LITHUANIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,414	1	15,329	- 13,915
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,331	7	654	+ 677
Diabetes Mellitus	3	998	14	525	+ 473
Kidney Disease	4	904	19	372	+ 532
Liver Disease	5	818	9	644	+ 175
Stroke	6	698	2	5,643	- 4,945
Violence	7	635	36	132	+ 503
Road Traffic Accidents	8	580	27	225	+ 355
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	377	42	59	+ 317
Other Injuries	10	355	18	416	- 61
Malnutrition	11	285	58	7	+ 278
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	282	8	649	- 367
Lung Disease	13	274	16	513	- 239
Alcohol	14	259	33	192	+ 67
Liver Cancer	15	254	25	239	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	16	239	55	9	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	17	226	10	639	- 413
Congenital Anomalies	18	218	41	62	+ 157
Birth Trauma	19	211	53	10	+ 201
Falls	20	197	15	518	- 321
HIV/AIDS	21	169	51	22	+ 147
Suicide	22	150	6	721	- 572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	148	22	313	- 165
Prostate Cancer	24	122	12	598	- 476
Cervical Cancer	25	116	28	224	- 108
Hypertension	26	98	4	1,289	- 1,191
Leukemia	27	86	24	284	- 197
Breast Cancer	28	71	11	629	- 558
Endocrine Disorders	29	70	39	72	- 2
Maternal Conditions	30	67	63	2	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	67	5	1,074	- 1,007
Drownings	32	67	35	150	- 83
Epilepsy	33	67	40	62	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	34	57	29	222	- 166
Lung Cancers	35	56	3	1,329	- 1,272
Asthma	36	48	46	45	+ 3
Tuberculosis	37	43	38	119	- 75
Pancreas Cancer	38	41	13	578	- 537
Poisonings	39	40	45	46	- 7
Drug Use	40	39	37	122	- 83
Meningitis	41	39	52	19	+ 20
Skin Disease	42	33	44	48	- 14
Lymphomas	43	33	21	321	- 288
Inflammatory/Heart	44	32	17	484	- 452
Fires	45	30	43	51	- 21
Skin Cancers	46	28	32	197	- 168
Appendicitis	47	24	54	10	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	48	21	30	219	- 198
Oral Cancer	49	20	20	338	- 318
Ovary Cancer	50	19	26	233	- 214
Encephalitis	51	15	65	2	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	12	47	41	- 29
Pertussis	53	10	69	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	9	48	29	- 20
Bladder Cancer	55	8	23	292	- 284
Other Neoplasms	56	6	31	212	- 206
Upper Respiratory	57	5	68	0	+ 5
Dengue	58	5	76	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	59	4	34	159	- 155
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	49	29	- 26
Chagas disease	61	3	79	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	62	2	- 1
Ascariasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	61	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	0	50	23	- 23
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Guatemala

Lithuania

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.