GUYANA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	427	1	1,335	- 908
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	402	6	302	+ 101
Diabetes Mellitus	3	302	3	579	- 277
Kidney Disease	4	273	8	233	+ 40
Liver Disease	5	247	9	197	+ 50
Stroke	6	211	2	1,022	- 811
Violence	7	192	10	194	- 2
Road Traffic Accidents	8	175	11	175	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	114	27	48	+ 66
Other Injuries	10	107	14	167	- 60
Malnutrition	11	86	30	37	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	85	38	23	+ 62
Lung Disease	13	83	13	174	- 91
Alcohol	14	78	57	3	+ 75
Liver Cancer	15	77	34	29	+ 48
Low Birth Weight	16	72	22	89	- 17
Stomach Cancer	17	68	31	34	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	18	66	23	69	- 3
Birth Trauma	19	64	24	64	- 1
Falls	20	60	48	11	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	21	51	7	256	- 205
Suicide	22	45	5	315	- 270
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	45	26	54	- 10
Prostate Cancer	24	37	17	123	- 86
Cervical Cancer	25	35	21	91	- 56
Hypertension	26	30	4	320	- 290
Leukemia	27	26	39	21	+ 5
Breast Cancer	28	22	19	96	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	29	21	12	174	- 153
Maternal Conditions	30	20	35	28	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	20	25	59	- 38
Drownings	32	20	15	145	- 125
Epilepsy	33	20	37	24	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	34	17	49	9	+ 8
Lung Cancers	35	17	29	38	- 21
Asthma	36	15	36	25	- 11
Tuberculosis	37	13	16	137	- 124
Pancreas Cancer	38	12	42	19	- 7
Poisonings	39	12	65	1	+ 11
Drug Use	40	12	45	16	- 4
Meningitis	41	12	44	17	- 6
Skin Disease	42	10	56	3	+ 7
Lymphomas	43	10	32	32	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	44	10	20	92	- 82
Fires	45	9	41	19	- 10
Skin Cancers	46	8	55	5	+ 4
Appendicitis	47	7	54	6	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	48	6	51	8	- 2
Oral Cancer	49	6	40	20	- 14
Ovary Cancer	50	6	43	18	- 12
Encephalitis	51	5	53	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	63	1	+ 3
Pertussis	53	3	73	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	47	13	- 10
Bladder Cancer	55	3	50	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	56	2	28	40	- 38
Upper Respiratory	57	1	66	1	+ 1
Dengue	58	1	60	2	- 0
Uterin Cancer	59	1	46	13	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 0
Chagas disease	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Guatemala

Guyana

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.