NAMIBIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,509	5	1,221	+ 288
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,420	2	1,464	- 45
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,065	7	724	+ 340
Kidney Disease	4	964	15	322	+ 642
Liver Disease	5	873	14	336	+ 537
Stroke	6	745	4	1,333	- 588
Violence	7	677	11	450	+ 228
Road Traffic Accidents	8	618	6	868	- 250
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	402	8	645	- 243
Other Injuries	10	379	19	207	+ 172
Malnutrition	11	304	18	224	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	301	21	176	+ 125
Lung Disease	13	292	10	461	- 169
Alcohol	14	276	48	28	+ 248
Liver Cancer	15	271	41	45	+ 226
Low Birth Weight	16	255	9	516	- 261
Stomach Cancer	17	241	45	33	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	18	233	16	283	- 50
Birth Trauma	19	225	13	345	- 119
Falls	20	211	34	62	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	21	180	1	2,928	- 2,748
Suicide	22	160	17	243	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	158	32	76	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	24	130	31	94	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	25	124	23	133	- 9
Hypertension	26	104	12	428	- 324
Leukemia	27	92	49	24	+ 69
Breast Cancer	28	76	24	121	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	29	75	33	73	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	30	72	25	110	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	71	36	54	+ 17
Drownings	32	71	26	110	- 38
Epilepsy	33	71	38	49	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	34	60	42	43	+ 17
Lung Cancers	35	60	35	59	+ 1
Asthma	36	51	20	200	- 149
Tuberculosis	37	46	3	1,416	- 1,370
Pancreas Cancer	38	43	53	18	+ 26
Poisonings	39	42	39	46	- 4
Drug Use	40	42	46	32	+ 10
Meningitis	41	42	27	109	- 67
Skin Disease	42	36	47	31	+ 5
Lymphomas	43	35	40	46	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	44	35	22	162	- 127
Fires	45	32	28	109	- 77
Skin Cancers	46	30	29	108	- 78
Appendicitis	47	25	58	9	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	48	22	52	21	+ 1
Oral Cancer	49	22	30	100	- 78
Ovary Cancer	50	20	50	23	- 3
Encephalitis	51	16	59	8	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	57	9	+ 3
Pertussis	53	11	37	54	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	10	44	33	- 24
Bladder Cancer	55	9	54	16	- 7
Other Neoplasms	56	6	60	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	57	5	61	6	- 1
Dengue	58	5	74	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	59	4	56	11	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	64	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	3	78	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	62	6	- 4
Ascariasis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	43	35	- 34
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Guatemala

Namibia

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.