GUATEMALA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	39,070	21	1,173	+ 37,898
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	26,341	2	9,245	+ 17,096
Stroke	3	23,084	6	4,849	+ 18,236
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	19,293	9	2,617	+ 16,675
Coronary Heart Disease	5	17,217	1	9,825	+ 7,393
Diabetes Mellitus	6	16,387	3	6,932	+ 9,455
Suicide	7	12,616	22	1,039	+ 11,577
Tuberculosis	8	9,902	37	301	+ 9,601
Lung Disease	9	9,030	13	1,901	+ 7,129
Kidney Disease	10	8,314	4	6,277	+ 2,037
Hypertension	11	8,113	26	679	+ 7,433
Low Birth Weight	12	7,841	16	1,658	+ 6,183
Violence	13	7,572	7	4,411	+ 3,161
Liver Disease	14	6,491	5	5,684	+ 807
Birth Trauma	15	5,878	19	1,466	+ 4,412
Road Traffic Accidents	16	5,560	8	4,026	+ 1,534
Asthma	17	5,555	36	335	+ 5,220
Other Injuries	18	4,367	10	2,466	+ 1,901
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,190	18	1,517	+ 1,674
Cervical Cancer	20	3,052	25	808	+ 2,244
Malnutrition	21	2,927	11	1,981	+ 946
Meningitis	22	2,604	41	271	+ 2,333
Inflammatory/Heart	23	2,500	44	225	+ 2,275
Maternal Conditions	24	2,395	30	468	+ 1,926
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,284	23	1,029	+ 1,254
Fires	26	2,202	45	207	+ 1,995
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,925	29	486	+ 1,440
Drownings	28	1,638	32	463	+ 1,175
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,592	12	1,957	- 365
Epilepsy	30	1,176	33	463	+ 713
Falls	31	1,047	20	1,371	- 324
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,029	54	62	+ 967
Poisonings	33	910	39	275	+ 635
Breast Cancer	34	796	28	495	+ 300
Prostate Cancer	35	661	24	846	- 185
Lymphomas	36	638	43	229	+ 409
Oesophagus Cancer	37	602	48	144	+ 458
Alcohol	38	580	14	1,799	- 1,219
Liver Cancer	39	579	15	1,765	- 1,186
Skin Disease	40	572	42	232	+ 340
Parkinson's Disease	41	449	34	393	+ 56
Oral Cancer	42	423	49	142	+ 281
Lung Cancers	43	418	35	391	+ 27
Pertussis	44	418	53	70	+ 348
Syphilis	45	414	64	3	+ 411
Skin Cancers	46	380	46	195	+ 184
Tetanus	47	370	62	10	+ 360
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	325	31	464	- 139
Leukemia	49	319	27	601	- 282
Drug Use	50	259	40	272	- 13
Hepatitis B	51	219	65	2	+ 216
Appendicitis	52	204	47	164	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	53	200	50	133	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	54	192	59	27	+ 165
Upper Respiratory	55	149	57	34	+ 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	148	52	82	+ 66
Encephalitis	57	111	51	104	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	100	38	282	- 182
Measles	59	96	72	0	+ 96
Stomach Cancer	60	88	17	1,570	- 1,482
Bladder Cancer	61	79	55	57	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	62	76	56	42	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	63	49	60	21	+ 28
Hepatitis C	64	20	66	2	+ 18
Chlamydia	65	13	67	2	+ 10
Otitis Media	66	10	70	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	67	6	63	7	- 1
War	68	2	68	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	2	71	0	+ 2
Dengue	70	1	58	33	- 32
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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.