BELIZE VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	224	1	192	+ 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	211	7	97	+ 114
Diabetes Mellitus	3	158	3	141	+ 17
Kidney Disease	4	143	6	102	+ 41
Liver Disease	5	129	9	58	+ 72
Stroke	6	110	4	127	- 16
Violence	7	100	2	146	- 45
Road Traffic Accidents	8	92	8	88	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	60	34	9	+ 51
Other Injuries	10	56	14	36	+ 21
Malnutrition	11	45	29	10	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	45	13	45	- 0
Lung Disease	13	43	11	46	- 3
Alcohol	14	41	30	10	+ 31
Liver Cancer	15	40	19	24	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	16	38	25	20	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	17	36	20	23	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	18	35	21	23	+ 11
Birth Trauma	19	33	32	9	+ 24
Falls	20	31	27	13	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	21	27	5	119	- 92
Suicide	22	24	16	28	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	23	38	5	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	24	19	10	47	- 28
Cervical Cancer	25	18	17	28	- 9
Hypertension	26	15	12	46	- 30
Leukemia	27	14	39	4	+ 10
Breast Cancer	28	11	23	22	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	29	11	22	23	- 11
Maternal Conditions	30	11	42	2	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	11	24	20	- 9
Drownings	32	11	18	24	- 13
Epilepsy	33	11	36	8	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	34	9	28	11	- 2
Lung Cancers	35	9	15	30	- 22
Asthma	36	8	35	8	- 0
Tuberculosis	37	7	33	9	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	38	6	31	9	- 3
Poisonings	39	6	45	1	+ 5
Drug Use	40	6	47	1	+ 5
Meningitis	41	6	46	1	+ 5
Skin Disease	42	5	37	5	- 0
Lymphomas	43	5	50	1	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	44	5	26	18	- 13
Fires	45	5	40	4	+ 1
Skin Cancers	46	4	66	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	47	4	44	1	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	48	3	43	2	+ 1
Oral Cancer	49	3	67	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	50	3	52	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	2	48	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	49	1	+ 1
Pertussis	53	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	1	41	3	- 2
Bladder Cancer	55	1	81	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	1	53	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	1	58	0	+ 1
Dengue	58	1	55	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	1	51	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	54	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	0	57	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	59	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	56	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
War	68	0	60	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.