YEMEN VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,297	1	30,158	- 12,860
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	16,277	4	11,978	+ 4,299
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,204	19	1,794	+ 10,410
Kidney Disease	4	11,051	15	2,679	+ 8,372
Liver Disease	5	10,008	13	2,891	+ 7,117
Stroke	6	8,536	2	13,570	- 5,033
Violence	7	7,765	14	2,839	+ 4,926
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,089	6	8,561	- 1,472
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,608	9	4,372	+ 236
Other Injuries	10	4,341	16	2,225	+ 2,116
Malnutrition	11	3,487	27	1,058	+ 2,429
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,445	22	1,405	+ 2,040
Lung Disease	13	3,348	11	3,196	+ 152
Alcohol	14	3,167	59	78	+ 3,089
Liver Cancer	15	3,108	39	609	+ 2,499
Low Birth Weight	16	2,920	5	8,810	- 5,890
Stomach Cancer	17	2,765	31	902	+ 1,863
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,670	10	4,291	- 1,621
Birth Trauma	19	2,581	7	5,939	- 3,358
Falls	20	2,415	24	1,170	+ 1,245
HIV/AIDS	21	2,065	46	396	+ 1,668
Suicide	22	1,830	21	1,699	+ 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,812	33	833	+ 979
Prostate Cancer	24	1,489	63	39	+ 1,449
Cervical Cancer	25	1,422	57	119	+ 1,303
Hypertension	26	1,196	8	5,293	- 4,098
Leukemia	27	1,058	34	776	+ 281
Breast Cancer	28	872	26	1,134	- 262
Endocrine Disorders	29	855	36	738	+ 117
Maternal Conditions	30	825	32	890	- 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	817	30	913	- 96
Drownings	32	816	25	1,142	- 326
Epilepsy	33	815	43	539	+ 276
Parkinson's Disease	34	691	49	362	+ 330
Lung Cancers	35	689	41	569	+ 120
Asthma	36	589	17	2,106	- 1,517
Tuberculosis	37	531	18	1,899	- 1,369
Pancreas Cancer	38	497	51	283	+ 214
Poisonings	39	484	44	532	- 47
Drug Use	40	478	38	613	- 135
Meningitis	41	477	28	1,018	- 541
Skin Disease	42	409	61	44	+ 365
Lymphomas	43	403	45	433	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	44	397	40	585	- 188
Fires	45	365	29	991	- 626
Skin Cancers	46	343	58	100	+ 244
Appendicitis	47	288	54	162	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	48	253	35	765	- 511
Oral Cancer	49	250	42	547	- 297
Ovary Cancer	50	234	52	188	+ 46
Encephalitis	51	182	48	369	- 186
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	144	66	14	+ 130
Pertussis	53	123	23	1,239	- 1,116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	109	37	707	- 598
Bladder Cancer	55	101	55	160	- 59
Other Neoplasms	56	74	64	21	+ 53
Upper Respiratory	57	60	70	5	+ 55
Dengue	58	57	60	71	- 14
Uterin Cancer	59	48	69	5	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	60	36	62	42	- 5
Chagas disease	61	33	75	0	+ 33
Tetanus	62	17	47	395	- 377
Ascariasis	63	12	65	17	- 4
Syphilis	64	5	53	175	- 170
Hepatitis B	65	4	50	299	- 295
Hepatitis C	66	4	68	8	- 4
Chlamydia	67	4	72	1	+ 3
War	68	4	3	12,915	- 12,911
Leishmaniasis	69	1	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	14	- 14
Measles	72	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Schistosomiasis	75	0	56	124	- 124
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	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	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 YEMEN

Guatemala

Yemen

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.