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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 CANADA

Compare Guatemala and Canada 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.

Canada
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
       
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
  
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
80.9
84.5
13
14
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
81.0
84.6
12
14
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
81.2
84.7
11
14
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
81.5
84.8
11
14
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
81.7
84.9
10
13
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
82.0
85.0
7
12
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
82.3
85.2
6
12
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
82.7
85.5
6
13
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
83.1
85.9
5
13
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
83.8
86.4
4
12
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
84.8
87.1
3
10
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
85.9
87.9
3
9
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
87.4
89.0
2
8
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
89.2
90.4
2
9
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
91.6
92.2
5
9
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
45.15
166
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
7.69
169
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
7.22
156
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
4.99
168
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
5.73
159
6. Stroke
42.01
137
15.12
182
7. Violence
27.04
13
1.60
139
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
4.58
157
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
0.90
140
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
11.92
124
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
27.87
13
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
15.91
133
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
4.21
120
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
3.35
164
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
0.21
136
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.86
161
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
2.76
44
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
1.94
169
19. Falls
10.84
17
5.07
101
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
0.33
131
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
0.54
172
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
15.43
111
23. Suicide
6.23
124
10.34
67
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
2.79
169
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
2.99
156
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
1.90
148
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
0.65
140
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
12.23
46
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.06
67
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
4.41
77
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
27.23
22
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
3.46
128
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
0.81
153
34. Asthma
2.78
102
0.37
173
35. Drownings
2.75
79
0.71
160
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.13
137
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
6.57
47
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
0.13
171
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.08
63
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.52
26
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
0.76
122
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
8.70
2
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
2.94
141
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.27
65
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.14
167
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.25
135
47. Fires
1.36
96
0.41
153
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.01
73
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.18
126
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.07
153
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
40,063
17.18
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
7,431
3.19
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
5,718
2.45
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
4,578
1.96
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
3,624
1.55
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
14,159
6.07
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
605
0.26
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
1,998
0.86
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
840
0.36
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
2,392
1.03
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
192
0.08
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
30,970
13.28
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
14,212
6.09
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
1,491
0.64
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
3,113
1.33
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
553
0.24
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
2,177
0.93
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
1,081
0.46
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
193
0.08
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
4,829
2.07
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
163
0.07
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
4,417
1.89
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
442
0.19
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
4,711
2.02
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
578
0.25
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
2,563
1.10
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
3,098
1.33
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
5,910
2.53
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
3,233
1.39
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
45
0.02
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
9,651
4.14
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
384
0.16
33. Drownings
463
0.53
283
0.12
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
3,359
1.44
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
20,937
8.98
36. Asthma
335
0.38
262
0.11
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
97
0.04
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
5,057
2.17
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
121
0.05
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
3,686
1.58
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
68
0.03
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
679
0.29
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
5,146
2.21
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
2,060
0.88
45. Fires
207
0.24
192
0.08
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
1,756
0.75
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
49
0.02
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
2,230
0.96
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
1,592
0.68
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
1,902
0.82
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Canada CANADA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
11.92
124
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
4.21
120
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.86
161
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
1.94
169
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
15.43
111
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
12.23
46
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.06
67
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
27.23
22
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
6.57
47
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.08
63
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.52
26
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.27
65
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.01
73
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.18
126
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
2.89
59
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
2.91
63
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.