GUATEMALA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	20,459	6	4,849	+ 15,611
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,158	1	9,825	+ 6,333
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,170	3	6,932	+ 8,239
Kidney Disease	4	8,658	4	6,277	+ 2,381
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,135	2	9,245	- 2,110
Prostate Cancer	6	6,113	24	846	+ 5,268
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,926	8	4,026	+ 1,899
Lung Disease	8	5,739	13	1,901	+ 3,838
Hypertension	9	5,699	26	679	+ 5,020
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,169	12	1,957	+ 3,212
Violence	11	4,020	7	4,411	- 391
Liver Disease	12	3,785	5	5,684	- 1,899
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,422	44	225	+ 3,196
Breast Cancer	14	2,765	28	495	+ 2,270
Stomach Cancer	15	2,380	17	1,570	+ 810
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,293	31	464	+ 1,828
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,192	29	486	+ 1,706
Lung Cancers	18	2,031	35	391	+ 1,639
Low Birth Weight	19	1,867	16	1,658	+ 209
Skin Disease	20	1,755	42	232	+ 1,523
Other Injuries	21	1,602	10	2,466	- 863
Suicide	22	1,564	22	1,039	+ 524
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,507	34	393	+ 1,114
Lymphomas	24	1,422	43	229	+ 1,192
Cervical Cancer	25	1,288	25	808	+ 481
Falls	26	1,144	20	1,371	- 228
Asthma	27	1,042	36	335	+ 707
Drownings	28	1,013	32	463	+ 550
Alcohol	29	1,004	14	1,799	- 795
Congenital Anomalies	30	879	18	1,517	- 637
Pancreas Cancer	31	875	38	282	+ 593
Epilepsy	32	773	33	463	+ 310
Malnutrition	33	715	11	1,981	- 1,266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	583	23	1,029	- 446
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	497	9	2,617	- 2,120
Leukemia	36	480	27	601	- 120
Liver Cancer	37	439	15	1,765	- 1,326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	428	54	62	+ 366
Fires	39	360	45	207	+ 153
Oesophagus Cancer	40	341	48	144	+ 197
Ovary Cancer	41	340	50	133	+ 207
Birth Trauma	42	336	19	1,466	- 1,130
Oral Cancer	43	334	49	142	+ 192
Tuberculosis	44	317	37	301	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	45	221	59	27	+ 194
Drug Use	46	208	40	272	- 63
Maternal Conditions	47	200	30	468	- 268
Other Neoplasms	48	197	56	42	+ 155
Meningitis	49	159	41	271	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	142	52	82	+ 60
Appendicitis	51	122	47	164	- 42
Encephalitis	52	120	51	104	+ 16
Dengue	53	64	58	33	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	54	48	60	21	+ 28
Poisonings	55	28	39	275	- 247
Tetanus	56	23	62	10	+ 13
Syphilis	57	20	64	3	+ 18
War	58	18	68	2	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	59	14	57	34	- 20
Hepatitis B	60	6	65	2	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	61	6	75	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	62	5	67	2	+ 3
Pertussis	63	3	53	70	- 67
Ascariasis	64	1	63	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	195	- 195
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	55	57	- 57
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	69	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	21	1,173	- 1,173
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Saint Lucia

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.