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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
64.4
71.5
67.9
108
102
104
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
68.8
72.5
70.6
98
114
109
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
68.8
72.5
98
114
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
69.7
76.6
113
105
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
69.9
76.8
114
105
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
70.1
76.9
114
105
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
70.7
77.2
107
104
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
71.6
77.5
105
104
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
72.8
77.9
95
101
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
73.9
78.3
87
98
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
75.2
78.7
79
96
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
76.4
79.3
69
91
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
77.8
80.1
58
87
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
79.2
81.1
56
81
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
80.6
82.2
53
73
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.2
83.5
53
71
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
83.9
85.1
51
66
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
85.8
86.8
56
69
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.1
89.0
59
69
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.1
91.7
70
71
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.5
95.0
82
69
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.5
98.8
88
66
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.0
85
77
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
85.12
57
  
23.69
125
2 Violence
74.94
1
  
1.14
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
58.92
165
  
68.80
155
4 Diabetes Mellitus
51.91
57
  
5.04
185
5 Other Injuries
37.31
8
  
5.54
170
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
31.56
55
  
1.95
119
7 Malnutrition
29.55
2
  
0.07
172
8 Hypertension
27.97
83
  
3.67
183
9 Kidney Disease
26.62
39
  
3.23
185
10 Stomach Cancer
25.93
4
  
4.81
130
11 Liver Disease
24.58
26
  
9.48
96
12 HIV/AIDS
22.76
59
  
0.40
137
13 Stroke
20.81
190
  
36.89
160
14 Liver Cancer
17.68
16
  
3.07
164
15 Alcohol
16.40
2
  
1.10
76
16 Low Birth Weight
14.03
68
  
3.39
144
17 Drug Use
10.61
4
  
2.14
27
18 Lung Disease
10.35
157
  
21.47
98
19 Cervical Cancer
8.94
54
  
1.38
161
20 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.24
26
  
2.54
123
21 Prostate Cancer
7.72
68
  
8.21
58
22 Suicide
7.36
96
  
6.90
101
23 Lung Cancers
7.12
128
  
30.98
18
24 Endocrine Disorders
6.32
99
  
3.13
147
25 Breast Cancer
6.22
185
  
23.62
20
26 Tuberculosis
6.14
100
  
0.41
170
27 Road Traffic Accidents
5.25
176
  
4.77
180
28 Congenital Anomalies
4.61
142
  
3.68
164
29 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
159
  
15.49
33
30 Birth Trauma
3.51
102
  
0.64
166
31 Chagas disease
3.33
6
  
0.00
192
32 Lymphomas
3.21
152
  
7.35
36
33 Maternal Conditions
3.20
65
  
0.15
151
34 Leukemia
3.12
129
  
4.39
63
35 Meningitis
2.99
84
  
0.41
149
36 Pancreas Cancer
2.89
108
  
6.81
39
37 Asthma
2.74
119
  
1.09
153
38 Drownings
2.73
113
  
0.35
187
39 Uterin Cancer
2.39
27
  
1.53
64
40 Oral Cancer
2.15
127
  
2.39
113
41 Epilepsy
2.00
82
  
1.57
104
42 Anaemia
1.91
94
  
0.15
171
43 Skin Cancers
1.90
55
  
2.74
32
44 Oesophagus Cancer
1.67
127
  
7.62
30
45 Skin Disease
1.47
105
  
1.50
104
46 Pertussis
1.34
46
  
0.02
106
47 Upper Respiratory
1.22
56
  
0.07
144
48 Alzheimers/Dementia
1.16
161
  
17.08
14
49 Tetanus
0.97
42
  
0.00
192
50 Parkinson Disease
0.93
137
  
3.48
8
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
9,202
12.93
  
37,348
8.00
2 Violence
8,388
11.78
  
703
0.15
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
4,997
7.02
  
3,081
0.66
4 Coronary Heart Disease
4,402
6.18
  
92,299
19.77
5 Other Injuries
3,986
5.60
  
6,029
1.29
6 Diabetes Mellitus
3,867
5.43
  
6,682
1.43
7 Low Birth Weight
3,376
4.74
  
1,386
0.30
8 Malnutrition
2,819
3.96
  
85
0.02
9 HIV/AIDS
2,376
3.34
  
266
0.06
10 Kidney Disease
2,104
2.96
  
4,804
1.03
11 Hypertension
2,080
2.92
  
5,191
1.11
12 Stomach Cancer
1,986
2.79
  
6,006
1.29
13 Liver Disease
1,937
2.72
  
7,767
1.66
14 Stroke
1,619
2.27
  
55,919
11.98
15 Alcohol
1,453
2.04
  
862
0.18
16 Liver Cancer
1,353
1.90
  
3,470
0.74
17 Congenital Anomalies
1,029
1.45
  
1,950
0.42
18 Lung Disease
964
1.35
  
29,069
6.23
19 Drug Use
963
1.35
  
1,247
0.27
20 Birth Trauma
845
1.19
  
262
0.06
21 Suicide
836
1.17
  
4,660
1.00
22 Endocrine Disorders
727
1.02
  
3,056
0.65
23 Cervical Cancer
717
1.01
  
1,322
0.28
24 Meningitis
640
0.90
  
278
0.06
25 Peptic Ulcer Disease
637
0.89
  
3,294
0.71
26 Road Traffic Accidents
624
0.88
  
3,073
0.66
27 Prostate Cancer
580
0.81
  
11,508
2.46
28 Lung Cancers
551
0.77
  
35,845
7.68
29 Tuberculosis
534
0.75
  
443
0.09
30 Maternal Conditions
385
0.54
  
81
0.02
31 Leukemia
374
0.53
  
5,077
1.09
32 Drownings
356
0.50
  
233
0.05
33 Pertussis
315
0.44
  
6
0.00
34 Lymphomas
287
0.40
  
8,744
1.87
35 Colon-Rectum Cancers
285
0.40
  
18,951
4.06
36 Breast Cancer
255
0.36
  
14,343
3.07
37 Chagas disease
251
0.35
  
0
0.00
38 Upper Respiratory
251
0.35
  
56
0.01
39 Tetanus
231
0.32
  
0
0.00
40 Epilepsy
222
0.31
  
1,201
0.26
41 Asthma
222
0.31
  
1,260
0.27
42 Pancreas Cancer
216
0.30
  
7,954
1.70
43 Anaemia
177
0.25
  
260
0.06
44 Uterin Cancer
176
0.25
  
1,852
0.40
45 Oral Cancer
171
0.24
  
2,428
0.52
46 Skin Cancers
151
0.21
  
2,947
0.63
47 Oesophagus Cancer
124
0.17
  
8,762
1.88
48 Skin Disease
114
0.16
  
2,188
0.47
49 Poisonings
93
0.13
  
1,805
0.39
50 Alzheimers/Dementia
87
0.12
  
29,116
6.24
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
25.93
4
  
4.81
130
2 Liver Cancer
17.68
16
  
3.07
164
3 Cervical Cancer
8.94
54
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
7.72
68
  
8.21
58
5 Lung Cancers
7.12
128
  
30.98
18
6 Breast Cancer
6.22
185
  
23.62
20
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
159
  
15.49
33
8 Lymphomas
3.21
152
  
7.35
36
9 Leukemia
3.12
129
  
4.39
63
10 Pancreas Cancer
2.89
108
  
6.81
39
11 Uterin Cancer
2.39
27
  
1.53
64
12 Oral Cancer
2.15
127
  
2.39
113
13 Skin Cancers
1.90
55
  
2.74
32
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.67
127
  
7.62
30
15 Ovary Cancer
0.87
183
  
3.96
20
16 Other Neoplasms
0.77
177
  
2.95
92
17 Bladder Cancer
0.45
185
  
4.27
28
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Guatemala
GUATEMALA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
13,276,517
66
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
39.4 %
46
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
56.8 %
149
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.8 %
131
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
27.98
51
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.11
162
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.47
54
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
27.84
75
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.94
175
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.86
49
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-2.21
119
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.07
46
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
69.1
144
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
75.4
146
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
63.3
135
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
3.2
138
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
70.6
109
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
60.0
118
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$5,200
110
  
$36,600
23
 

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