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Guatemala
COUNTRY #1
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GUATEMALA VS URUGUAY

Compare Guatemala and Uruguay 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.

Uruguay
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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Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
       
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
  
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
74.0
81.1
68
47
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
74.0
81.1
69
47
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
74.1
81.1
70
47
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
74.4
81.3
70
46
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
74.9
81.4
70
46
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
75.3
81.6
69
46
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
75.7
81.8
68
46
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
76.1
82.0
66
44
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
76.6
82.3
67
44
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
77.1
82.7
68
44
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
77.9
83.2
72
43
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
79.0
84.0
73
42
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
80.4
84.9
71
41
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
82.2
86.1
70
41
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
84.5
87.7
70
38
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
87.1
89.6
70
22
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
90.1
92.1
73
11
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
59.81
151
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
17.00
126
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
11.96
136
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
14.07
124
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
4.17
168
6. Stroke
42.01
137
38.74
139
7. Violence
27.04
13
8.60
60
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
13.84
106
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
1.91
106
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
26.87
37
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
19.49
56
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
25.09
79
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
2.67
174
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
12.74
38
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
1.10
98
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
8.46
58
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
2.09
57
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.07
104
19. Falls
10.84
17
0.90
181
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
5.35
74
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
0.81
156
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
26.62
18
23. Suicide
6.23
124
18.83
16
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
8.00
144
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
5.33
104
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
2.08
146
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
0.62
141
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
19.66
8
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.88
24
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
7.33
31
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
27.49
20
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
3.89
103
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
1.83
79
34. Asthma
2.78
102
2.01
116
35. Drownings
2.75
79
1.79
121
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.28
127
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
11.08
1
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
1.72
112
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.40
54
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
7.95
9
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
1.49
96
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
0.76
135
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
5.26
80
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.34
59
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.23
152
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.34
119
47. Fires
1.36
96
1.21
101
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
4.86
37
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
3.06
82
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.15
118
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
4,265
15.23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
1,370
4.89
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
747
2.67
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
1,040
3.71
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
206
0.74
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
2,850
10.18
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
295
1.05
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
512
1.83
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
134
0.48
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
774
2.76
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
73
0.26
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
1,899
6.78
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
1,706
6.09
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
104
0.37
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
147
0.53
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
73
0.26
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
480
1.71
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
170
0.61
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
22
0.08
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
55
0.20
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
195
0.70
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
735
2.63
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
57
0.20
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
707
2.53
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
172
0.61
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
648
2.31
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
280
1.00
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
848
3.03
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
487
1.74
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
9
0.03
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
1,245
4.45
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
86
0.31
33. Drownings
463
0.53
65
0.23
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
320
1.14
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
1,463
5.23
36. Asthma
335
0.38
127
0.45
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
81
0.29
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
656
2.34
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
17
0.06
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
41
0.15
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
10
0.04
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
130
0.46
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
457
1.63
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
314
1.12
45. Fires
207
0.24
54
0.19
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
149
0.53
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
9
0.03
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
286
1.02
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
167
0.60
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
160
0.57
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
26.87
37
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
2.67
174
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
8.46
58
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.07
104
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
26.62
18
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
19.66
8
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.88
24
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
27.49
20
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
11.08
1
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.40
54
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
7.95
9
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.34
59
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
4.86
37
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
3.06
82
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
4.18
22
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
3.22
46
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.