IRELAND VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,817	1	4,762	- 1,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,650	6	1,298	+ 1,352
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,987	16	414	+ 1,574
Kidney Disease	4	1,799	10	566	+ 1,233
Liver Disease	5	1,630	19	279	+ 1,350
Stroke	6	1,390	5	1,770	- 380
Violence	7	1,264	47	38	+ 1,226
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,154	33	153	+ 1,001
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	750	45	53	+ 698
Other Injuries	10	707	30	171	+ 536
Malnutrition	11	568	63	2	+ 566
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	561	2	3,209	- 2,648
Lung Disease	13	545	4	1,915	- 1,370
Alcohol	14	516	39	64	+ 452
Liver Cancer	15	506	18	318	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	16	475	44	56	+ 420
Stomach Cancer	17	450	17	357	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	18	435	32	153	+ 282
Birth Trauma	19	420	56	10	+ 410
Falls	20	393	25	247	+ 146
HIV/AIDS	21	336	57	9	+ 328
Suicide	22	298	14	470	- 172
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	295	38	67	+ 228
Prostate Cancer	24	242	9	585	- 343
Cervical Cancer	25	232	35	103	+ 129
Hypertension	26	195	29	175	+ 20
Leukemia	27	172	20	274	- 102
Breast Cancer	28	142	8	760	- 618
Endocrine Disorders	29	139	24	249	- 110
Maternal Conditions	30	134	61	3	+ 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	133	7	1,095	- 962
Drownings	32	133	43	57	+ 76
Epilepsy	33	133	36	85	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	34	113	12	530	- 417
Lung Cancers	35	112	3	1,916	- 1,804
Asthma	36	96	41	58	+ 38
Tuberculosis	37	86	50	23	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	38	81	11	530	- 450
Poisonings	39	79	53	14	+ 65
Drug Use	40	78	31	167	- 89
Meningitis	41	78	58	7	+ 70
Skin Disease	42	67	42	58	+ 9
Lymphomas	43	66	13	513	- 447
Inflammatory/Heart	44	65	26	240	- 175
Fires	45	59	48	30	+ 29
Skin Cancers	46	56	23	252	- 196
Appendicitis	47	47	60	3	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	48	41	15	419	- 377
Oral Cancer	49	41	28	183	- 142
Ovary Cancer	50	38	21	273	- 235
Encephalitis	51	30	66	0	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	23	40	59	- 35
Pertussis	53	20	67	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	46	50	- 32
Bladder Cancer	55	16	22	256	- 239
Other Neoplasms	56	12	27	218	- 206
Upper Respiratory	57	10	64	1	+ 9
Dengue	58	9	78	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	8	34	126	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	37	83	- 77
Chagas disease	61	5	73	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	3	81	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	59	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Guatemala

Ireland

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.