PARAGUAY VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,048	1	4,327	- 279
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,810	4	1,661	+ 2,148
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,856	3	2,361	+ 495
Kidney Disease	4	2,586	5	1,592	+ 994
Liver Disease	5	2,342	17	524	+ 1,819
Stroke	6	1,998	2	3,007	- 1,009
Violence	7	1,818	13	566	+ 1,252
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,659	6	1,552	+ 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,079	31	192	+ 886
Other Injuries	10	1,016	9	843	+ 173
Malnutrition	11	816	25	330	+ 486
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	806	36	144	+ 662
Lung Disease	13	784	7	1,181	- 397
Alcohol	14	741	23	410	+ 332
Liver Cancer	15	727	35	152	+ 575
Low Birth Weight	16	683	12	644	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	17	647	24	355	+ 292
Congenital Anomalies	18	625	11	662	- 37
Birth Trauma	19	604	30	213	+ 392
Falls	20	565	43	100	+ 465
HIV/AIDS	21	483	21	448	+ 35
Suicide	22	428	22	425	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	424	47	69	+ 356
Prostate Cancer	24	348	15	546	- 198
Cervical Cancer	25	333	18	516	- 183
Hypertension	26	280	8	895	- 615
Leukemia	27	248	27	272	- 25
Breast Cancer	28	204	20	481	- 277
Endocrine Disorders	29	200	14	562	- 362
Maternal Conditions	30	193	49	64	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	191	16	543	- 352
Drownings	32	191	32	178	+ 13
Epilepsy	33	191	44	98	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	34	162	41	122	+ 40
Lung Cancers	35	161	10	738	- 576
Asthma	36	138	39	126	+ 11
Tuberculosis	37	124	26	273	- 148
Pancreas Cancer	38	116	28	258	- 142
Poisonings	39	113	63	14	+ 100
Drug Use	40	112	56	38	+ 74
Meningitis	41	112	53	52	+ 59
Skin Disease	42	96	37	144	- 48
Lymphomas	43	94	29	245	- 150
Inflammatory/Heart	44	93	34	154	- 61
Fires	45	85	50	63	+ 22
Skin Cancers	46	80	40	125	- 44
Appendicitis	47	67	57	37	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	48	59	33	173	- 114
Oral Cancer	49	59	38	134	- 75
Ovary Cancer	50	55	45	85	- 30
Encephalitis	51	43	66	11	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	34	48	66	- 32
Pertussis	53	29	59	30	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	26	55	43	- 18
Bladder Cancer	55	24	51	57	- 33
Other Neoplasms	56	17	19	487	- 469
Upper Respiratory	57	14	70	4	+ 10
Dengue	58	13	62	16	- 3
Uterin Cancer	59	11	54	45	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	68	8	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	8	60	19	- 11
Tetanus	62	4	64	12	- 8
Ascariasis	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Syphilis	64	1	42	119	- 118
Hepatitis B	65	1	67	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	66	1	72	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	1	71	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	0	61	17	- 17
Otitis Media	70	0	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	77	0	65	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	52	- 52
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Guatemala

Paraguay

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.