MYANMAR VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,960	2	34,871	- 3,911
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	29,134	7	16,726	+ 12,408
Diabetes Mellitus	3	21,844	4	19,944	+ 1,901
Kidney Disease	4	19,780	9	9,924	+ 9,856
Liver Disease	5	17,913	6	17,143	+ 771
Stroke	6	15,279	1	71,440	- 56,161
Violence	7	13,899	31	2,124	+ 11,775
Road Traffic Accidents	8	12,688	8	11,004	+ 1,684
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	8,248	14	7,237	+ 1,011
Other Injuries	10	7,770	28	2,762	+ 5,008
Malnutrition	11	6,241	42	945	+ 5,296
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	6,166	20	5,082	+ 1,084
Lung Disease	13	5,992	3	26,531	- 20,539
Alcohol	14	5,669	54	324	+ 5,345
Liver Cancer	15	5,563	19	5,215	+ 348
Low Birth Weight	16	5,226	15	7,125	- 1,898
Stomach Cancer	17	4,949	18	5,343	- 394
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,779	24	3,679	+ 1,100
Birth Trauma	19	4,620	16	6,169	- 1,549
Falls	20	4,322	17	5,686	- 1,364
HIV/AIDS	21	3,695	12	7,707	- 4,012
Suicide	22	3,276	34	1,565	+ 1,711
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	3,244	29	2,558	+ 686
Prostate Cancer	24	2,665	53	338	+ 2,327
Cervical Cancer	25	2,545	23	3,945	- 1,400
Hypertension	26	2,141	11	7,843	- 5,702
Leukemia	27	1,893	35	1,546	+ 347
Breast Cancer	28	1,561	26	3,192	- 1,631
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,530	38	1,265	+ 265
Maternal Conditions	30	1,476	33	1,681	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,463	27	2,996	- 1,533
Drownings	32	1,460	30	2,212	- 752
Epilepsy	33	1,459	50	524	+ 935
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,237	37	1,450	- 213
Lung Cancers	35	1,233	13	7,558	- 6,325
Asthma	36	1,054	10	9,557	- 8,503
Tuberculosis	37	950	5	19,299	- 18,349
Pancreas Cancer	38	889	44	743	+ 146
Poisonings	39	867	46	728	+ 139
Drug Use	40	856	52	411	+ 445
Meningitis	41	854	49	550	+ 304
Skin Disease	42	731	45	734	- 3
Lymphomas	43	722	36	1,472	- 750
Inflammatory/Heart	44	710	32	1,702	- 992
Fires	45	654	58	227	+ 427
Skin Cancers	46	615	41	962	- 348
Appendicitis	47	516	63	93	+ 423
Oesophagus Cancer	48	453	25	3,325	- 2,872
Oral Cancer	49	448	22	4,209	- 3,761
Ovary Cancer	50	419	40	1,053	- 634
Encephalitis	51	327	59	171	+ 156
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	258	64	73	+ 185
Pertussis	53	220	39	1,244	- 1,025
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	195	43	893	- 698
Bladder Cancer	55	181	48	573	- 391
Other Neoplasms	56	132	60	117	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	57	108	66	27	+ 81
Dengue	58	103	56	272	- 169
Uterin Cancer	59	86	57	263	- 177
Multiple Sclerosis	60	65	65	60	+ 5
Chagas disease	61	60	73	0	+ 60
Tetanus	62	31	51	426	- 395
Ascariasis	63	22	68	13	+ 9
Syphilis	64	9	55	305	- 296
Hepatitis B	65	8	62	93	- 85
Hepatitis C	66	7	67	21	- 14
Chlamydia	67	7	70	3	+ 4
War	68	6	47	688	- 681
Leishmaniasis	69	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	72	0	21	4,465	- 4,465
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	61	109	- 109
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

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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.