SOMALIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,006	7	7,233	- 227
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,593	1	21,712	- 15,119
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,943	16	2,888	+ 2,055
Kidney Disease	4	4,476	21	2,051	+ 2,425
Liver Disease	5	4,053	13	3,917	+ 137
Stroke	6	3,457	6	8,595	- 5,138
Violence	7	3,145	29	828	+ 2,317
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,871	11	4,231	- 1,360
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,866	2	15,363	- 13,496
Other Injuries	10	1,758	14	3,602	- 1,843
Malnutrition	11	1,412	10	4,825	- 3,412
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,395	32	647	+ 748
Lung Disease	13	1,356	19	2,442	- 1,086
Alcohol	14	1,283	59	151	+ 1,132
Liver Cancer	15	1,259	53	256	+ 1,003
Low Birth Weight	16	1,183	8	6,250	- 5,068
Stomach Cancer	17	1,120	49	310	+ 810
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,081	15	3,410	- 2,329
Birth Trauma	19	1,045	5	9,573	- 8,528
Falls	20	978	37	548	+ 430
HIV/AIDS	21	836	33	610	+ 226
Suicide	22	741	27	1,219	- 478
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	734	36	559	+ 175
Prostate Cancer	24	603	52	285	+ 318
Cervical Cancer	25	576	28	883	- 307
Hypertension	26	484	18	2,643	- 2,159
Leukemia	27	428	35	562	- 133
Breast Cancer	28	353	26	1,232	- 878
Endocrine Disorders	29	346	44	406	- 60
Maternal Conditions	30	334	12	4,127	- 3,793
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	331	38	546	- 215
Drownings	32	330	25	1,272	- 941
Epilepsy	33	330	43	419	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	34	280	56	184	+ 96
Lung Cancers	35	279	54	233	+ 46
Asthma	36	239	23	1,878	- 1,640
Tuberculosis	37	215	4	10,261	- 10,046
Pancreas Cancer	38	201	62	108	+ 94
Poisonings	39	196	31	758	- 562
Drug Use	40	194	65	54	+ 139
Meningitis	41	193	9	5,381	- 5,188
Skin Disease	42	165	58	151	+ 14
Lymphomas	43	163	34	605	- 441
Inflammatory/Heart	44	161	39	521	- 360
Fires	45	148	30	810	- 663
Skin Cancers	46	139	57	164	- 25
Appendicitis	47	117	55	188	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	48	103	40	516	- 414
Oral Cancer	49	101	46	328	- 227
Ovary Cancer	50	95	50	295	- 200
Encephalitis	51	74	63	91	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	58	66	35	+ 23
Pertussis	53	50	20	2,054	- 2,004
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	44	41	446	- 402
Bladder Cancer	55	41	61	149	- 108
Other Neoplasms	56	30	70	12	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	57	24	47	326	- 301
Dengue	58	23	73	1	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	59	19	64	78	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	71	8	+ 7
Chagas disease	61	14	79	0	+ 14
Tetanus	62	7	17	2,648	- 2,641
Ascariasis	63	5	69	30	- 25
Syphilis	64	2	45	378	- 376
Hepatitis B	65	2	48	315	- 313
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	34	- 33
Chlamydia	67	2	72	5	- 3
War	68	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Leishmaniasis	69	0	51	290	- 289
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	71	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	72	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Guatemala

Somalia

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.