SOUTH AFRICA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,529	3	32,739	- 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	30,611	2	39,341	- 8,730
Diabetes Mellitus	3	22,951	5	30,188	- 7,236
Kidney Disease	4	20,782	9	15,302	+ 5,480
Liver Disease	5	18,821	14	9,013	+ 9,808
Stroke	6	16,053	4	30,693	- 14,640
Violence	7	14,603	7	21,000	- 6,396
Road Traffic Accidents	8	13,331	11	13,014	+ 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	8,666	8	15,843	- 7,177
Other Injuries	10	8,164	17	6,014	+ 2,150
Malnutrition	11	6,558	34	2,381	+ 4,177
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	6,479	22	4,676	+ 1,803
Lung Disease	13	6,296	13	11,895	- 5,599
Alcohol	14	5,956	49	987	+ 4,969
Liver Cancer	15	5,845	33	2,383	+ 3,461
Low Birth Weight	16	5,491	16	6,250	- 759
Stomach Cancer	17	5,200	39	1,535	+ 3,665
Congenital Anomalies	18	5,021	25	4,351	+ 671
Birth Trauma	19	4,854	30	3,004	+ 1,850
Falls	20	4,541	42	1,399	+ 3,142
HIV/AIDS	21	3,883	1	71,996	- 68,113
Suicide	22	3,442	10	13,774	- 10,332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	3,408	36	1,894	+ 1,514
Prostate Cancer	24	2,800	24	4,374	- 1,574
Cervical Cancer	25	2,674	20	5,555	- 2,882
Hypertension	26	2,249	12	12,789	- 10,540
Leukemia	27	1,989	40	1,464	+ 525
Breast Cancer	28	1,640	23	4,533	- 2,893
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,608	19	5,890	- 4,283
Maternal Conditions	30	1,551	38	1,700	- 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,537	28	3,587	- 2,050
Drownings	32	1,534	32	2,403	- 869
Epilepsy	33	1,533	37	1,870	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,300	46	1,077	+ 223
Lung Cancers	35	1,296	15	7,705	- 6,410
Asthma	36	1,108	18	5,966	- 4,858
Tuberculosis	37	998	6	21,965	- 20,967
Pancreas Cancer	38	934	35	2,007	- 1,073
Poisonings	39	911	50	975	- 64
Drug Use	40	899	53	770	+ 129
Meningitis	41	898	26	3,660	- 2,763
Skin Disease	42	768	45	1,101	- 333
Lymphomas	43	759	31	2,818	- 2,059
Inflammatory/Heart	44	746	21	5,408	- 4,662
Fires	45	687	27	3,618	- 2,931
Skin Cancers	46	646	48	993	- 347
Appendicitis	47	542	56	274	+ 268
Oesophagus Cancer	48	476	29	3,486	- 3,009
Oral Cancer	49	471	41	1,406	- 935
Ovary Cancer	50	440	51	951	- 511
Encephalitis	51	343	59	234	+ 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	271	55	376	- 105
Pertussis	53	231	43	1,142	- 911
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	205	47	1,015	- 810
Bladder Cancer	55	190	52	829	- 639
Other Neoplasms	56	139	58	267	- 128
Upper Respiratory	57	113	60	223	- 110
Dengue	58	108	73	0	+ 108
Uterin Cancer	59	90	54	512	- 422
Multiple Sclerosis	60	68	62	113	- 44
Chagas disease	61	63	78	0	+ 63
Tetanus	62	33	65	38	- 5
Ascariasis	63	23	71	3	+ 21
Syphilis	64	9	44	1,130	- 1,120
Hepatitis B	65	8	61	139	- 131
Hepatitis C	66	7	70	8	- 1
Chlamydia	67	7	68	18	- 11
War	68	7	64	66	- 59
Leishmaniasis	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	0	67	19	- 19
Diphtheria	71	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	72	0	57	270	- 270
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	63	83	- 83
Schistosomiasis	75	0	66	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Guatemala

South Africa

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.