Guatemala - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 44.60
2010 28.34
2015 23.78
2019 22.31

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 12.57
2010 17.08
2015 15.27
2019 16.12

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 42.83
2010 54.58
2015 60.95
2019 61.57

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Guatemala was 16.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.10 in 2016, while its lowest value was 14.30 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 15.00
2001 14.40
2002 14.30
2003 14.90
2004 15.00
2005 15.60
2006 15.70
2007 15.80
2008 15.30
2009 16.30
2010 16.60
2011 16.60
2012 16.70
2013 16.90
2014 16.90
2015 17.10
2016 17.10
2017 16.10
2018 16.50
2019 16.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Guatemala was 16.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.40 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.50 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.80
2001 15.20
2002 14.50
2003 15.00
2004 15.70
2005 16.40
2006 16.30
2007 15.50
2008 15.80
2009 16.30
2010 16.80
2011 16.70
2012 17.10
2013 17.10
2014 17.10
2015 17.40
2016 17.20
2017 16.30
2018 16.70
2019 16.50

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Guatemala was 16.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.30 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.40 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.90
2001 14.80
2002 14.40
2003 15.00
2004 15.30
2005 16.00
2006 16.00
2007 15.70
2008 15.50
2009 16.30
2010 16.70
2011 16.60
2012 16.90
2013 17.00
2014 17.00
2015 17.30
2016 17.20
2017 16.20
2018 16.60
2019 16.50

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 68.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 81.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 73.80

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Guatemala was 1.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.20 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.20
2001 1.20
2002 1.20
2003 1.40
2004 1.50
2005 1.80
2006 1.90
2007 1.60
2008 1.70
2009 1.90
2010 1.90
2011 2.00
2012 2.00
2013 1.90
2014 1.80
2015 1.80
2016 1.70
2017 1.60
2018 1.60
2019 1.60

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Guatemala was 0.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.20 in 2013 and a minimum value of 0.80 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.80
2001 0.80
2002 0.80
2003 0.80
2004 0.90
2005 1.00
2006 1.00
2007 0.90
2008 0.90
2009 1.10
2010 1.00
2011 1.10
2012 1.20
2013 1.20
2014 1.10
2015 1.10
2016 1.00
2017 1.00
2018 0.90
2019 0.90

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Guatemala was 2.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.90 in 2011 and a minimum value of 1.60 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.60
2001 1.70
2002 1.70
2003 1.90
2004 2.10
2005 2.70
2006 2.80
2007 2.30
2008 2.50
2009 2.80
2010 2.80
2011 2.90
2012 2.80
2013 2.70
2014 2.60
2015 2.50
2016 2.40
2017 2.30
2018 2.30
2019 2.30

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Guatemala was 2.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 2.60 in 2018.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.50
2001 3.80
2002 3.90
2003 3.90
2004 4.00
2005 4.00
2006 3.90
2007 3.50
2008 3.30
2009 3.50
2010 3.20
2011 3.00
2012 2.90
2013 2.90
2014 2.90
2015 2.90
2016 2.80
2017 2.70
2018 2.60
2019 2.60

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Guatemala was 9.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 8.60 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.20
2001 18.00
2002 17.40
2003 17.90
2004 18.20
2005 19.00
2006 17.90
2007 13.30
2008 12.90
2009 12.50
2010 11.50
2011 10.30
2012 9.40
2013 9.00
2014 8.80
2015 8.90
2016 8.70
2017 8.60
2018 9.40
2019 9.40

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Guatemala was 5.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.40 in 2005 and a minimum value of 5.60 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 10.20
2001 10.70
2002 10.50
2003 10.80
2004 11.00
2005 11.40
2006 10.70
2007 8.30
2008 8.00
2009 7.90
2010 7.30
2011 6.60
2012 6.10
2013 5.90
2014 5.80
2015 5.80
2016 5.70
2017 5.60
2018 6.00
2019 5.90

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Guatemala was 22.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.90 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4.40 in 2005.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 6.80
2001 5.60
2002 4.80
2003 4.90
2004 5.00
2005 4.40
2006 4.60
2007 20.10
2008 16.60
2009 15.70
2010 13.40
2011 11.00
2012 11.50
2013 13.10
2014 12.80
2015 14.00
2016 16.60
2017 18.10
2018 20.40
2019 22.90

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 6.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors