COSTA RICA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,432	1	2,639	- 208
Violence	2	1,846	11	635	+ 1,211
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,780	5	953	+ 827
Stroke	4	1,606	2	1,624	- 18
HIV/AIDS	5	1,509	25	192	+ 1,317
Kidney Disease	6	1,296	3	1,482	- 186
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,222	7	836	+ 387
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,115	9	746	+ 369
Liver Disease	9	730	18	370	+ 360
Prostate Cancer	10	599	14	448	+ 151
Lung Disease	11	582	4	1,046	- 465
Hypertension	12	580	6	863	- 284
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	567	8	818	- 251
Other Injuries	14	450	13	571	- 121
Lung Cancers	15	386	20	343	+ 43
Suicide	16	349	15	407	- 57
Cervical Cancer	17	348	29	159	+ 189
Drownings	18	302	37	97	+ 205
Liver Cancer	19	301	17	382	- 80
Stomach Cancer	20	293	10	661	- 367
Congenital Anomalies	21	292	21	315	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	22	285	27	183	+ 102
Breast Cancer	23	274	16	384	- 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	253	12	621	- 367
Low Birth Weight	25	250	28	178	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	26	228	26	191	+ 37
Falls	27	163	35	116	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	28	139	30	138	+ 1
Malnutrition	29	124	48	37	+ 87
Alcohol	30	123	33	126	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	31	118	22	294	- 175
Birth Trauma	32	117	47	48	+ 69
Tuberculosis	33	111	50	32	+ 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	110	39	87	+ 22
Asthma	35	97	45	60	+ 37
Epilepsy	36	97	34	116	- 19
Skin Disease	37	69	32	126	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	65	42	74	- 8
Leukemia	39	50	24	262	- 211
Fires	40	46	58	10	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	49	32	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	42	29	55	17	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	43	28	44	61	- 33
Appendicitis	44	18	52	22	- 3
Poisonings	45	18	60	5	+ 13
Meningitis	46	18	54	18	- 0
Drug Use	47	18	43	63	- 45
Encephalitis	48	17	63	3	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	14	46	55	- 41
Lymphomas	50	14	19	356	- 342
Uterin Cancer	51	14	41	80	- 66
Ovary Cancer	52	12	40	80	- 68
Other Neoplasms	53	12	23	266	- 254
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	57	11	- 5
Dengue	55	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	59	7	- 4
Chagas disease	57	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	2	62	3	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	74	0	+ 1
War	60	1	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	31	137	- 137
Oral Cancer	67	0	38	96	- 96
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	51	25	- 25
Bladder Cancer	81	0	36	100	- 100
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Belize

Costa Rica

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.