GUATEMALA VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,514	1	9,825	+ 10,689
Stroke	2	18,294	6	4,849	+ 13,446
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,971	2	9,245	+ 1,725
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,805	3	6,932	+ 873
HIV/AIDS	5	4,202	21	1,173	+ 3,030
Kidney Disease	6	4,195	4	6,277	- 2,082
Hypertension	7	4,087	26	679	+ 3,408
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,944	9	2,617	+ 1,327
Low Birth Weight	9	3,907	16	1,658	+ 2,249
Liver Disease	10	3,766	5	5,684	- 1,918
Lung Disease	11	3,625	13	1,901	+ 1,724
Violence	12	3,618	7	4,411	- 792
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3,284	8	4,026	- 742
Birth Trauma	14	3,262	19	1,466	+ 1,796
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,826	18	1,517	+ 1,309
Other Injuries	16	2,327	10	2,466	- 138
Prostate Cancer	17	2,107	24	846	+ 1,261
Maternal Conditions	18	2,095	30	468	+ 1,626
Drownings	19	2,029	32	463	+ 1,565
Asthma	20	1,720	36	335	+ 1,385
Suicide	21	1,686	22	1,039	+ 646
Tuberculosis	22	1,565	37	301	+ 1,263
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,483	12	1,957	- 474
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,478	29	486	+ 992
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,461	44	225	+ 1,236
Stomach Cancer	26	1,340	17	1,570	- 230
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	1,264	54	62	+ 1,203
Meningitis	28	1,211	41	271	+ 940
Malnutrition	29	1,113	11	1,981	- 867
Breast Cancer	30	1,095	28	495	+ 599
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,094	23	1,029	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,056	31	464	+ 592
Liver Cancer	33	1,029	15	1,765	- 736
Cervical Cancer	34	889	25	808	+ 82
Falls	35	853	20	1,371	- 519
Lung Cancers	36	763	35	391	+ 372
Fires	37	730	45	207	+ 523
Pertussis	38	693	53	70	+ 624
Alcohol	39	664	14	1,799	- 1,135
Skin Disease	40	659	42	232	+ 427
Epilepsy	41	635	33	463	+ 172
Parkinson's Disease	42	512	34	393	+ 119
Leukemia	43	467	27	601	- 134
Pancreas Cancer	44	417	38	282	+ 135
Oral Cancer	45	405	49	142	+ 263
Syphilis	46	390	64	3	+ 388
Lymphomas	47	366	43	229	+ 136
Appendicitis	48	267	47	164	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	49	241	48	144	+ 97
Poisonings	50	240	39	275	- 35
Ovary Cancer	51	238	50	133	+ 105
Drug Use	52	217	40	272	- 54
Tetanus	53	184	62	10	+ 174
Encephalitis	54	183	51	104	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	55	143	55	57	+ 85
Skin Cancers	56	88	46	195	- 107
Uterin Cancer	57	65	59	27	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	58	52	82	- 24
Malaria	59	56	74	0	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	60	47	56	42	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	44	60	21	+ 23
Hepatitis B	62	40	65	2	+ 38
Upper Respiratory	63	29	57	34	- 5
Dengue	64	26	58	33	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	11	66	2	+ 9
War	66	9	68	2	+ 6
Ascariasis	67	8	63	7	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	7	67	2	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	5	71	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	70	2	70	0	+ 2
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

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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.