SWAZILAND VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	612	5	755	- 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	576	2	921	- 344
Diabetes Mellitus	3	432	3	892	- 460
Kidney Disease	4	391	8	381	+ 10
Liver Disease	5	354	11	274	+ 81
Stroke	6	302	4	800	- 498
Violence	7	275	16	212	+ 63
Road Traffic Accidents	8	251	7	384	- 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	163	6	517	- 354
Other Injuries	10	154	17	190	- 36
Malnutrition	11	123	22	106	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	122	27	77	+ 45
Lung Disease	13	119	12	264	- 146
Alcohol	14	112	48	16	+ 96
Liver Cancer	15	110	37	29	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	16	103	14	233	- 130
Stomach Cancer	17	98	53	7	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	18	95	19	160	- 66
Birth Trauma	19	91	18	166	- 75
Falls	20	85	32	41	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	21	73	1	2,314	- 2,241
Suicide	22	65	9	338	- 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	64	29	51	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	24	53	31	45	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	25	50	15	215	- 165
Hypertension	26	42	10	292	- 250
Leukemia	27	37	47	16	+ 21
Breast Cancer	28	31	35	37	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	30	28	74	- 44
Maternal Conditions	30	29	21	116	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	29	43	19	+ 10
Drownings	32	29	25	87	- 58
Epilepsy	33	29	30	46	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	34	24	41	24	+ 1
Lung Cancers	35	24	46	17	+ 8
Asthma	36	21	20	150	- 129
Tuberculosis	37	19	13	256	- 237
Pancreas Cancer	38	18	56	6	+ 12
Poisonings	39	17	34	37	- 20
Drug Use	40	17	38	27	- 10
Meningitis	41	17	23	97	- 81
Skin Disease	42	14	40	25	- 11
Lymphomas	43	14	36	31	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	44	14	24	94	- 80
Fires	45	13	26	84	- 71
Skin Cancers	46	12	42	20	- 8
Appendicitis	47	10	54	7	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	48	9	44	18	- 10
Oral Cancer	49	9	51	10	- 1
Ovary Cancer	50	8	52	10	- 2
Encephalitis	51	6	59	5	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	58	5	+ 0
Pertussis	53	4	33	39	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	4	39	26	- 22
Bladder Cancer	55	4	55	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	56	3	61	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	57	2	60	4	- 2
Dengue	58	2	72	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	2	50	11	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Chagas disease	61	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	45	17	- 17
Hepatitis B	65	0	57	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Guatemala

Swaziland

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.