ISRAEL VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,060	1	5,122	- 62
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,762	8	1,519	+ 3,243
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,570	6	1,913	+ 1,657
Kidney Disease	4	3,233	3	2,437	+ 796
Liver Disease	5	2,928	28	292	+ 2,636
Stroke	6	2,497	4	2,431	+ 66
Violence	7	2,272	41	104	+ 2,168
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,074	26	333	+ 1,741
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,348	32	166	+ 1,182
Other Injuries	10	1,270	14	828	+ 442
Malnutrition	11	1,020	48	39	+ 981
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,008	2	2,996	- 1,988
Lung Disease	13	979	7	1,546	- 567
Alcohol	14	927	49	39	+ 888
Liver Cancer	15	909	25	345	+ 564
Low Birth Weight	16	854	42	94	+ 760
Stomach Cancer	17	809	16	565	+ 244
Congenital Anomalies	18	781	29	291	+ 490
Birth Trauma	19	755	50	35	+ 720
Falls	20	706	39	123	+ 583
HIV/AIDS	21	604	52	25	+ 579
Suicide	22	535	19	453	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	530	51	33	+ 497
Prostate Cancer	24	436	17	521	- 86
Cervical Cancer	25	416	38	133	+ 283
Hypertension	26	350	21	400	- 50
Leukemia	27	309	15	612	- 302
Breast Cancer	28	255	10	1,237	- 982
Endocrine Disorders	29	250	12	1,002	- 752
Maternal Conditions	30	241	61	6	+ 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	239	9	1,510	- 1,271
Drownings	32	239	45	39	+ 200
Epilepsy	33	238	40	109	+ 130
Parkinson's Disease	34	202	22	398	- 196
Lung Cancers	35	202	5	2,026	- 1,824
Asthma	36	172	36	142	+ 31
Tuberculosis	37	155	57	16	+ 139
Pancreas Cancer	38	145	11	1,023	- 877
Poisonings	39	142	63	4	+ 138
Drug Use	40	140	43	67	+ 72
Meningitis	41	140	55	20	+ 119
Skin Disease	42	120	24	368	- 248
Lymphomas	43	118	13	925	- 807
Inflammatory/Heart	44	116	30	214	- 98
Fires	45	107	53	24	+ 83
Skin Cancers	46	100	23	379	- 279
Appendicitis	47	84	64	4	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	48	74	37	138	- 64
Oral Cancer	49	73	33	150	- 77
Ovary Cancer	50	68	27	323	- 254
Encephalitis	51	53	66	3	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	42	54	23	+ 19
Pertussis	53	36	69	0	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	32	35	144	- 112
Bladder Cancer	55	30	18	496	- 467
Other Neoplasms	56	22	20	420	- 398
Upper Respiratory	57	18	62	5	+ 12
Dengue	58	17	84	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	59	14	31	202	- 188
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	47	39	- 28
Chagas disease	61	10	75	0	+ 10
Tetanus	62	5	73	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	63	4	83	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	58	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	66	1	46	39	- 38
Chlamydia	67	1	80	0	+ 1
War	68	1	60	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	44	66	- 66
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	149	- 149
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	65	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Guatemala

Israel

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.