ZAMBIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,194	10	4,432	+ 6,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,534	2	9,517	+ 1,017
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,898	14	2,395	+ 5,503
Kidney Disease	4	7,151	18	1,760	+ 5,391
Liver Disease	5	6,477	9	4,501	+ 1,976
Stroke	6	5,524	3	7,948	- 2,424
Violence	7	5,025	23	1,153	+ 3,872
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,587	11	3,654	+ 934
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,982	5	6,275	- 3,293
Other Injuries	10	2,809	19	1,729	+ 1,081
Malnutrition	11	2,257	15	2,303	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,229	29	590	+ 1,640
Lung Disease	13	2,166	21	1,273	+ 894
Alcohol	14	2,050	49	140	+ 1,910
Liver Cancer	15	2,011	46	177	+ 1,835
Low Birth Weight	16	1,890	8	4,857	- 2,967
Stomach Cancer	17	1,789	42	206	+ 1,583
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,728	12	3,146	- 1,418
Birth Trauma	19	1,670	7	5,062	- 3,391
Falls	20	1,563	28	596	+ 966
HIV/AIDS	21	1,336	1	17,234	- 15,898
Suicide	22	1,184	20	1,303	- 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,173	40	246	+ 927
Prostate Cancer	24	963	30	561	+ 402
Cervical Cancer	25	920	17	1,799	- 878
Hypertension	26	774	13	2,616	- 1,842
Leukemia	27	684	39	261	+ 423
Breast Cancer	28	564	35	366	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	29	553	37	354	+ 200
Maternal Conditions	30	534	22	1,188	- 654
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	529	43	203	+ 326
Drownings	32	528	27	689	- 161
Epilepsy	33	527	38	332	+ 195
Parkinson's Disease	34	447	47	164	+ 283
Lung Cancers	35	446	41	226	+ 220
Asthma	36	381	26	741	- 360
Tuberculosis	37	343	6	5,941	- 5,598
Pancreas Cancer	38	321	62	42	+ 279
Poisonings	39	314	34	456	- 143
Drug Use	40	309	53	122	+ 187
Meningitis	41	309	16	1,976	- 1,667
Skin Disease	42	264	52	126	+ 139
Lymphomas	43	261	31	548	- 287
Inflammatory/Heart	44	257	33	501	- 245
Fires	45	236	32	546	- 310
Skin Cancers	46	222	54	108	+ 114
Appendicitis	47	187	56	84	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	48	164	36	359	- 195
Oral Cancer	49	162	48	155	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	50	151	57	82	+ 69
Encephalitis	51	118	59	70	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	93	63	30	+ 63
Pertussis	53	79	25	743	- 663
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	71	45	190	- 119
Bladder Cancer	55	66	50	132	- 66
Other Neoplasms	56	48	65	20	+ 28
Upper Respiratory	57	39	60	68	- 29
Dengue	58	37	74	1	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	59	31	64	30	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	24	67	13	+ 10
Chagas disease	61	22	79	0	+ 22
Tetanus	62	11	44	190	- 179
Ascariasis	63	8	68	9	- 1
Syphilis	64	3	24	885	- 882
Hepatitis B	65	3	55	104	- 101
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	18	- 15
Chlamydia	67	2	71	3	- 1
War	68	2	69	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	69	1	58	72	- 72
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Diphtheria	71	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	61	48	- 48
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	74	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	128	- 128
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Guatemala

Zambia

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.