MALTA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	253	1	876	- 623
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	238	3	213	+ 25
Diabetes Mellitus	3	178	6	163	+ 16
Kidney Disease	4	162	11	79	+ 82
Liver Disease	5	146	24	23	+ 123
Stroke	6	125	2	291	- 167
Violence	7	113	40	4	+ 109
Road Traffic Accidents	8	104	31	18	+ 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	67	55	1	+ 66
Other Injuries	10	63	33	16	+ 47
Malnutrition	11	51	60	0	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	50	4	207	- 157
Lung Disease	13	49	8	127	- 78
Alcohol	14	46	47	3	+ 44
Liver Cancer	15	45	18	34	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	16	43	35	11	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	17	40	15	50	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	18	39	32	17	+ 22
Birth Trauma	19	38	44	3	+ 35
Falls	20	35	14	52	- 16
HIV/AIDS	21	30	41	4	+ 27
Suicide	22	27	22	27	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	26	37	7	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	24	22	13	53	- 31
Cervical Cancer	25	21	39	4	+ 16
Hypertension	26	17	20	33	- 16
Leukemia	27	15	21	28	- 12
Breast Cancer	28	13	10	85	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	29	12	30	19	- 7
Maternal Conditions	30	12	64	0	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	12	7	147	- 135
Drownings	32	12	48	2	+ 10
Epilepsy	33	12	43	3	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	34	10	16	50	- 39
Lung Cancers	35	10	5	197	- 187
Asthma	36	9	36	8	+ 0
Tuberculosis	37	8	52	2	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	38	7	9	90	- 83
Poisonings	39	7	58	1	+ 7
Drug Use	40	7	38	7	+ 0
Meningitis	41	7	56	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	42	6	25	23	- 17
Lymphomas	43	6	12	53	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	44	6	27	22	- 16
Fires	45	5	62	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	46	5	34	14	- 9
Appendicitis	47	4	63	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	48	4	29	20	- 17
Oral Cancer	49	4	23	25	- 21
Ovary Cancer	50	3	17	34	- 31
Encephalitis	51	3	65	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	51	2	+ 0
Pertussis	53	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	49	2	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	1	19	33	- 32
Other Neoplasms	56	1	26	22	- 21
Upper Respiratory	57	1	59	0	+ 1
Dengue	58	1	78	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	1	28	21	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	45	3	- 2
Chagas disease	61	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	61	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	53	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
War	68	0	54	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.