HAITI VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,326	1	13,208	- 6,882
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,953	3	7,064	- 1,111
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,463	4	5,026	- 562
Kidney Disease	4	4,041	6	2,701	+ 1,340
Liver Disease	5	3,660	10	2,425	+ 1,235
Stroke	6	3,122	2	11,779	- 8,657
Violence	7	2,840	12	2,330	+ 510
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,592	13	2,115	+ 478
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,685	8	2,540	- 854
Other Injuries	10	1,588	16	1,499	+ 89
Malnutrition	11	1,275	29	717	+ 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,260	23	955	+ 305
Lung Disease	13	1,224	11	2,334	- 1,110
Alcohol	14	1,158	39	428	+ 731
Liver Cancer	15	1,137	33	662	+ 474
Low Birth Weight	16	1,068	9	2,516	- 1,448
Stomach Cancer	17	1,011	26	863	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	18	976	15	1,819	- 843
Birth Trauma	19	944	14	2,100	- 1,156
Falls	20	883	35	549	+ 334
HIV/AIDS	21	755	5	2,706	- 1,951
Suicide	22	669	21	1,085	- 416
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	663	31	704	- 41
Prostate Cancer	24	544	17	1,356	- 812
Cervical Cancer	25	520	34	573	- 53
Hypertension	26	437	7	2,632	- 2,194
Leukemia	27	387	43	300	+ 86
Breast Cancer	28	319	30	705	- 386
Endocrine Disorders	29	313	24	951	- 639
Maternal Conditions	30	302	18	1,349	- 1,047
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	299	32	680	- 381
Drownings	32	298	19	1,306	- 1,008
Epilepsy	33	298	41	409	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	34	253	42	329	- 77
Lung Cancers	35	252	36	492	- 240
Asthma	36	215	20	1,107	- 892
Tuberculosis	37	194	22	1,007	- 813
Pancreas Cancer	38	182	44	268	- 87
Poisonings	39	177	50	154	+ 23
Drug Use	40	175	52	140	+ 35
Meningitis	41	175	28	780	- 605
Skin Disease	42	149	40	425	- 275
Lymphomas	43	148	47	235	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	44	145	25	941	- 796
Fires	45	134	37	470	- 336
Skin Cancers	46	126	56	56	+ 69
Appendicitis	47	105	48	172	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	48	93	49	155	- 62
Oral Cancer	49	92	45	261	- 169
Ovary Cancer	50	86	51	153	- 68
Encephalitis	51	67	54	118	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	53	58	37	+ 16
Pertussis	53	45	38	446	- 401
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	40	27	814	- 774
Bladder Cancer	55	37	55	92	- 55
Other Neoplasms	56	27	60	31	- 3
Upper Respiratory	57	22	63	19	+ 3
Dengue	58	21	64	17	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	18	57	42	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	60	13	61	28	- 15
Chagas disease	61	12	77	0	+ 12
Tetanus	62	6	53	119	- 112
Ascariasis	63	5	67	5	- 1
Syphilis	64	2	46	251	- 250
Hepatitis B	65	2	62	26	- 24
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	7	- 6
Chlamydia	67	1	68	5	- 3
War	68	1	66	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	59	36	- 36
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 HAITI

Guatemala

Haiti

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.