PORTUGAL VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,493	1	12,878	- 7,385
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,169	4	6,851	- 1,682
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,876	8	3,601	+ 275
Kidney Disease	4	3,510	9	2,803	+ 706
Liver Disease	5	3,178	22	1,126	+ 2,053
Stroke	6	2,711	2	12,339	- 9,628
Violence	7	2,466	48	96	+ 2,370
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,251	27	838	+ 1,413
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,463	36	231	+ 1,233
Other Injuries	10	1,379	13	1,937	- 558
Malnutrition	11	1,107	53	79	+ 1,029
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,094	3	7,191	- 6,097
Lung Disease	13	1,063	7	4,286	- 3,223
Alcohol	14	1,006	45	111	+ 895
Liver Cancer	15	987	18	1,270	- 283
Low Birth Weight	16	927	52	79	+ 849
Stomach Cancer	17	878	10	2,532	- 1,654
Congenital Anomalies	18	848	40	196	+ 652
Birth Trauma	19	820	60	24	+ 796
Falls	20	767	23	1,033	- 266
HIV/AIDS	21	656	35	320	+ 336
Suicide	22	581	19	1,172	- 591
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	576	37	229	+ 347
Prostate Cancer	24	473	11	2,124	- 1,651
Cervical Cancer	25	452	34	329	+ 123
Hypertension	26	380	14	1,880	- 1,500
Leukemia	27	336	24	1,015	- 680
Breast Cancer	28	277	12	1,997	- 1,720
Endocrine Disorders	29	271	17	1,547	- 1,275
Maternal Conditions	30	262	63	7	+ 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	260	6	4,389	- 4,130
Drownings	32	259	51	79	+ 180
Epilepsy	33	259	31	415	- 156
Parkinson's Disease	34	220	21	1,139	- 920
Lung Cancers	35	219	5	4,406	- 4,187
Asthma	36	187	43	146	+ 41
Tuberculosis	37	169	38	213	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	38	158	15	1,669	- 1,511
Poisonings	39	154	57	29	+ 125
Drug Use	40	152	44	128	+ 23
Meningitis	41	152	56	43	+ 109
Skin Disease	42	130	39	202	- 73
Lymphomas	43	128	16	1,608	- 1,479
Inflammatory/Heart	44	126	26	909	- 783
Fires	45	116	46	108	+ 8
Skin Cancers	46	109	30	523	- 414
Appendicitis	47	92	61	21	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	48	80	29	623	- 542
Oral Cancer	49	79	25	912	- 833
Ovary Cancer	50	74	33	397	- 323
Encephalitis	51	58	67	1	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	46	47	99	- 53
Pertussis	53	39	72	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	35	41	169	- 134
Bladder Cancer	55	32	20	1,171	- 1,138
Other Neoplasms	56	23	28	652	- 629
Upper Respiratory	57	19	62	15	+ 4
Dengue	58	18	84	0	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	59	15	32	406	- 391
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	54	56	- 45
Chagas disease	61	11	79	0	+ 11
Tetanus	62	6	73	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	63	4	83	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	2	64	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	59	26	- 25
Hepatitis C	66	1	49	87	- 86
Chlamydia	67	1	76	0	+ 1
War	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Guatemala

Portugal

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.