GUATEMALA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,276	21	1,173	+ 20,103
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,474	2	9,245	+ 2,229
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,040	1	9,825	- 785
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,426	8	4,026	+ 2,400
Stroke	5	5,456	6	4,849	+ 608
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,891	9	2,617	+ 2,273
Low Birth Weight	7	4,298	16	1,658	+ 2,639
Birth Trauma	8	3,625	19	1,466	+ 2,159
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,559	3	6,932	- 3,373
Malnutrition	10	2,550	11	1,981	+ 570
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,360	18	1,517	+ 844
Kidney Disease	12	2,356	4	6,277	- 3,921
Suicide	13	2,202	22	1,039	+ 1,162
Cervical Cancer	14	2,153	25	808	+ 1,346
Malaria	15	2,132	74	0	+ 2,132
Tuberculosis	16	2,128	37	301	+ 1,826
Liver Disease	17	2,066	5	5,684	- 3,618
Violence	18	2,040	7	4,411	- 2,371
Maternal Conditions	19	1,862	30	468	+ 1,393
Other Injuries	20	1,762	10	2,466	- 703
Asthma	21	1,629	36	335	+ 1,295
Meningitis	22	1,410	41	271	+ 1,139
Lung Disease	23	1,238	13	1,901	- 663
Hypertension	24	1,220	26	679	+ 540
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,115	44	225	+ 889
Lymphomas	26	1,022	43	229	+ 792
Drownings	27	1,017	32	463	+ 554
Breast Cancer	28	893	28	495	+ 398
Oesophagus Cancer	29	853	48	144	+ 709
Fires	30	844	45	207	+ 636
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	817	12	1,957	- 1,140
Prostate Cancer	32	668	24	846	- 177
Stomach Cancer	33	595	17	1,570	- 976
Endocrine Disorders	34	589	29	486	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	583	23	1,029	- 446
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	577	54	62	+ 515
Poisonings	37	548	39	275	+ 273
Liver Cancer	38	543	15	1,765	- 1,223
Epilepsy	39	541	33	463	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	538	31	464	+ 73
Falls	41	495	20	1,371	- 877
Pertussis	42	446	53	70	+ 376
Lung Cancers	43	304	35	391	- 87
Skin Cancers	44	281	46	195	+ 86
Leukemia	45	259	27	601	- 341
Parkinson's Disease	46	240	34	393	- 152
Pancreas Cancer	47	231	38	282	- 51
Drug Use	48	226	40	272	- 45
Oral Cancer	49	221	49	142	+ 79
Uterin Cancer	50	194	59	27	+ 166
Ovary Cancer	51	185	50	133	+ 52
Skin Disease	52	184	42	232	- 48
Schistosomiasis	53	183	75	0	+ 183
Bladder Cancer	54	133	55	57	+ 75
Syphilis	55	133	64	3	+ 130
Encephalitis	56	125	51	104	+ 21
Tetanus	57	108	62	10	+ 98
Appendicitis	58	70	47	164	- 93
Upper Respiratory	59	69	57	34	+ 35
Hepatitis B	60	60	65	2	+ 58
Alcohol	61	51	14	1,799	- 1,748
Other Neoplasms	62	40	56	42	- 2
Measles	63	32	72	0	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	28	52	82	- 54
War	65	28	68	2	+ 26
Hepatitis C	66	15	66	2	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	67	15	60	21	- 6
Otitis Media	68	4	70	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	3	67	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	63	7	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	71	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	58	33	- 32
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	77	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

Zimbabwe

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.