GUATEMALA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,611	6	4,849	+ 10,762
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,428	3	6,932	+ 6,496
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,158	1	9,825	+ 1,334
Violence	4	9,596	7	4,411	+ 5,185
Prostate Cancer	5	5,711	24	846	+ 4,866
Kidney Disease	6	5,127	4	6,277	- 1,150
HIV/AIDS	7	4,896	21	1,173	+ 3,723
Hypertension	8	4,207	26	679	+ 3,528
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,797	12	1,957	+ 1,840
Lung Cancers	10	3,054	35	391	+ 2,663
Lung Disease	11	2,922	13	1,901	+ 1,020
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,871	8	4,026	- 1,156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,821	31	464	+ 2,357
Breast Cancer	14	2,672	28	495	+ 2,176
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,540	2	9,245	- 6,705
Cervical Cancer	16	2,314	25	808	+ 1,506
Lymphomas	17	1,622	43	229	+ 1,393
Low Birth Weight	18	1,556	16	1,658	- 103
Stomach Cancer	19	1,491	17	1,570	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,140	29	486	+ 654
Liver Disease	21	1,001	5	5,684	- 4,684
Skin Disease	22	940	42	232	+ 708
Congenital Anomalies	23	897	18	1,517	- 620
Inflammatory/Heart	24	862	44	225	+ 636
Parkinson's Disease	25	856	34	393	+ 464
Leukemia	26	833	27	601	+ 232
Pancreas Cancer	27	767	38	282	+ 485
Uterin Cancer	28	686	59	27	+ 659
Liver Cancer	29	654	15	1,765	- 1,112
Ovary Cancer	30	627	50	133	+ 494
Other Injuries	31	587	10	2,466	- 1,879
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	533	23	1,029	- 497
Falls	33	530	20	1,371	- 841
Oesophagus Cancer	34	477	48	144	+ 333
Suicide	35	453	22	1,039	- 586
Asthma	36	422	36	335	+ 87
Birth Trauma	37	420	19	1,466	- 1,046
Bladder Cancer	38	385	55	57	+ 327
Oral Cancer	39	380	49	142	+ 238
Malnutrition	40	309	11	1,981	- 1,672
Epilepsy	41	296	33	463	- 167
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	224	9	2,617	- 2,394
Maternal Conditions	43	224	30	468	- 245
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	172	54	62	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	45	120	56	42	+ 78
Fires	46	101	45	207	- 107
Meningitis	47	100	41	271	- 171
Drug Use	48	85	40	272	- 187
Encephalitis	49	84	51	104	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	73	52	82	- 9
Drownings	51	66	32	463	- 397
Skin Cancers	52	65	46	195	- 130
Appendicitis	53	59	47	164	- 105
Tuberculosis	54	50	37	301	- 251
Alcohol	55	48	14	1,799	- 1,751
Multiple Sclerosis	56	22	60	21	+ 1
Poisonings	57	15	39	275	- 260
Dengue	58	7	58	33	- 26
Hepatitis B	59	6	65	2	+ 3
Syphilis	60	5	64	3	+ 2
War	61	3	68	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	2	67	2	+ 0
Tetanus	63	2	62	10	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	57	34	- 33
Ascariasis	66	0	63	7	- 7
Pertussis	67	0	53	70	- 70
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Jamaica

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.