ICELAND VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	196	1	403	- 208
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	184	6	82	+ 102
Diabetes Mellitus	3	138	16	30	+ 109
Kidney Disease	4	125	15	33	+ 92
Liver Disease	5	113	31	9	+ 104
Stroke	6	97	3	141	- 44
Violence	7	88	39	4	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	8	80	35	7	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	52	55	1	+ 51
Other Injuries	10	49	11	50	- 1
Malnutrition	11	39	57	1	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	39	2	295	- 256
Lung Disease	13	38	5	129	- 91
Alcohol	14	36	28	14	+ 22
Liver Cancer	15	35	20	22	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	16	33	43	3	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	17	31	23	18	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	18	30	34	7	+ 23
Birth Trauma	19	29	46	2	+ 27
Falls	20	27	18	24	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	21	23	59	0	+ 23
Suicide	22	21	13	40	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	21	41	3	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	24	17	8	61	- 44
Cervical Cancer	25	16	32	9	+ 7
Hypertension	26	14	17	24	- 11
Leukemia	27	12	22	19	- 7
Breast Cancer	28	10	9	53	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	29	10	27	16	- 6
Maternal Conditions	30	9	60	0	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	9	7	73	- 64
Drownings	32	9	56	1	+ 8
Epilepsy	33	9	37	5	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	34	8	10	53	- 45
Lung Cancers	35	8	4	134	- 126
Asthma	36	7	48	2	+ 5
Tuberculosis	37	6	82	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	38	6	12	43	- 38
Poisonings	39	5	42	3	+ 2
Drug Use	40	5	24	17	- 11
Meningitis	41	5	50	1	+ 4
Skin Disease	42	5	45	3	+ 2
Lymphomas	43	5	14	37	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	44	4	26	16	- 11
Fires	45	4	58	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	46	4	29	13	- 9
Appendicitis	47	3	86	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	48	3	19	23	- 20
Oral Cancer	49	3	33	9	- 6
Ovary Cancer	50	3	25	16	- 14
Encephalitis	51	2	78	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	38	4	- 3
Pertussis	53	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	1	54	1	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	55	1	21	20	- 19
Other Neoplasms	56	1	30	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	1	51	1	- 0
Dengue	58	1	72	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	1	36	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	44	3	- 2
Chagas disease	61	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	61	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	49	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Guatemala

Iceland

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.