TANZANIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,307	9	13,215	+ 23,092
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	34,166	2	26,028	+ 8,138
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,617	15	6,247	+ 19,370
Kidney Disease	4	23,196	19	4,547	+ 18,649
Liver Disease	5	21,007	13	6,586	+ 14,421
Stroke	6	17,918	7	16,894	+ 1,024
Violence	7	16,299	18	4,713	+ 11,587
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,879	5	18,054	- 3,174
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	9,672	6	17,587	- 7,914
Other Injuries	10	9,112	20	4,270	+ 4,842
Malnutrition	11	7,319	16	5,574	+ 1,745
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	7,231	27	2,048	+ 5,183
Lung Disease	13	7,027	22	3,051	+ 3,976
Alcohol	14	6,648	56	270	+ 6,378
Liver Cancer	15	6,524	36	1,413	+ 5,110
Low Birth Weight	16	6,129	10	12,173	- 6,044
Stomach Cancer	17	5,804	39	1,190	+ 4,613
Congenital Anomalies	18	5,604	11	9,791	- 4,186
Birth Trauma	19	5,418	8	15,086	- 9,668
Falls	20	5,068	34	1,533	+ 3,535
HIV/AIDS	21	4,333	1	27,402	- 23,068
Suicide	22	3,841	24	2,474	+ 1,367
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	3,804	46	462	+ 3,342
Prostate Cancer	24	3,125	28	1,819	+ 1,306
Cervical Cancer	25	2,984	14	6,424	- 3,439
Hypertension	26	2,510	17	5,209	- 2,698
Leukemia	27	2,220	47	416	+ 1,804
Breast Cancer	28	1,831	37	1,285	+ 546
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,794	29	1,778	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	30	1,731	12	6,835	- 5,104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,715	33	1,567	+ 148
Drownings	32	1,712	32	1,642	+ 71
Epilepsy	33	1,711	43	707	+ 1,004
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,451	45	513	+ 938
Lung Cancers	35	1,446	61	159	+ 1,287
Asthma	36	1,237	30	1,700	- 464
Tuberculosis	37	1,114	4	20,269	- 19,155
Pancreas Cancer	38	1,042	62	158	+ 884
Poisonings	39	1,017	40	1,170	- 153
Drug Use	40	1,004	48	404	+ 600
Meningitis	41	1,002	21	3,188	- 2,187
Skin Disease	42	857	52	359	+ 498
Lymphomas	43	847	41	805	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	44	833	38	1,227	- 395
Fires	45	766	35	1,424	- 658
Skin Cancers	46	721	42	744	- 24
Appendicitis	47	605	58	218	+ 387
Oesophagus Cancer	48	532	25	2,247	- 1,715
Oral Cancer	49	525	31	1,646	- 1,121
Ovary Cancer	50	491	53	337	+ 154
Encephalitis	51	383	59	199	+ 184
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	302	63	81	+ 221
Pertussis	53	258	23	2,774	- 2,516
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	229	50	401	- 172
Bladder Cancer	55	212	44	667	- 454
Other Neoplasms	56	155	64	58	+ 98
Upper Respiratory	57	126	54	299	- 173
Dengue	58	120	73	2	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	59	101	57	218	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	60	76	68	27	+ 50
Chagas disease	61	70	78	0	+ 70
Tetanus	62	36	49	402	- 365
Ascariasis	63	26	65	56	- 29
Syphilis	64	10	26	2,115	- 2,105
Hepatitis B	65	9	60	168	- 159
Hepatitis C	66	8	66	40	- 32
Chlamydia	67	8	71	9	- 1
War	68	8	67	30	- 22
Leishmaniasis	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	0	69	17	- 17
Diphtheria	71	0	70	11	- 11
Measles	72	0	55	295	- 295
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	74	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	371	- 371
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	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 TANZANIA

Guatemala

Tanzania

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.