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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 UNITED STATES

Compare Guatemala and United States 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.

United States
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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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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   United States UNITED STATES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   United States UNITED STATES
       
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
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
73.49
142
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
8.86
163
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
10.58
144
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
13.08
127
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
8.98
134
6. Stroke
42.01
137
22.27
164
7. Violence
27.04
13
6.00
81
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
11.10
120
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
1.55
114
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
11.64
126
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
33.26
8
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
28.49
60
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
4.69
110
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
5.11
130
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
0.90
104
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.24
173
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
3.50
28
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
2.77
151
19. Falls
10.84
17
5.68
90
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
1.37
113
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
0.55
170
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
15.93
105
23. Suicide
6.23
124
14.51
31
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
10.26
133
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
3.78
140
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
2.37
138
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
0.42
157
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
10.28
71
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.43
49
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
8.22
28
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
25.54
24
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
4.55
68
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
0.78
159
34. Asthma
2.78
102
0.84
141
35. Drownings
2.75
79
1.19
140
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.26
129
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
7.26
36
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
0.09
178
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
4.70
79
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.36
31
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
0.86
115
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
21.28
1
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
5.64
73
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.36
57
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.15
166
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.46
102
47. Fires
1.36
96
0.73
124
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.04
71
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.01
132
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.08
149
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
504,904
20.15
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
60,317
2.41
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
61,418
2.45
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
85,861
3.43
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
43,402
1.73
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
158,520
6.33
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
18,976
0.76
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
41,694
1.66
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
9,955
0.40
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
25,997
1.04
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
6,762
0.27
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
287,198
11.46
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
195,387
7.80
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
14,659
0.58
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
27,064
1.08
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
6,924
0.28
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
13,077
0.52
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
11,762
0.47
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
1,233
0.05
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
40,418
1.61
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
5,660
0.23
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
53,099
2.12
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
3,461
0.14
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
35,612
1.42
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
6,984
0.28
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
65,960
2.63
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
26,966
1.08
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
48,671
1.94
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
46,985
1.87
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
779
0.03
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
61,827
2.47
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
3,162
0.13
33. Drownings
463
0.53
4,070
0.16
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
34,491
1.38
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
155,533
6.21
36. Asthma
335
0.38
3,818
0.15
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
546
0.02
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
44,293
1.77
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
1,674
0.07
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
74,435
2.97
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
606
0.02
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
5,409
0.22
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
40,281
1.61
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
32,529
1.30
45. Fires
207
0.24
3,183
0.13
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
14,311
0.57
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
424
0.02
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
17,829
0.71
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
11,555
0.46
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
14,591
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
11.64
126
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
4.69
110
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
2.24
173
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
2.77
151
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
15.93
105
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
10.28
71
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.43
49
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
25.54
24
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
7.26
36
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
4.70
79
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
6.36
31
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.36
57
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
3.04
71
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.01
132
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
2.84
61
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
3.11
50
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.