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Guatemala
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
GUATEMALA VS LATVIA

Compare Guatemala and Latvia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Latvia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
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Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
146.65
49
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
12.01
149
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
10.89
141
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
6.43
158
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
13.03
113
6. Stroke
42.01
137
99.14
74
7. Violence
27.04
13
4.15
98
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
7.17
138
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
0.26
170
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
28.10
34
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
9.94
155
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
7.50
177
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.97
133
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
11.98
45
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
0.07
164
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
11.16
30
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
8.83
9
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.05
105
19. Falls
10.84
17
4.77
106
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
3.65
82
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
3.17
85
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
19.03
63
23. Suicide
6.23
124
16.06
24
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
19.91
83
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
2.45
168
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
0.57
180
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
0.60
145
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
15.41
24
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.38
53
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
1.76
156
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
23.52
33
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
2.07
160
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
1.76
84
34. Asthma
2.78
102
0.88
139
35. Drownings
2.75
79
5.64
21
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.29
126
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
10.04
4
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
2.34
103
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
8.99
3
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.05
41
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
1.48
97
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
1.72
59
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
30.32
3
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
3.11
29
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.40
125
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.96
69
47. Fires
1.36
96
3.48
36
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.50
55
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
6.18
28
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.11
136
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
8,099
30.00
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
501
1.86
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
529
1.96
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
356
1.32
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
365
1.35
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
5,893
21.83
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
94
0.35
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
154
0.57
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
14
0.05
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
362
1.34
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
2
0.01
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
664
2.46
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
346
1.28
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
227
0.84
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
157
0.58
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
11
0.04
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
470
1.74
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
46
0.17
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
12
0.04
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
201
0.74
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
74
0.27
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
384
1.42
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
142
0.53
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
464
1.72
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
128
0.47
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
1,194
4.42
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
186
0.69
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
472
1.75
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
59
0.22
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
5
0.02
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
722
2.67
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
44
0.16
33. Drownings
463
0.53
127
0.47
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
125
0.46
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
956
3.54
36. Asthma
335
0.38
42
0.16
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
71
0.26
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
436
1.61
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
23
0.09
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
41
0.15
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
15
0.06
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
76
0.28
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
245
0.91
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
921
3.41
45. Fires
207
0.24
103
0.38
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
144
0.53
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
5
0.02
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
131
0.49
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
214
0.79
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
196
0.73
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
28.10
34
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.97
133
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
11.16
30
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.05
105
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
19.03
63
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
15.41
24
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.38
53
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
23.52
33
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
10.04
4
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
8.99
3
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.05
41
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
3.11
29
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.50
55
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
6.18
28
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
4.46
17
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
4.89
20
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.