ROMANIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,767	1	71,810	- 62,043
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,191	5	9,357	- 166
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,891	18	2,230	+ 4,661
Kidney Disease	4	6,240	9	5,175	+ 1,065
Liver Disease	5	5,651	6	8,920	- 3,269
Stroke	6	4,820	2	49,707	- 44,887
Violence	7	4,385	44	255	+ 4,129
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,003	20	1,992	+ 2,011
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,602	46	223	+ 2,379
Other Injuries	10	2,451	19	2,139	+ 312
Malnutrition	11	1,969	50	142	+ 1,827
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,945	15	2,839	- 894
Lung Disease	13	1,890	7	7,359	- 5,469
Alcohol	14	1,788	37	409	+ 1,379
Liver Cancer	15	1,755	13	3,114	- 1,359
Low Birth Weight	16	1,649	41	317	+ 1,332
Stomach Cancer	17	1,561	12	3,457	- 1,896
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,508	38	367	+ 1,141
Birth Trauma	19	1,457	57	38	+ 1,419
Falls	20	1,363	24	1,504	- 141
HIV/AIDS	21	1,166	47	219	+ 947
Suicide	22	1,033	21	1,886	- 853
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,023	33	531	+ 492
Prostate Cancer	24	841	16	2,449	- 1,608
Cervical Cancer	25	803	22	1,870	- 1,067
Hypertension	26	675	3	11,007	- 10,332
Leukemia	27	597	26	1,342	- 745
Breast Cancer	28	492	11	3,851	- 3,358
Endocrine Disorders	29	483	48	193	+ 290
Maternal Conditions	30	466	58	35	+ 430
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	461	8	6,835	- 6,374
Drownings	32	461	32	596	- 135
Epilepsy	33	460	42	314	+ 146
Parkinson's Disease	34	390	31	741	- 350
Lung Cancers	35	389	4	10,113	- 9,724
Asthma	36	333	45	225	+ 108
Tuberculosis	37	300	28	1,015	- 716
Pancreas Cancer	38	280	14	2,935	- 2,655
Poisonings	39	274	39	366	- 93
Drug Use	40	270	40	346	- 76
Meningitis	41	269	54	76	+ 193
Skin Disease	42	231	53	97	+ 133
Lymphomas	43	228	25	1,385	- 1,157
Inflammatory/Heart	44	224	10	4,433	- 4,209
Fires	45	206	36	421	- 215
Skin Cancers	46	194	29	1,003	- 809
Appendicitis	47	163	60	21	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	48	143	30	755	- 612
Oral Cancer	49	141	17	2,290	- 2,148
Ovary Cancer	50	132	27	1,109	- 977
Encephalitis	51	103	62	6	+ 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	81	85	0	+ 81
Pertussis	53	69	69	0	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	62	35	440	- 379
Bladder Cancer	55	57	23	1,715	- 1,658
Other Neoplasms	56	42	43	289	- 247
Upper Respiratory	57	34	63	3	+ 31
Dengue	58	32	81	0	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	59	27	34	522	- 495
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	55	66	- 46
Chagas disease	61	19	76	0	+ 19
Tetanus	62	10	67	1	+ 8
Ascariasis	63	7	82	0	+ 7
Syphilis	64	3	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	2	59	30	- 28
Hepatitis C	66	2	52	98	- 96
Chlamydia	67	2	78	0	+ 2
War	68	2	65	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	61	7	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	51	103	- 103
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	56	59	- 59
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Guatemala

Romania

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.