232
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Guatemala

Guinea

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.