GUATEMALA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,493	1	9,825	+ 14,668
Stroke	2	16,829	6	4,849	+ 11,980
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,311	2	9,245	+ 66
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,090	3	6,932	+ 1,159
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,482	9	2,617	+ 2,864
Lung Disease	6	5,240	13	1,901	+ 3,339
Malaria	7	3,655	74	0	+ 3,655
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,780	8	4,026	- 1,247
Suicide	9	2,468	22	1,039	+ 1,428
Liver Disease	10	2,231	5	5,684	- 3,453
Drownings	11	2,019	32	463	+ 1,555
Asthma	12	1,970	36	335	+ 1,636
Hypertension	13	1,910	26	679	+ 1,231
Low Birth Weight	14	1,621	16	1,658	- 38
Kidney Disease	15	1,598	4	6,277	- 4,679
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,584	18	1,517	+ 67
Other Injuries	17	1,504	10	2,466	- 962
Liver Cancer	18	1,502	15	1,765	- 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	1,477	54	62	+ 1,415
Falls	20	1,373	20	1,371	+ 1
Birth Trauma	21	1,290	19	1,466	- 176
Maternal Conditions	22	1,151	30	468	+ 683
Tuberculosis	23	1,122	37	301	+ 821
Dengue	24	1,041	58	33	+ 1,009
Cervical Cancer	25	1,040	25	808	+ 233
Breast Cancer	26	849	28	495	+ 354
Lung Cancers	27	840	35	391	+ 448
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	800	12	1,957	- 1,157
Syphilis	29	701	64	3	+ 698
Violence	30	655	7	4,411	- 3,755
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	579	31	464	+ 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	557	23	1,029	- 472
Ovary Cancer	33	537	50	133	+ 404
Parkinson's Disease	34	525	34	393	+ 132
Leukemia	35	511	27	601	- 90
Malnutrition	36	478	11	1,981	- 1,503
Inflammatory/Heart	37	437	44	225	+ 212
Poisonings	38	385	39	275	+ 110
Endocrine Disorders	39	372	29	486	- 114
Fires	40	359	45	207	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	41	325	24	846	- 521
Lymphomas	42	322	43	229	+ 93
Meningitis	43	316	41	271	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	44	294	17	1,570	- 1,276
Epilepsy	45	266	33	463	- 197
Skin Disease	46	254	42	232	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	47	216	59	27	+ 189
Alcohol	48	216	14	1,799	- 1,583
Oral Cancer	49	190	49	142	+ 48
Pertussis	50	187	53	70	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	51	108	38	282	- 174
Bladder Cancer	52	107	55	57	+ 49
Hepatitis B	53	79	65	2	+ 76
Encephalitis	54	40	51	104	- 63
Appendicitis	55	36	47	164	- 127
Other Neoplasms	56	29	56	42	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	57	27	48	144	- 117
Drug Use	58	22	40	272	- 250
Tetanus	59	16	62	10	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	11	52	82	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	60	21	- 10
Hepatitis C	62	10	66	2	+ 8
Ascariasis	63	3	63	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	64	2	57	34	- 32
War	65	2	68	2	- 0
Chlamydia	66	2	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	46	195	- 195
Schizophrenia	70	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	21	1,173	- 1,173
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	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

Solomon Isl.

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.