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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize
BELIZE		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
61.1
62.3
61.7
50
58
57
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
65.9
67.3
66.6
36
59
53
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
69.5
71.6
70.5
25
60
38
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
70.7
74.2
72.4
36
58
40
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
72.5
78.0
75.2
36
40
38
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
66.5
70.0
68.2
114
125
117
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Belize
BELIZE		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
66.5
70.0
114
125
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
73.2
77.9
76
87
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
73.3
78.0
76
86
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
73.5
78.1
75
87
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
73.8
78.3
75
87
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
74.5
78.6
71
83
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
75.2
78.8
68
84
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
75.9
79.2
60
82
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
76.5
79.5
58
79
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
77.1
79.9
57
78
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
77.9
80.6
56
76
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
79.2
81.5
56
73
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
80.5
82.5
54
68
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.2
83.9
53
62
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.2
85.7
47
54
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.2
87.4
43
56
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.4
89.2
53
66
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.3
91.7
55
71
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
94.8
65
82
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
98.6
72
85
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
102.9
85
91
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize
BELIZE		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Diabetes Mellitus
74.28
13
  
5.04
185
2 Coronary Heart Disease
63.55
160
  
68.80
155
3 Stroke
45.58
147
  
36.89
160
4 Hypertension
43.50
44
  
3.67
183
5 Road Traffic Accidents
36.95
15
  
4.77
180
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
35.80
92
  
23.69
125
7 HIV/AIDS
29.48
50
  
0.40
137
8 Liver Disease
22.19
30
  
9.48
96
9 Violence
20.58
42
  
1.14
160
10 Prostate Cancer
17.61
14
  
8.21
58
11 Kidney Disease
17.34
91
  
3.23
185
12 Other Injuries
15.67
73
  
5.54
170
13 Lung Disease
14.06
129
  
21.47
98
14 Lung Cancers
12.67
94
  
30.98
18
15 Endocrine Disorders
12.46
63
  
3.13
147
16 Breast Cancer
12.46
145
  
23.62
20
17 Liver Cancer
9.75
52
  
3.07
164
18 Stomach Cancer
9.47
64
  
4.81
130
19 Drownings
8.32
20
  
0.35
187
20 Cervical Cancer
8.09
64
  
1.38
161
21 Tuberculosis
7.63
95
  
0.41
170
22 Congenital Anomalies
6.37
92
  
3.68
164
23 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.46
122
  
15.49
33
24 Suicide
5.29
125
  
6.90
101
25 Diarrhoeal diseases
5.03
95
  
1.95
119
26 Birth Trauma
4.87
85
  
0.64
166
27 Low Birth Weight
4.40
132
  
3.39
144
28 Malnutrition
4.38
72
  
0.07
172
29 Inflammatory/Heart
3.93
125
  
2.97
152
30 Leukemia
3.50
114
  
4.39
63
31 Pancreas Cancer
3.17
101
  
6.81
39
32 Parkinson Disease
2.98
14
  
3.48
8
33 Epilepsy
2.85
65
  
1.57
104
34 Asthma
2.85
118
  
1.09
153
35 Anaemia
2.81
82
  
0.15
171
36 Other Neoplasms
2.80
103
  
2.95
92
37 Uterin Cancer
2.62
18
  
1.53
64
38 Fires
2.61
89
  
0.45
158
39 Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
106
  
7.62
30
40 Falls
2.35
139
  
3.51
109
41 Lymphomas
2.34
173
  
7.35
36
42 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.86
146
  
2.54
123
43 Skin Cancers
1.65
69
  
2.74
32
44 Skin Disease
1.59
101
  
1.50
104
45 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.43
17
  
0.12
153
46 Alcohol
1.25
63
  
1.10
76
47 Bladder Cancer
1.07
157
  
4.27
28
48 Rheumatoid Arthritis
1.00
16
  
0.67
68
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.88
166
  
17.08
14
50 Maternal Conditions
0.83
108
  
0.15
151
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Belize
BELIZE		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Diabetes Mellitus
121
10.32
  
6,682
1.43
2 Coronary Heart Disease
105
8.96
  
92,299
19.77
3 Road Traffic Accidents
94
8.02
  
3,073
0.66
4 Stroke
75
6.40
  
55,919
11.98
5 Hypertension
72
6.14
  
5,191
1.11
6 HIV/AIDS
70
5.97
  
266
0.06
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
67
5.72
  
37,348
8.00
8 Violence
54
4.61
  
703
0.15
9 Other Injuries
41
3.50
  
6,029
1.29
10 Liver Disease
39
3.33
  
7,767
1.66
11 Kidney Disease
31
2.65
  
4,804
1.03
12 Prostate Cancer
28
2.39
  
11,508
2.46
13 Congenital Anomalies
25
2.13
  
1,950
0.42
14 Drownings
25
2.13
  
233
0.05
15 Endocrine Disorders
24
2.05
  
3,056
0.65
16 Lung Disease
23
1.96
  
29,069
6.23
17 Lung Cancers
20
1.71
  
35,845
7.68
18 Birth Trauma
20
1.71
  
262
0.06
19 Low Birth Weight
18
1.54
  
1,386
0.30
20 Stomach Cancer
16
1.37
  
6,006
1.29
21 Liver Cancer
16
1.37
  
3,470
0.74
22 Cervical Cancer
15
1.28
  
1,322
0.28
23 Tuberculosis
14
1.19
  
443
0.09
24 Suicide
14
1.19
  
4,660
1.00
25 Diarrhoeal diseases
13
1.11
  
3,081
0.66
26 Malnutrition
11
0.94
  
85
0.02
27 Breast Cancer
11
0.94
  
14,343
3.07
28 Colon-Rectum Cancers
9
0.77
  
18,951
4.06
29 Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.68
  
3,014
0.65
30 Fires
8
0.68
  
380
0.08
31 Leukemia
7
0.60
  
5,077
1.09
32 Epilepsy
6
0.51
  
1,201
0.26
33 Anaemia
6
0.51
  
260
0.06
34 Pancreas Cancer
5
0.43
  
7,954
1.70
35 Other Neoplasms
5
0.43
  
3,829
0.82
36 Parkinson Disease
5
0.43
  
5,348
1.15
37 Asthma
5
0.43
  
1,260
0.27
38 Falls
4
0.34
  
4,450
0.95
39 Lymphomas
4
0.34
  
8,744
1.87
40 Uterin Cancer
4
0.34
  
1,852
0.40
41 Oesophagus Cancer
4
0.34
  
8,762
1.88
42 Skin Disease
3
0.26
  
2,188
0.47
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.26
  
3,294
0.71
44 Skin Cancers
3
0.26
  
2,947
0.63
45 Maternal Conditions
3
0.26
  
81
0.02
46 Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.17
  
905
0.19
47 Prostatic Hypertrophy
2
0.17
  
193
0.04
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.17
  
1,204
0.26
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
2
0.17
  
29,116
6.24
50 Alcohol
2
0.17
  
862
0.18
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize
BELIZE		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Prostate Cancer
17.61
14
  
8.21
58
2 Lung Cancers
12.67
94
  
30.98
18
3 Breast Cancer
12.46
145
  
23.62
20
4 Liver Cancer
9.75
52
  
3.07
164
5 Stomach Cancer
9.47
64
  
4.81
130
6 Cervical Cancer
8.09
64
  
1.38
161
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.46
122
  
15.49
33
8 Leukemia
3.50
114
  
4.39
63
9 Pancreas Cancer
3.17
101
  
6.81
39
10 Other Neoplasms
2.80
103
  
2.95
92
11 Uterin Cancer
2.62
18
  
1.53
64
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
106
  
7.62
30
13 Lymphomas
2.34
173
  
7.35
36
14 Skin Cancers
1.65
69
  
2.74
32
15 Bladder Cancer
1.07
157
  
4.27
28
16 Ovary Cancer
0.81
187
  
3.96
20
17 Oral Cancer
0.19
192
  
2.39
113
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Belize
BELIZE		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
307,899
168
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.03
34
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
37.9 %
52
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
58.6 %
139
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.5 %
143
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
27.33
55
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.80
147
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.36
55
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
23.07
90
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.92
29
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.15
38
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
76.9
134
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
76.7
139
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
77.1
121
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
8.5
70
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
68.2
117
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
60.0
118
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$8,600
90
  
$36,600
23
 

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