MAURITIUS VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	705	2	1,805	- 1,100
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	664	7	346	+ 318
Diabetes Mellitus	3	498	1	1,873	- 1,376
Kidney Disease	4	451	4	724	- 274
Liver Disease	5	408	12	145	+ 263
Stroke	6	348	3	985	- 637
Violence	7	317	41	30	+ 287
Road Traffic Accidents	8	289	11	155	+ 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	188	42	23	+ 165
Other Injuries	10	177	21	66	+ 111
Malnutrition	11	142	54	4	+ 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	140	34	42	+ 99
Lung Disease	13	137	5	646	- 510
Alcohol	14	129	29	53	+ 76
Liver Cancer	15	127	27	56	+ 71
Low Birth Weight	16	119	35	37	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	17	113	18	104	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	18	109	25	57	+ 52
Birth Trauma	19	105	36	37	+ 69
Falls	20	98	26	57	+ 42
HIV/AIDS	21	84	13	141	- 57
Suicide	22	75	14	120	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	74	43	22	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	24	61	15	115	- 54
Cervical Cancer	25	58	30	49	+ 9
Hypertension	26	49	6	592	- 543
Leukemia	27	43	31	48	- 5
Breast Cancer	28	36	8	232	- 197
Endocrine Disorders	29	35	19	101	- 66
Maternal Conditions	30	34	48	11	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	33	10	182	- 149
Drownings	32	33	33	43	- 10
Epilepsy	33	33	38	35	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	34	28	47	12	+ 16
Lung Cancers	35	28	9	182	- 154
Asthma	36	24	17	107	- 83
Tuberculosis	37	22	45	17	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	38	20	28	55	- 34
Poisonings	39	20	49	11	+ 9
Drug Use	40	19	46	16	+ 3
Meningitis	41	19	57	2	+ 17
Skin Disease	42	17	22	64	- 48
Lymphomas	43	16	24	57	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	44	16	16	108	- 92
Fires	45	15	50	10	+ 5
Skin Cancers	46	14	53	5	+ 9
Appendicitis	47	12	59	1	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	48	10	37	35	- 25
Oral Cancer	49	10	23	63	- 53
Ovary Cancer	50	10	32	46	- 36
Encephalitis	51	7	61	1	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	60	1	+ 5
Pertussis	53	5	66	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	56	3	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	55	4	44	21	- 17
Other Neoplasms	56	3	20	77	- 74
Upper Respiratory	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Dengue	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	2	40	32	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	84	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	51	9	- 9
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Guatemala

Mauritius

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.