GUATEMALA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,954	1	9,825	+ 17,129
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,332	12	1,957	+ 13,375
Lung Disease	3	10,430	13	1,901	+ 8,529
Stroke	4	8,462	6	4,849	+ 3,614
Lung Cancers	5	8,303	35	391	+ 7,912
Kidney Disease	6	4,584	4	6,277	- 1,693
Drug Use	7	3,974	40	272	+ 3,702
Hypertension	8	3,521	26	679	+ 2,842
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,301	31	464	+ 2,836
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,279	3	6,932	- 3,653
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,220	2	9,245	- 6,025
Suicide	12	2,835	22	1,039	+ 1,795
Breast Cancer	13	2,598	28	495	+ 2,103
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,508	29	486	+ 2,023
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,364	38	282	+ 2,082
Liver Disease	16	2,317	5	5,684	- 3,368
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,226	8	4,026	- 1,801
Falls	18	2,158	20	1,371	+ 786
Lymphomas	19	2,150	43	229	+ 1,921
Prostate Cancer	20	1,901	24	846	+ 1,056
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,841	34	393	+ 1,449
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,737	44	225	+ 1,511
Liver Cancer	23	1,445	15	1,765	- 320
Leukemia	24	1,440	27	601	+ 839
Other Injuries	25	1,388	10	2,466	- 1,078
Bladder Cancer	26	1,047	55	57	+ 990
Violence	27	1,013	7	4,411	- 3,398
Oesophagus Cancer	28	952	48	144	+ 808
Other Neoplasms	29	947	56	42	+ 905
Alcohol	30	783	14	1,799	- 1,016
Ovary Cancer	31	779	50	133	+ 646
Skin Cancers	32	764	46	195	+ 569
Stomach Cancer	33	698	17	1,570	- 872
Congenital Anomalies	34	628	18	1,517	- 889
Oral Cancer	35	617	49	142	+ 475
Uterin Cancer	36	537	59	27	+ 510
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	531	9	2,617	- 2,086
Cervical Cancer	38	373	25	808	- 435
Low Birth Weight	39	370	16	1,658	- 1,289
Malnutrition	40	361	11	1,981	- 1,620
Hepatitis C	41	303	66	2	+ 301
HIV/AIDS	42	302	21	1,173	- 870
Skin Disease	43	289	42	232	+ 57
Multiple Sclerosis	44	270	60	21	+ 249
Drownings	45	217	32	463	- 246
Asthma	46	204	36	335	- 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	195	54	62	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	185	23	1,029	- 845
Fires	49	170	45	207	- 37
Epilepsy	50	169	33	463	- 294
Anemia	51	166	83	0	+ 166
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	131	52	82	+ 50
Poisonings	53	89	39	275	- 186
Birth Trauma	54	66	19	1,466	- 1,400
War	55	64	68	2	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	56	42	30	468	- 427
Schizophrenia	57	39	80	0	+ 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	36	85	0	+ 36
Hepatitis B	59	32	65	2	+ 30
Meningitis	60	32	41	271	- 239
Osteoarthritis	61	31	84	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	62	29	37	301	- 272
Appendicitis	63	23	47	164	- 141
Oral conditions	64	15	86	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	65	12	57	34	- 22
Syphilis	66	3	64	3	- 0
Otitis Media	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	1	51	104	- 102
Pertussis	69	1	53	70	- 69
Chagas disease	70	0	61	19	- 19
Tetanus	71	0	62	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	33	- 33
Malaria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

United States

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.