SYRIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,844	1	28,203	- 15,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,086	4	2,958	+ 9,128
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,062	15	1,534	+ 7,528
Kidney Disease	4	8,206	6	2,329	+ 5,877
Liver Disease	5	7,431	11	1,720	+ 5,712
Stroke	6	6,339	2	8,088	- 1,750
Violence	7	5,766	25	444	+ 5,322
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,264	5	2,550	+ 2,714
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,422	7	2,156	+ 1,266
Other Injuries	10	3,223	24	521	+ 2,702
Malnutrition	11	2,589	51	73	+ 2,517
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,558	14	1,551	+ 1,007
Lung Disease	13	2,486	13	1,601	+ 885
Alcohol	14	2,352	53	51	+ 2,301
Liver Cancer	15	2,308	31	366	+ 1,941
Low Birth Weight	16	2,168	12	1,652	+ 516
Stomach Cancer	17	2,053	22	725	+ 1,329
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,983	8	2,077	- 95
Birth Trauma	19	1,917	21	744	+ 1,172
Falls	20	1,793	29	383	+ 1,410
HIV/AIDS	21	1,533	58	15	+ 1,518
Suicide	22	1,359	33	333	+ 1,026
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,346	49	79	+ 1,267
Prostate Cancer	24	1,105	28	404	+ 701
Cervical Cancer	25	1,056	42	188	+ 868
Hypertension	26	888	23	707	+ 181
Leukemia	27	785	19	796	- 11
Breast Cancer	28	648	10	1,953	- 1,305
Endocrine Disorders	29	635	26	418	+ 217
Maternal Conditions	30	612	45	105	+ 508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	607	16	1,224	- 617
Drownings	32	606	40	215	+ 391
Epilepsy	33	605	48	92	+ 513
Parkinson's Disease	34	513	30	367	+ 146
Lung Cancers	35	512	9	2,048	- 1,536
Asthma	36	437	17	1,052	- 615
Tuberculosis	37	394	56	23	+ 371
Pancreas Cancer	38	369	27	411	- 42
Poisonings	39	360	46	98	+ 262
Drug Use	40	355	39	249	+ 106
Meningitis	41	354	35	295	+ 60
Skin Disease	42	303	61	8	+ 296
Lymphomas	43	300	18	827	- 527
Inflammatory/Heart	44	295	32	337	- 43
Fires	45	271	43	179	+ 92
Skin Cancers	46	255	38	276	- 21
Appendicitis	47	214	54	36	+ 178
Oesophagus Cancer	48	188	47	97	+ 91
Oral Cancer	49	186	36	289	- 103
Ovary Cancer	50	174	34	328	- 154
Encephalitis	51	135	50	77	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	107	62	7	+ 100
Pertussis	53	91	37	289	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	81	41	197	- 117
Bladder Cancer	55	75	20	757	- 682
Other Neoplasms	56	55	57	21	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	57	45	66	3	+ 41
Dengue	58	43	72	0	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	59	36	44	146	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	60	27	59	14	+ 13
Chagas disease	61	25	78	0	+ 25
Tetanus	62	13	52	57	- 45
Ascariasis	63	9	67	1	+ 8
Syphilis	64	4	55	31	- 27
Hepatitis B	65	3	63	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	3	68	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	3	69	1	+ 2
War	68	3	3	7,760	- 7,758
Leishmaniasis	69	1	65	5	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	5	- 5
Measles	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Guatemala

Syria

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.