GUATEMALA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,934	1	9,825	- 1,891
Stroke	2	4,751	6	4,849	- 97
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,805	8	4,026	- 1,221
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,751	3	6,932	- 4,181
Hypertension	5	2,502	26	679	+ 1,823
Kidney Disease	6	2,441	4	6,277	- 3,836
Lung Cancers	7	1,729	35	391	+ 1,338
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,532	2	9,245	- 7,714
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,526	18	1,517	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	10	1,400	16	1,658	- 258
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,154	12	1,957	- 803
Breast Cancer	12	1,121	28	495	+ 625
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,007	31	464	+ 543
Liver Disease	14	806	5	5,684	- 4,878
Lung Disease	15	725	13	1,901	- 1,176
Leukemia	16	604	27	601	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	17	596	17	1,570	- 974
Lymphomas	18	528	43	229	+ 299
Other Injuries	19	480	10	2,466	- 1,986
Birth Trauma	20	442	19	1,466	- 1,023
Violence	21	439	7	4,411	- 3,971
Pancreas Cancer	22	401	38	282	+ 119
Bladder Cancer	23	347	55	57	+ 290
Falls	24	311	20	1,371	- 1,060
Liver Cancer	25	304	15	1,765	- 1,462
Endocrine Disorders	26	294	29	486	- 191
Parkinson's Disease	27	276	34	393	- 116
Suicide	28	270	22	1,039	- 769
Fires	29	250	45	207	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	249	9	2,617	- 2,369
Oral Cancer	31	233	49	142	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	32	227	50	133	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	33	214	24	846	- 632
Drug Use	34	187	40	272	- 84
Asthma	35	187	36	335	- 148
Drownings	36	175	32	463	- 289
Meningitis	37	128	41	271	- 143
Inflammatory/Heart	38	121	44	225	- 104
Uterin Cancer	39	121	59	27	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	109	23	1,029	- 921
Cervical Cancer	41	104	25	808	- 704
Oesophagus Cancer	42	103	48	144	- 41
Pertussis	43	89	53	70	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	44	86	30	468	- 383
Syphilis	45	85	64	3	+ 82
Epilepsy	46	80	33	463	- 383
Poisonings	47	76	39	275	- 199
Skin Disease	48	69	42	232	- 163
Skin Cancers	49	62	46	195	- 133
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	37	54	62	- 25
Malnutrition	51	24	11	1,981	- 1,956
Encephalitis	52	22	51	104	- 81
Tuberculosis	53	20	37	301	- 282
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	60	21	- 1
Alcohol	55	17	14	1,799	- 1,782
Tetanus	56	17	62	10	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	57	15	56	42	- 27
Appendicitis	58	13	47	164	- 151
War	59	10	68	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	7	65	2	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	52	82	- 75
Schistosomiasis	62	4	75	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	63	3	21	1,173	- 1,169
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Measles	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	69	0	57	34	- 34
Chlamydia	70	0	67	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	33	- 33
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.