LATVIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	969	1	8,099	- 7,130
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	912	9	501	+ 411
Diabetes Mellitus	3	684	8	529	+ 155
Kidney Disease	4	619	17	356	+ 263
Liver Disease	5	561	15	365	+ 196
Stroke	6	478	2	5,893	- 5,414
Violence	7	435	37	94	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	8	397	27	154	+ 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	258	54	14	+ 245
Other Injuries	10	243	16	362	- 119
Malnutrition	11	195	64	2	+ 194
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	193	7	664	- 471
Lung Disease	13	188	18	346	- 159
Alcohol	14	178	21	227	- 50
Liver Cancer	15	174	26	157	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	16	164	56	11	+ 152
Stomach Cancer	17	155	11	470	- 315
Congenital Anomalies	18	150	43	46	+ 103
Birth Trauma	19	145	55	12	+ 133
Falls	20	135	23	201	- 66
HIV/AIDS	21	116	39	74	+ 42
Suicide	22	103	14	384	- 281
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	102	31	142	- 40
Prostate Cancer	24	83	12	464	- 381
Cervical Cancer	25	80	33	128	- 48
Hypertension	26	67	3	1,194	- 1,127
Leukemia	27	59	25	186	- 127
Breast Cancer	28	49	10	472	- 424
Endocrine Disorders	29	48	41	59	- 11
Maternal Conditions	30	46	60	5	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	46	6	722	- 676
Drownings	32	46	34	127	- 81
Epilepsy	33	46	45	44	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	34	39	35	125	- 87
Lung Cancers	35	39	4	956	- 918
Asthma	36	33	46	42	- 9
Tuberculosis	37	30	40	71	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	38	28	13	436	- 408
Poisonings	39	27	49	23	+ 4
Drug Use	40	27	48	41	- 14
Meningitis	41	27	52	15	+ 12
Skin Disease	42	23	38	76	- 54
Lymphomas	43	23	19	245	- 223
Inflammatory/Heart	44	22	5	921	- 899
Fires	45	20	36	103	- 83
Skin Cancers	46	19	30	144	- 125
Appendicitis	47	16	59	5	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	48	14	32	131	- 117
Oral Cancer	49	14	22	214	- 200
Ovary Cancer	50	13	24	196	- 183
Encephalitis	51	10	69	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	51	20	- 12
Pertussis	53	7	70	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	6	47	41	- 35
Bladder Cancer	55	6	20	228	- 222
Other Neoplasms	56	4	28	153	- 148
Upper Respiratory	57	3	62	4	- 0
Dengue	58	3	83	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	3	29	148	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	50	20	- 18
Chagas disease	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Guatemala

Latvia

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.