TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	758	1	1,476	- 717
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	714	10	205	+ 508
Diabetes Mellitus	3	535	2	1,275	- 740
Kidney Disease	4	484	5	439	+ 45
Liver Disease	5	439	14	136	+ 303
Stroke	6	374	3	822	- 448
Violence	7	340	4	549	- 209
Road Traffic Accidents	8	311	15	130	+ 181
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	202	45	18	+ 184
Other Injuries	10	190	30	61	+ 129
Malnutrition	11	153	47	17	+ 136
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	151	9	215	- 64
Lung Disease	13	147	16	129	+ 18
Alcohol	14	139	42	23	+ 116
Liver Cancer	15	136	28	66	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	16	128	23	83	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	17	121	26	69	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	18	117	22	93	+ 24
Birth Trauma	19	113	40	25	+ 88
Falls	20	106	33	43	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	21	91	12	196	- 105
Suicide	22	80	17	121	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	79	31	52	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	24	65	6	330	- 265
Cervical Cancer	25	62	21	97	- 35
Hypertension	26	52	11	201	- 149
Leukemia	27	46	29	62	- 16
Breast Cancer	28	38	7	258	- 220
Endocrine Disorders	29	37	18	119	- 82
Maternal Conditions	30	36	50	10	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	36	13	196	- 160
Drownings	32	36	39	31	+ 5
Epilepsy	33	36	37	32	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	34	30	32	51	- 21
Lung Cancers	35	30	8	217	- 187
Asthma	36	26	35	40	- 15
Tuberculosis	37	23	43	22	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	38	22	19	114	- 92
Poisonings	39	21	59	1	+ 20
Drug Use	40	21	44	19	+ 2
Meningitis	41	21	52	9	+ 11
Skin Disease	42	18	36	39	- 21
Lymphomas	43	18	20	111	- 94
Inflammatory/Heart	44	17	25	72	- 55
Fires	45	16	48	16	- 0
Skin Cancers	46	15	57	4	+ 11
Appendicitis	47	13	56	4	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	48	11	41	24	- 13
Oral Cancer	49	11	38	31	- 20
Ovary Cancer	50	10	24	80	- 70
Encephalitis	51	8	54	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	53	8	- 2
Pertussis	53	5	67	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	49	11	- 6
Bladder Cancer	55	4	34	41	- 36
Other Neoplasms	56	3	51	10	- 7
Upper Respiratory	57	3	64	0	+ 3
Dengue	58	3	55	5	- 3
Uterin Cancer	59	2	27	68	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	2	- 1
Chagas disease	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	60	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Leishmaniasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Guatemala

Trinidad/Tob.

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.