ZIMBABWE VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,230	3	8,493	+ 737
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,686	2	10,779	- 2,094
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,512	9	3,344	+ 3,169
Kidney Disease	4	5,897	12	2,214	+ 3,683
Liver Disease	5	5,340	17	1,941	+ 3,399
Stroke	6	4,555	5	5,126	- 571
Violence	7	4,144	18	1,916	+ 2,228
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,783	4	6,037	- 2,255
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,459	6	4,595	- 2,136
Other Injuries	10	2,316	20	1,656	+ 661
Malnutrition	11	1,861	10	2,396	- 535
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,838	31	768	+ 1,071
Lung Disease	13	1,786	23	1,163	+ 623
Alcohol	14	1,690	61	48	+ 1,642
Liver Cancer	15	1,658	38	510	+ 1,149
Low Birth Weight	16	1,558	7	4,038	- 2,479
Stomach Cancer	17	1,475	33	559	+ 917
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,425	11	2,217	- 793
Birth Trauma	19	1,377	8	3,405	- 2,028
Falls	20	1,288	41	465	+ 824
HIV/AIDS	21	1,102	1	19,988	- 18,887
Suicide	22	977	13	2,069	- 1,092
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	967	35	548	+ 419
Prostate Cancer	24	794	32	628	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	25	759	14	2,023	- 1,264
Hypertension	26	638	24	1,146	- 508
Leukemia	27	564	45	244	+ 321
Breast Cancer	28	465	28	839	- 374
Endocrine Disorders	29	456	34	553	- 97
Maternal Conditions	30	440	19	1,749	- 1,309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	436	40	505	- 69
Drownings	32	435	27	956	- 520
Epilepsy	33	435	39	508	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	34	369	46	226	+ 143
Lung Cancers	35	368	43	286	+ 82
Asthma	36	314	21	1,531	- 1,216
Tuberculosis	37	283	16	1,999	- 1,716
Pancreas Cancer	38	265	47	217	+ 48
Poisonings	39	259	37	515	- 257
Drug Use	40	255	48	213	+ 43
Meningitis	41	255	22	1,325	- 1,070
Skin Disease	42	218	52	173	+ 45
Lymphomas	43	215	26	960	- 744
Inflammatory/Heart	44	212	25	1,047	- 836
Fires	45	195	30	793	- 598
Skin Cancers	46	183	44	264	- 81
Appendicitis	47	154	58	66	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	48	135	29	801	- 666
Oral Cancer	49	134	49	208	- 74
Ovary Cancer	50	125	51	173	- 49
Encephalitis	51	97	56	117	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	77	64	26	+ 51
Pertussis	53	66	42	419	- 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	58	36	542	- 484
Bladder Cancer	55	54	54	125	- 71
Other Neoplasms	56	39	62	37	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	32	59	65	- 33
Dengue	58	31	73	0	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	59	26	50	182	- 156
Multiple Sclerosis	60	19	67	14	+ 5
Chagas disease	61	18	76	0	+ 18
Tetanus	62	9	57	102	- 92
Ascariasis	63	7	70	2	+ 4
Syphilis	64	3	55	124	- 122
Hepatitis B	65	2	60	57	- 54
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	14	- 12
Chlamydia	67	2	69	3	- 1
War	68	2	65	26	- 24
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	63	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	74	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Schistosomiasis	75	0	53	172	- 172
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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 ZIMBABWE

Guatemala

Zimbabwe

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.