SAUDI ARABIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,668	1	39,037	- 19,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,508	5	6,132	+ 12,376
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,877	9	3,890	+ 9,987
Kidney Disease	4	12,565	4	9,051	+ 3,514
Liver Disease	5	11,380	7	4,931	+ 6,448
Stroke	6	9,706	2	16,793	- 7,087
Violence	7	8,829	30	646	+ 8,184
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,060	3	12,317	- 4,257
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,240	35	457	+ 4,783
Other Injuries	10	4,936	8	4,004	+ 932
Malnutrition	11	3,965	52	79	+ 3,885
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,917	11	2,442	+ 1,475
Lung Disease	13	3,806	10	2,842	+ 964
Alcohol	14	3,601	51	128	+ 3,473
Liver Cancer	15	3,534	21	845	+ 2,689
Low Birth Weight	16	3,320	18	989	+ 2,331
Stomach Cancer	17	3,144	36	389	+ 2,755
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,036	12	2,307	+ 729
Birth Trauma	19	2,935	37	343	+ 2,592
Falls	20	2,745	6	5,340	- 2,595
HIV/AIDS	21	2,347	47	192	+ 2,155
Suicide	22	2,081	13	2,046	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	2,061	41	275	+ 1,785
Prostate Cancer	24	1,693	50	148	+ 1,544
Cervical Cancer	25	1,617	49	157	+ 1,460
Hypertension	26	1,360	22	834	+ 526
Leukemia	27	1,202	19	925	+ 278
Breast Cancer	28	992	20	908	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	29	972	15	1,447	- 475
Maternal Conditions	30	938	48	172	+ 765
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	929	14	1,630	- 701
Drownings	32	928	24	821	+ 106
Epilepsy	33	927	29	694	+ 232
Parkinson's Disease	34	786	25	776	+ 10
Lung Cancers	35	783	26	775	+ 8
Asthma	36	670	17	1,168	- 498
Tuberculosis	37	603	27	752	- 148
Pancreas Cancer	38	565	31	526	+ 39
Poisonings	39	551	40	279	+ 271
Drug Use	40	544	33	491	+ 53
Meningitis	41	543	45	227	+ 316
Skin Disease	42	464	32	516	- 52
Lymphomas	43	459	28	716	- 257
Inflammatory/Heart	44	451	16	1,342	- 890
Fires	45	415	23	825	- 410
Skin Cancers	46	390	55	55	+ 336
Appendicitis	47	328	58	35	+ 293
Oesophagus Cancer	48	288	44	229	+ 59
Oral Cancer	49	285	34	465	- 180
Ovary Cancer	50	266	42	247	+ 18
Encephalitis	51	207	43	234	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	164	62	9	+ 155
Pertussis	53	140	54	56	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	124	39	280	- 156
Bladder Cancer	55	115	46	214	- 99
Other Neoplasms	56	84	57	40	+ 44
Upper Respiratory	57	68	70	1	+ 68
Dengue	58	65	63	9	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	59	55	38	323	- 268
Multiple Sclerosis	60	41	56	49	- 7
Chagas disease	61	38	76	0	+ 38
Tetanus	62	20	61	16	+ 4
Ascariasis	63	14	66	1	+ 13
Syphilis	64	6	59	33	- 27
Hepatitis B	65	5	53	57	- 52
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	7	- 3
Chlamydia	67	4	71	0	+ 4
War	68	4	65	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	25	- 25
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Guatemala

Saudi Arabia

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.