GUATEMALA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,687	1	9,825	+ 20,862
Stroke	2	23,503	6	4,849	+ 18,654
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,302	3	6,932	+ 6,371
Hypertension	4	7,356	26	679	+ 6,677
Suicide	5	7,249	22	1,039	+ 6,210
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,931	2	9,245	- 2,314
HIV/AIDS	7	5,889	21	1,173	+ 4,717
Kidney Disease	8	5,365	4	6,277	- 912
Liver Disease	9	4,525	5	5,684	- 1,160
Violence	10	4,449	7	4,411	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,019	8	4,026	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,010	29	486	+ 3,524
Lung Disease	13	3,999	13	1,901	+ 2,098
Other Injuries	14	3,844	10	2,466	+ 1,378
Drownings	15	3,329	32	463	+ 2,866
Tuberculosis	16	3,148	37	301	+ 2,847
Prostate Cancer	17	2,834	24	846	+ 1,988
Anemia	18	2,274	83	0	+ 2,274
Breast Cancer	19	2,204	28	495	+ 1,708
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,109	44	225	+ 1,884
Cervical Cancer	21	2,101	25	808	+ 1,293
Low Birth Weight	22	2,052	16	1,658	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,579	18	1,517	+ 63
Birth Trauma	24	1,480	19	1,466	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,346	31	464	+ 882
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,249	23	1,029	+ 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,092	9	2,617	- 1,525
Other Neoplasms	28	923	56	42	+ 881
Lung Cancers	29	868	35	391	+ 476
Malnutrition	30	858	11	1,981	- 1,123
Stomach Cancer	31	781	17	1,570	- 790
Lymphomas	32	740	43	229	+ 511
Malaria	33	690	74	0	+ 690
Liver Cancer	34	664	15	1,765	- 1,101
Maternal Conditions	35	647	30	468	+ 179
Asthma	36	586	36	335	+ 251
Epilepsy	37	542	33	463	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	525	12	1,957	- 1,432
Leukemia	39	488	27	601	- 113
Oral Cancer	40	461	49	142	+ 319
Fires	41	447	45	207	+ 239
Pancreas Cancer	42	437	38	282	+ 155
Ovary Cancer	43	407	50	133	+ 275
Meningitis	44	400	41	271	+ 129
Drug Use	45	360	40	272	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	46	298	59	27	+ 271
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	296	54	62	+ 234
Falls	48	256	20	1,371	- 1,116
Parkinson's Disease	49	207	34	393	- 185
Bladder Cancer	50	182	55	57	+ 125
Oesophagus Cancer	51	180	48	144	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	178	85	0	+ 178
Encephalitis	53	162	51	104	+ 58
Appendicitis	54	138	47	164	- 26
Skin Cancers	55	111	46	195	- 84
Skin Disease	56	74	42	232	- 159
Alcohol	57	71	14	1,799	- 1,728
Osteoarthritis	58	69	84	0	+ 69
Hepatitis B	59	46	65	2	+ 44
Dengue	60	42	58	33	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	60	21	+ 8
Schizophrenia	62	23	80	0	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	23	52	82	- 59
War	64	14	68	2	+ 12
Poisonings	65	13	39	275	- 262
Upper Respiratory	66	12	57	34	- 22
Oral conditions	67	10	86	0	+ 10
Leprosy	68	8	77	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	69	6	66	2	+ 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	6	82	0	+ 6
Syphilis	71	5	64	3	+ 3
Tetanus	72	5	62	10	- 5
Pertussis	73	1	53	70	- 68
Ascariasis	74	0	63	7	- 7
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	67	2	- 2
Chagas disease	81	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Guyana

Guatemala

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.