NORWAY VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,965	1	5,321	- 2,356
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,790	6	1,797	+ 994
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,092	16	560	+ 1,533
Kidney Disease	4	1,894	14	611	+ 1,284
Liver Disease	5	1,716	30	214	+ 1,502
Stroke	6	1,463	4	2,475	- 1,012
Violence	7	1,331	50	32	+ 1,299
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,215	42	114	+ 1,101
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	790	37	128	+ 662
Other Injuries	10	744	15	583	+ 161
Malnutrition	11	598	35	135	+ 463
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	591	2	4,464	- 3,874
Lung Disease	13	574	3	2,723	- 2,149
Alcohol	14	543	31	205	+ 338
Liver Cancer	15	533	26	259	+ 274
Low Birth Weight	16	501	52	23	+ 477
Stomach Cancer	17	474	22	343	+ 131
Congenital Anomalies	18	458	34	136	+ 321
Birth Trauma	19	442	54	17	+ 425
Falls	20	414	9	777	- 364
HIV/AIDS	21	354	61	10	+ 344
Suicide	22	314	13	633	- 320
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	311	33	160	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	24	255	8	1,172	- 917
Cervical Cancer	25	244	39	125	+ 119
Hypertension	26	205	28	230	- 25
Leukemia	27	181	21	354	- 172
Breast Cancer	28	150	11	698	- 549
Endocrine Disorders	29	147	19	359	- 212
Maternal Conditions	30	141	66	1	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	140	7	1,787	- 1,647
Drownings	32	140	45	65	+ 75
Epilepsy	33	140	40	119	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	34	119	17	554	- 436
Lung Cancers	35	118	5	2,320	- 2,202
Asthma	36	101	43	85	+ 16
Tuberculosis	37	91	56	15	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	38	85	10	770	- 685
Poisonings	39	83	57	14	+ 69
Drug Use	40	82	25	264	- 182
Meningitis	41	82	58	14	+ 68
Skin Disease	42	70	38	128	- 58
Lymphomas	43	69	12	646	- 577
Inflammatory/Heart	44	68	29	221	- 153
Fires	45	63	48	45	+ 18
Skin Cancers	46	59	18	407	- 349
Appendicitis	47	49	59	12	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	48	43	27	248	- 204
Oral Cancer	49	43	32	168	- 125
Ovary Cancer	50	40	24	309	- 269
Encephalitis	51	31	70	0	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	47	60	- 36
Pertussis	53	21	64	1	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	19	46	61	- 43
Bladder Cancer	55	17	20	356	- 339
Other Neoplasms	56	13	23	324	- 312
Upper Respiratory	57	10	60	12	- 1
Dengue	58	10	75	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	59	8	36	134	- 126
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	41	119	- 113
Chagas disease	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	3	69	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	1	63	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	55	17	- 16
Chlamydia	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Guatemala

Norway

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.