GUATEMALA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,129	1	9,825	+ 7,305
Stroke	2	7,707	6	4,849	+ 2,859
War	3	7,335	68	2	+ 7,333
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,803	2	9,245	- 2,442
Low Birth Weight	5	5,004	16	1,658	+ 3,345
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,862	8	4,026	+ 836
Birth Trauma	7	3,374	19	1,466	+ 1,908
Hypertension	8	3,007	26	679	+ 2,327
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,483	9	2,617	- 134
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,437	18	1,517	+ 921
Lung Disease	11	1,815	13	1,901	- 86
Measles	12	1,715	72	0	+ 1,715
Liver Disease	13	1,642	5	5,684	- 4,042
Violence	14	1,613	7	4,411	- 2,798
Kidney Disease	15	1,521	4	6,277	- 4,755
Other Injuries	16	1,264	10	2,466	- 1,202
Asthma	17	1,196	36	335	+ 862
Tuberculosis	18	1,079	37	301	+ 777
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,019	3	6,932	- 5,913
Malaria	20	976	74	0	+ 976
Suicide	21	965	22	1,039	- 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	798	12	1,957	- 1,159
Pertussis	23	704	53	70	+ 634
Falls	24	664	20	1,371	- 707
Drownings	25	649	32	463	+ 185
Breast Cancer	26	644	28	495	+ 149
Malnutrition	27	601	11	1,981	- 1,379
Meningitis	28	578	41	271	+ 307
Fires	29	563	45	207	+ 355
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	519	31	464	+ 54
Stomach Cancer	31	512	17	1,570	- 1,058
Maternal Conditions	32	505	30	468	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	473	23	1,029	- 556
Leukemia	34	441	27	601	- 160
Oesophagus Cancer	35	434	48	144	+ 290
Endocrine Disorders	36	419	29	486	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	401	54	62	+ 340
Drug Use	38	348	40	272	+ 76
Liver Cancer	39	346	15	1,765	- 1,419
Inflammatory/Heart	40	332	44	225	+ 107
Lung Cancers	41	323	35	391	- 68
Oral Cancer	42	311	49	142	+ 169
Epilepsy	43	306	33	463	- 157
Poisonings	44	302	39	275	+ 27
Lymphomas	45	246	43	229	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	46	225	21	1,173	- 948
Tetanus	47	224	62	10	+ 214
Encephalitis	48	209	51	104	+ 106
Parkinson's Disease	49	205	34	393	- 187
Hepatitis B	50	170	65	2	+ 168
Pancreas Cancer	51	161	38	282	- 121
Ovary Cancer	52	107	50	133	- 26
Syphilis	53	100	64	3	+ 97
Appendicitis	54	92	47	164	- 72
Bladder Cancer	55	91	55	57	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	56	70	75	0	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	57	68	25	808	- 740
Skin Cancers	58	57	46	195	- 138
Alcohol	59	44	14	1,799	- 1,754
Dengue	60	41	58	33	+ 8
Skin Disease	61	25	42	232	- 207
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	60	21	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	63	22	24	846	- 823
Other Neoplasms	64	12	56	42	- 30
Ascariasis	65	10	63	7	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	52	82	- 74
Diphtheria	67	8	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	68	5	66	2	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	69	3	59	27	- 24
Upper Respiratory	70	3	57	34	- 31
Leishmaniasis	71	1	69	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	67	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Yemen

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.