NEW ZEALAND VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,778	1	5,095	- 2,317
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,614	7	920	+ 1,694
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,960	8	769	+ 1,191
Kidney Disease	4	1,775	17	432	+ 1,343
Liver Disease	5	1,607	32	158	+ 1,450
Stroke	6	1,371	3	2,378	- 1,007
Violence	7	1,247	42	57	+ 1,190
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,138	16	458	+ 680
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	740	37	81	+ 659
Other Injuries	10	697	28	218	+ 479
Malnutrition	11	560	55	14	+ 546
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	553	2	3,032	- 2,478
Lung Disease	13	538	5	1,815	- 1,277
Alcohol	14	509	45	51	+ 457
Liver Cancer	15	499	24	288	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	16	469	38	78	+ 390
Stomach Cancer	17	444	22	323	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	18	429	30	176	+ 253
Birth Trauma	19	414	54	15	+ 400
Falls	20	388	11	627	- 239
HIV/AIDS	21	332	57	10	+ 321
Suicide	22	294	15	528	- 234
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	291	39	70	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	24	239	9	739	- 500
Cervical Cancer	25	228	41	61	+ 168
Hypertension	26	192	20	327	- 135
Leukemia	27	170	18	391	- 221
Breast Cancer	28	140	10	737	- 597
Endocrine Disorders	29	137	21	325	- 187
Maternal Conditions	30	132	63	5	+ 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	131	6	1,495	- 1,363
Drownings	32	131	44	54	+ 77
Epilepsy	33	131	43	55	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	34	111	19	353	- 242
Lung Cancers	35	111	4	1,873	- 1,763
Asthma	36	95	36	91	+ 4
Tuberculosis	37	85	52	17	+ 68
Pancreas Cancer	38	80	14	543	- 463
Poisonings	39	78	58	9	+ 69
Drug Use	40	77	40	69	+ 8
Meningitis	41	77	59	9	+ 68
Skin Disease	42	66	34	118	- 52
Lymphomas	43	65	13	608	- 543
Inflammatory/Heart	44	64	23	313	- 249
Fires	45	59	53	17	+ 42
Skin Cancers	46	55	12	612	- 556
Appendicitis	47	46	62	6	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	48	41	25	279	- 238
Oral Cancer	49	40	31	164	- 123
Ovary Cancer	50	38	29	207	- 169
Encephalitis	51	29	66	1	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	23	46	47	- 24
Pertussis	53	20	65	1	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	35	113	- 95
Bladder Cancer	55	16	26	267	- 251
Other Neoplasms	56	12	27	245	- 233
Upper Respiratory	57	10	64	4	+ 6
Dengue	58	9	75	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	8	33	145	- 137
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	47	43	- 38
Chagas disease	61	5	79	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	3	69	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	1	56	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	66	1	48	30	- 29
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Guatemala

New Zealand

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.