URUGUAY VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,843	1	4,265	- 2,421
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,735	6	1,370	+ 364
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,301	11	747	+ 553
Kidney Disease	4	1,178	8	1,040	+ 138
Liver Disease	5	1,067	27	206	+ 861
Stroke	6	910	2	2,850	- 1,940
Violence	7	828	23	295	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	8	755	16	512	+ 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	491	35	134	+ 357
Other Injuries	10	463	10	774	- 311
Malnutrition	11	372	43	73	+ 299
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	367	3	1,899	- 1,531
Lung Disease	13	357	4	1,706	- 1,349
Alcohol	14	338	39	104	+ 233
Liver Cancer	15	331	34	147	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	16	311	42	73	+ 238
Stomach Cancer	17	295	18	480	- 186
Congenital Anomalies	18	285	30	170	+ 114
Birth Trauma	19	275	53	22	+ 253
Falls	20	257	47	55	+ 202
HIV/AIDS	21	220	28	195	+ 25
Suicide	22	195	12	735	- 540
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	193	46	57	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	24	159	13	707	- 548
Cervical Cancer	25	152	29	172	- 20
Hypertension	26	127	15	648	- 521
Leukemia	27	113	25	280	- 168
Breast Cancer	28	93	9	848	- 755
Endocrine Disorders	29	91	17	487	- 396
Maternal Conditions	30	88	60	9	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	87	7	1,245	- 1,158
Drownings	32	87	45	65	+ 22
Epilepsy	33	87	40	86	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	34	74	21	320	- 247
Lung Cancers	35	73	5	1,463	- 1,389
Asthma	36	63	37	127	- 64
Tuberculosis	37	57	41	81	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	38	53	14	656	- 603
Poisonings	39	52	55	17	+ 35
Drug Use	40	51	49	41	+ 10
Meningitis	41	51	58	10	+ 41
Skin Disease	42	44	36	130	- 86
Lymphomas	43	43	20	457	- 414
Inflammatory/Heart	44	42	22	314	- 272
Fires	45	39	48	54	- 16
Skin Cancers	46	37	33	149	- 112
Appendicitis	47	31	59	9	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	48	27	24	286	- 259
Oral Cancer	49	27	31	167	- 141
Ovary Cancer	50	25	32	160	- 135
Encephalitis	51	19	64	4	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	51	35	- 19
Pertussis	53	13	72	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	12	50	39	- 27
Bladder Cancer	55	11	26	276	- 265
Other Neoplasms	56	8	19	464	- 456
Upper Respiratory	57	6	62	5	+ 1
Dengue	58	6	83	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	5	38	115	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	56	13	- 9
Chagas disease	61	4	61	5	- 1
Tetanus	62	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Guatemala

Uruguay

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.