GUATEMALA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,582	2	9,245	- 663
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,710	1	9,825	- 2,114
Stroke	3	4,324	6	4,849	- 525
Kidney Disease	4	4,051	4	6,277	- 2,226
Liver Disease	5	3,570	5	5,684	- 2,114
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,254	12	1,957	+ 1,297
Stomach Cancer	7	2,840	17	1,570	+ 1,270
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,484	3	6,932	- 4,447
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,472	8	4,026	- 1,555
Lung Cancers	10	1,774	35	391	+ 1,383
Prostate Cancer	11	1,774	24	846	+ 928
Violence	12	1,687	7	4,411	- 2,723
Other Injuries	13	1,610	10	2,466	- 855
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,479	31	464	+ 1,015
Lung Disease	15	1,410	13	1,901	- 491
Liver Cancer	16	1,387	15	1,765	- 379
Tuberculosis	17	1,331	37	301	+ 1,030
Lymphomas	18	1,262	43	229	+ 1,033
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,118	18	1,517	- 399
Breast Cancer	20	1,103	28	495	+ 607
Cervical Cancer	21	1,077	25	808	+ 270
Leukemia	22	1,036	27	601	+ 435
Pancreas Cancer	23	900	38	282	+ 618
Low Birth Weight	24	826	16	1,658	- 832
Falls	25	720	20	1,371	- 652
Parkinson's Disease	26	711	34	393	+ 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	621	9	2,617	- 1,997
Hypertension	28	594	26	679	- 85
Malnutrition	29	563	11	1,981	- 1,417
Suicide	30	506	22	1,039	- 534
HIV/AIDS	31	475	21	1,173	- 697
Skin Cancers	32	440	46	195	+ 245
Ovary Cancer	33	399	50	133	+ 267
Drug Use	34	356	40	272	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	341	23	1,029	- 689
Drownings	36	327	32	463	- 136
Birth Trauma	37	301	19	1,466	- 1,165
Oral Cancer	38	291	49	142	+ 149
Inflammatory/Heart	39	276	44	225	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	40	266	29	486	- 220
Bladder Cancer	41	259	55	57	+ 202
Oesophagus Cancer	42	221	48	144	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	43	193	30	468	- 275
Alcohol	44	180	14	1,799	- 1,619
Uterin Cancer	45	170	59	27	+ 143
Encephalitis	46	157	51	104	+ 53
Epilepsy	47	147	33	463	- 316
Pertussis	48	146	53	70	+ 76
Fires	49	134	45	207	- 74
Asthma	50	117	36	335	- 218
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	111	54	62	+ 49
Syphilis	52	102	64	3	+ 99
Appendicitis	53	95	47	164	- 68
Skin Disease	54	87	42	232	- 145
Poisonings	55	70	39	275	- 205
Meningitis	56	66	41	271	- 205
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	60	52	82	- 22
Other Neoplasms	58	30	56	42	- 12
Chagas disease	59	27	61	19	+ 8
Tetanus	60	27	62	10	+ 17
Malaria	61	20	74	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	60	21	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	6	57	34	- 28
Hepatitis B	64	5	65	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	2	+ 0
Dengue	66	2	58	33	- 31
War	67	2	68	2	- 0
Chlamydia	68	2	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	63	7	- 6
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Peru

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.