JAMAICA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,520	3	1,726	- 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,430	15	393	+ 1,037
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,072	2	2,077	- 1,005
Kidney Disease	4	971	6	793	+ 178
Liver Disease	5	879	21	155	+ 724
Stroke	6	750	1	2,415	- 1,665
Violence	7	682	4	1,484	- 802
Road Traffic Accidents	8	623	12	444	+ 179
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	405	42	35	+ 370
Other Injuries	10	381	31	91	+ 291
Malnutrition	11	306	40	48	+ 259
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	303	9	587	- 285
Lung Disease	13	294	11	452	- 158
Alcohol	14	278	55	7	+ 271
Liver Cancer	15	273	29	101	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	16	257	18	241	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	17	243	19	231	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	18	235	23	139	+ 96
Birth Trauma	19	227	37	65	+ 162
Falls	20	212	33	82	+ 130
HIV/AIDS	21	181	7	757	- 576
Suicide	22	161	35	70	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	159	32	82	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	24	131	5	883	- 753
Cervical Cancer	25	125	16	358	- 233
Hypertension	26	105	8	651	- 546
Leukemia	27	93	26	129	- 36
Breast Cancer	28	77	14	413	- 337
Endocrine Disorders	29	75	20	176	- 101
Maternal Conditions	30	72	43	35	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	72	13	436	- 365
Drownings	32	72	51	10	+ 61
Epilepsy	33	72	41	46	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	34	61	25	132	- 72
Lung Cancers	35	61	10	472	- 412
Asthma	36	52	36	65	- 13
Tuberculosis	37	47	54	8	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	38	44	27	119	- 75
Poisonings	39	43	57	2	+ 40
Drug Use	40	42	48	13	+ 29
Meningitis	41	42	47	16	+ 26
Skin Disease	42	36	22	145	- 109
Lymphomas	43	35	17	251	- 215
Inflammatory/Heart	44	35	24	133	- 98
Fires	45	32	46	16	+ 16
Skin Cancers	46	30	52	10	+ 20
Appendicitis	47	25	53	9	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	48	22	34	74	- 52
Oral Cancer	49	22	39	59	- 37
Ovary Cancer	50	21	30	97	- 76
Encephalitis	51	16	49	13	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	50	11	+ 1
Pertussis	53	11	67	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	10	44	27	- 17
Bladder Cancer	55	9	38	60	- 51
Other Neoplasms	56	6	45	19	- 12
Upper Respiratory	57	5	65	0	+ 5
Dengue	58	5	58	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	28	106	- 102
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	56	3	- 0
Chagas disease	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	63	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	60	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Guatemala

Jamaica

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.