SINGAPORE VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,244	1	5,292	- 2,047
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,053	2	5,189	- 2,136
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,289	28	108	+ 2,182
Kidney Disease	4	2,073	6	1,028	+ 1,044
Liver Disease	5	1,877	20	209	+ 1,668
Stroke	6	1,601	3	1,559	+ 43
Violence	7	1,457	46	15	+ 1,442
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,330	26	121	+ 1,209
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	864	39	28	+ 837
Other Injuries	10	814	32	79	+ 735
Malnutrition	11	654	63	0	+ 654
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	646	36	32	+ 614
Lung Disease	13	628	14	383	+ 245
Alcohol	14	594	47	10	+ 584
Liver Cancer	15	583	7	746	- 163
Low Birth Weight	16	548	41	25	+ 522
Stomach Cancer	17	519	12	405	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	18	501	31	80	+ 421
Birth Trauma	19	484	55	3	+ 481
Falls	20	453	18	218	+ 235
HIV/AIDS	21	387	45	18	+ 369
Suicide	22	343	9	650	- 307
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	340	33	69	+ 271
Prostate Cancer	24	279	16	303	- 23
Cervical Cancer	25	267	30	85	+ 182
Hypertension	26	224	8	732	- 508
Leukemia	27	198	17	249	- 51
Breast Cancer	28	164	10	605	- 442
Endocrine Disorders	29	160	37	30	+ 130
Maternal Conditions	30	155	53	3	+ 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	153	5	1,203	- 1,049
Drownings	32	153	38	29	+ 124
Epilepsy	33	153	42	25	+ 128
Parkinson's Disease	34	130	29	90	+ 40
Lung Cancers	35	129	4	1,540	- 1,411
Asthma	36	110	35	37	+ 73
Tuberculosis	37	100	40	26	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	38	93	11	537	- 444
Poisonings	39	91	60	1	+ 90
Drug Use	40	90	44	19	+ 71
Meningitis	41	90	48	8	+ 81
Skin Disease	42	77	25	136	- 59
Lymphomas	43	76	13	397	- 321
Inflammatory/Heart	44	74	19	215	- 141
Fires	45	68	49	7	+ 62
Skin Cancers	46	64	34	56	+ 8
Appendicitis	47	54	50	6	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	48	48	24	137	- 89
Oral Cancer	49	47	15	317	- 270
Ovary Cancer	50	44	21	204	- 160
Encephalitis	51	34	61	0	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	27	58	2	+ 25
Pertussis	53	23	62	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	43	22	- 2
Bladder Cancer	55	19	27	120	- 101
Other Neoplasms	56	14	22	195	- 181
Upper Respiratory	57	11	54	3	+ 8
Dengue	58	11	66	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	59	9	23	147	- 138
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	57	3	+ 4
Chagas disease	61	6	74	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	3	73	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	52	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	56	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	1	59	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	69	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	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Guatemala

Singapore

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.