LESOTHO VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,199	5	2,101	- 902
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,128	2	3,214	- 2,086
Diabetes Mellitus	3	846	6	2,000	- 1,154
Kidney Disease	4	766	10	1,015	- 249
Liver Disease	5	694	14	792	- 98
Stroke	6	592	3	2,817	- 2,225
Violence	7	538	13	924	- 386
Road Traffic Accidents	8	491	16	678	- 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	319	4	2,354	- 2,035
Other Injuries	10	301	18	533	- 232
Malnutrition	11	242	21	357	- 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	239	29	194	+ 45
Lung Disease	13	232	9	1,102	- 870
Alcohol	14	220	38	71	+ 149
Liver Cancer	15	215	39	71	+ 145
Low Birth Weight	16	202	12	957	- 754
Stomach Cancer	17	192	60	11	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	18	185	19	389	- 204
Birth Trauma	19	179	15	717	- 538
Falls	20	167	31	128	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	21	143	1	4,767	- 4,624
Suicide	22	127	7	1,539	- 1,413
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	126	25	279	- 153
Prostate Cancer	24	103	35	81	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	25	99	20	372	- 274
Hypertension	26	83	11	990	- 907
Leukemia	27	73	49	39	+ 34
Breast Cancer	28	60	34	97	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	29	59	27	235	- 176
Maternal Conditions	30	57	24	292	- 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	57	48	40	+ 17
Drownings	32	57	28	200	- 143
Epilepsy	33	56	30	143	- 87
Parkinson's Disease	34	48	41	55	- 7
Lung Cancers	35	48	43	51	- 3
Asthma	36	41	17	678	- 637
Tuberculosis	37	37	8	1,208	- 1,172
Pancreas Cancer	38	34	58	12	+ 22
Poisonings	39	34	33	111	- 78
Drug Use	40	33	50	32	+ 2
Meningitis	41	33	22	318	- 285
Skin Disease	42	28	40	70	- 42
Lymphomas	43	28	36	78	- 50
Inflammatory/Heart	44	27	23	305	- 278
Fires	45	25	26	269	- 243
Skin Cancers	46	24	46	46	- 23
Appendicitis	47	20	52	25	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	48	18	37	73	- 56
Oral Cancer	49	17	42	52	- 34
Ovary Cancer	50	16	53	24	- 8
Encephalitis	51	13	57	14	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	56	18	- 8
Pertussis	53	9	44	51	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	32	126	- 118
Bladder Cancer	55	7	61	10	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	5	62	9	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	4	55	18	- 14
Dengue	58	4	70	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	3	54	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	6	- 3
Chagas disease	61	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	47	45	- 44
Ascariasis	63	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	45	50	- 50
Hepatitis B	65	0	51	27	- 26
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	65	2	- 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Guatemala

Lesotho

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.