PERU VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,545	2	13,769	+ 3,776
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	16,510	1	15,326	+ 1,184
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,379	8	4,437	+ 7,942
Kidney Disease	4	11,209	4	7,234	+ 3,975
Liver Disease	5	10,151	5	6,375	+ 3,776
Stroke	6	8,659	3	7,722	+ 937
Violence	7	7,876	12	3,013	+ 4,864
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,190	9	4,414	+ 2,776
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,674	27	1,108	+ 3,566
Other Injuries	10	4,403	13	2,876	+ 1,528
Malnutrition	11	3,537	29	1,006	+ 2,531
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,494	6	5,811	- 2,317
Lung Disease	13	3,396	15	2,519	+ 877
Alcohol	14	3,213	44	321	+ 2,891
Liver Cancer	15	3,152	16	2,476	+ 676
Low Birth Weight	16	2,962	24	1,475	+ 1,487
Stomach Cancer	17	2,805	7	5,072	- 2,267
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,708	19	1,997	+ 712
Birth Trauma	19	2,618	37	537	+ 2,081
Falls	20	2,449	25	1,285	+ 1,164
HIV/AIDS	21	2,094	31	849	+ 1,245
Suicide	22	1,856	30	903	+ 953
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,838	35	609	+ 1,230
Prostate Cancer	24	1,510	11	3,167	- 1,657
Cervical Cancer	25	1,442	21	1,924	- 482
Hypertension	26	1,213	28	1,061	+ 152
Leukemia	27	1,073	22	1,850	- 777
Breast Cancer	28	885	20	1,969	- 1,085
Endocrine Disorders	29	867	40	474	+ 393
Maternal Conditions	30	836	43	345	+ 491
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	829	14	2,642	- 1,813
Drownings	32	827	36	584	+ 244
Epilepsy	33	827	47	262	+ 565
Parkinson's Disease	34	701	26	1,270	- 568
Lung Cancers	35	699	10	3,169	- 2,470
Asthma	36	598	50	208	+ 389
Tuberculosis	37	538	17	2,377	- 1,839
Pancreas Cancer	38	504	23	1,607	- 1,103
Poisonings	39	491	55	126	+ 366
Drug Use	40	485	34	635	- 150
Meningitis	41	484	56	118	+ 366
Skin Disease	42	414	54	156	+ 258
Lymphomas	43	409	18	2,254	- 1,845
Inflammatory/Heart	44	402	39	494	- 91
Fires	45	370	49	239	+ 131
Skin Cancers	46	348	32	786	- 437
Appendicitis	47	292	53	170	+ 122
Oesophagus Cancer	48	257	42	394	- 137
Oral Cancer	49	254	38	519	- 265
Ovary Cancer	50	237	33	713	- 476
Encephalitis	51	185	46	281	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	146	57	107	+ 39
Pertussis	53	125	48	260	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	111	51	198	- 88
Bladder Cancer	55	103	41	463	- 360
Other Neoplasms	56	75	58	54	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	57	61	63	11	+ 50
Dengue	58	58	66	4	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	59	49	45	304	- 255
Multiple Sclerosis	60	37	62	35	+ 2
Chagas disease	61	34	59	49	- 15
Tetanus	62	18	60	48	- 30
Ascariasis	63	13	69	2	+ 11
Syphilis	64	5	52	182	- 177
Hepatitis B	65	4	64	10	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	4	65	4	- 0
Chlamydia	67	4	68	3	+ 1
War	68	4	67	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	61	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	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 PERU

Guatemala

Peru

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.