MONTENEGRO VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Guatemala GUATEMALA MONTENEGRO Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 323 2 1,748 - 1,425
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 304 12 81 + 223
Diabetes Mellitus 3 228 6 174 + 54
Kidney Disease 4 206 7 147 + 59
Liver Disease 5 187 17 57 + 130
Stroke 6 159 1 2,208 - 2,048
Violence 7 145 29 18 + 127
Road Traffic Accidents 8 132 21 48 + 84
Diarrhoeal diseases 9 86 56 1 + 85
Other Injuries 10 81 23 29 + 52
Malnutrition 11 65 53 1 + 64
Alzheimers & Dementia 12 64 5 227 - 162
Lung Disease 13 62 11 90 - 28
Alcohol 14 59 38 9 + 50
Liver Cancer 15 58 20 50 + 8
Low Birth Weight 16 54 43 5 + 49
Stomach Cancer 17 52 19 50 + 1
Congenital Anomalies 18 50 45 4 + 46
Birth Trauma 19 48 41 6 + 42
Falls 20 45 14 67 - 22
HIV/AIDS 21 39 73 0 + 39
Suicide 22 34 8 132 - 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease 23 34 26 21 + 13
Prostate Cancer 24 28 13 75 - 48
Cervical Cancer 25 27 27 20 + 6
Hypertension 26 22 18 55 - 33
Leukemia 27 20 25 23 - 4
Breast Cancer 28 16 9 127 - 110
Endocrine Disorders 29 16 40 7 + 9
Maternal Conditions 30 15 58 0 + 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers 31 15 10 113 - 98
Drownings 32 15 36 11 + 5
Epilepsy 33 15 42 6 + 9
Parkinson's Disease 34 13 15 66 - 53
Lung Cancers 35 13 3 340 - 327
Asthma 36 11 46 4 + 7
Tuberculosis 37 10 51 1 + 9
Pancreas Cancer 38 9 16 64 - 54
Poisonings 39 9 44 4 + 5
Drug Use 40 9 31 14 - 5
Meningitis 41 9 49 1 + 7
Skin Disease 42 8 54 1 + 7
Lymphomas 43 8 24 27 - 19
Inflammatory/Heart 44 7 4 311 - 304
Fires 45 7 32 14 - 7
Skin Cancers 46 6 35 12 - 5
Appendicitis 47 5 52 1 + 4
Oesophagus Cancer 48 5 30 17 - 12
Oral Cancer 49 5 37 10 - 5
Ovary Cancer 50 4 28 19 - 15
Encephalitis 51 3 50 1 + 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis 52 3 48 2 + 1
Pertussis 53 2 55 1 + 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease 54 2 34 13 - 11
Bladder Cancer 55 2 22 35 - 33
Other Neoplasms 56 1 47 2 - 1
Upper Respiratory 57 1 60 0 + 1
Dengue 58 1 77 0 + 1
Uterin Cancer 59 1 33 14 - 13
Multiple Sclerosis 60 1 39 8 - 7
Chagas disease 61 1 72 0 + 1
Tetanus 62 0 62 0 + 0
Ascariasis 63 0 79 0 + 0
Syphilis 64 0 59 0 - 0
Hepatitis B 65 0 61 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 66 0 65 0 + 0
Chlamydia 67 0 64 0 + 0
War 68 0 63 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 69 0 57 1 - 1
Otitis Media 70 0 74 0 + 0
Diphtheria 71 0 66 0 - 0
Measles 72 0 67 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 73 0 71 0 - 0
Malaria 74 0 70 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 75 0 69 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 68 0 - 0
Leprosy 77 0 75 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 76 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 78 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 80 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 81 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 82 0 86 0 - 0
Anemia 83 0 85 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 84 0 80 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 81 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 82 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020