GUATEMALA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	37,112	21	1,173	+ 35,939
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,767	2	9,245	+ 5,522
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,307	3	6,932	+ 7,376
Stroke	4	12,839	6	4,849	+ 7,991
Coronary Heart Disease	5	12,109	1	9,825	+ 2,285
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,295	9	2,617	+ 5,678
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,164	8	4,026	+ 2,138
Kidney Disease	8	6,114	4	6,277	- 162
Suicide	9	5,414	22	1,039	+ 4,375
Hypertension	10	4,685	26	679	+ 4,006
Liver Disease	11	4,389	5	5,684	- 1,295
Lung Disease	12	4,242	13	1,901	+ 2,341
Tuberculosis	13	4,103	37	301	+ 3,802
Low Birth Weight	14	3,738	16	1,658	+ 2,079
Cervical Cancer	15	3,447	25	808	+ 2,640
Violence	16	3,405	7	4,411	- 1,005
Other Injuries	17	3,049	10	2,466	+ 584
Birth Trauma	18	2,670	19	1,466	+ 1,204
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,573	18	1,517	+ 1,057
Asthma	20	2,398	36	335	+ 2,064
Maternal Conditions	21	1,857	30	468	+ 1,389
Malnutrition	22	1,697	11	1,981	- 283
Meningitis	23	1,563	41	271	+ 1,292
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,503	44	225	+ 1,278
Drownings	25	1,395	32	463	+ 931
Fires	26	1,342	45	207	+ 1,134
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,228	12	1,957	- 729
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,189	29	486	+ 704
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	815	23	1,029	- 214
Epilepsy	30	733	33	463	+ 270
Prostate Cancer	31	721	24	846	- 125
Falls	32	661	20	1,371	- 710
Pertussis	33	622	53	70	+ 552
Poisonings	34	601	39	275	+ 326
Breast Cancer	35	592	28	495	+ 96
Lymphomas	36	498	43	229	+ 269
Liver Cancer	37	470	15	1,765	- 1,295
Drug Use	38	430	40	272	+ 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	420	54	62	+ 358
Skin Disease	40	405	42	232	+ 173
Parkinson's Disease	41	383	34	393	- 10
Skin Cancers	42	319	46	195	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	299	31	464	- 165
Oesophagus Cancer	44	296	48	144	+ 153
Syphilis	45	279	64	3	+ 277
Lung Cancers	46	266	35	391	- 125
Leukemia	47	262	27	601	- 339
Alcohol	48	257	14	1,799	- 1,542
Schistosomiasis	49	205	75	0	+ 205
Uterin Cancer	50	184	59	27	+ 156
Oral Cancer	51	164	49	142	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	52	159	50	133	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	53	109	17	1,570	- 1,461
Appendicitis	54	106	47	164	- 58
Bladder Cancer	55	97	55	57	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	56	97	38	282	- 185
Hepatitis B	57	95	65	2	+ 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	79	52	82	- 3
Encephalitis	59	77	51	104	- 26
Upper Respiratory	60	67	57	34	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	61	63	56	42	+ 21
Tetanus	62	59	62	10	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	63	24	60	21	+ 3
Measles	64	10	72	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	6	66	2	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	5	63	7	- 2
Malaria	67	4	74	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	4	70	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	3	67	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	3	71	0	+ 3
War	71	3	68	2	+ 1
Dengue	72	1	58	33	- 32
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
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	19	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Swaziland

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.