SLOVAKIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,994	1	10,654	- 7,660
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,818	6	2,024	+ 794
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,113	16	750	+ 1,363
Kidney Disease	4	1,913	14	830	+ 1,083
Liver Disease	5	1,732	7	1,425	+ 307
Stroke	6	1,478	3	3,756	- 2,278
Violence	7	1,344	42	59	+ 1,285
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,227	27	331	+ 896
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	798	47	34	+ 764
Other Injuries	10	751	20	554	+ 198
Malnutrition	11	604	49	29	+ 575
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	596	2	4,482	- 3,886
Lung Disease	13	580	9	1,121	- 542
Alcohol	14	548	33	219	+ 329
Liver Cancer	15	538	22	469	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	16	505	39	97	+ 408
Stomach Cancer	17	479	15	827	- 348
Congenital Anomalies	18	462	36	167	+ 295
Birth Trauma	19	447	52	15	+ 432
Falls	20	418	8	1,277	- 859
HIV/AIDS	21	357	65	2	+ 355
Suicide	22	317	19	660	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	314	31	274	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	24	258	12	968	- 710
Cervical Cancer	25	246	32	273	- 27
Hypertension	26	207	11	1,034	- 827
Leukemia	27	183	23	448	- 265
Breast Cancer	28	151	10	1,071	- 920
Endocrine Disorders	29	148	37	163	- 15
Maternal Conditions	30	143	63	3	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	141	5	2,528	- 2,387
Drownings	32	141	38	144	- 2
Epilepsy	33	141	35	168	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	34	120	29	310	- 190
Lung Cancers	35	119	4	2,562	- 2,443
Asthma	36	102	44	47	+ 55
Tuberculosis	37	92	50	26	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	38	86	13	876	- 790
Poisonings	39	84	48	30	+ 54
Drug Use	40	83	45	45	+ 38
Meningitis	41	83	51	25	+ 57
Skin Disease	42	71	34	170	- 99
Lymphomas	43	70	17	736	- 666
Inflammatory/Heart	44	69	25	339	- 270
Fires	45	63	46	39	+ 25
Skin Cancers	46	59	24	357	- 298
Appendicitis	47	50	55	9	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	48	44	28	314	- 270
Oral Cancer	49	43	18	716	- 673
Ovary Cancer	50	40	26	334	- 294
Encephalitis	51	32	67	1	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	53	15	+ 10
Pertussis	53	21	61	4	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	19	41	70	- 51
Bladder Cancer	55	18	21	489	- 471
Other Neoplasms	56	13	40	93	- 80
Upper Respiratory	57	10	58	6	+ 4
Dengue	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	59	8	30	280	- 272
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	43	55	- 48
Chagas disease	61	6	76	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	62	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	65	1	56	8	- 7
Hepatitis C	66	1	54	12	- 12
Chlamydia	67	1	73	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	59	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Guatemala

Slovakia

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.