CAMEROON VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,300	6	10,695	+ 3,606
Violence	2	10,856	24	1,666	+ 9,190
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,470	11	5,468	+ 5,003
Stroke	4	9,446	5	11,199	- 1,753
HIV/AIDS	5	8,874	2	13,888	- 5,014
Kidney Disease	6	7,622	13	5,140	+ 2,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,188	1	19,694	- 12,506
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,557	9	7,810	- 1,253
Liver Disease	9	4,291	14	4,531	- 240
Prostate Cancer	10	3,525	34	940	+ 2,585
Lung Disease	11	3,420	20	2,310	+ 1,110
Hypertension	12	3,408	22	2,035	+ 1,373
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,334	31	1,157	+ 2,177
Other Injuries	14	2,646	16	3,289	- 643
Lung Cancers	15	2,271	51	301	+ 1,970
Suicide	16	2,055	19	2,333	- 278
Cervical Cancer	17	2,048	26	1,582	+ 466
Drownings	18	1,774	29	1,178	+ 596
Liver Cancer	19	1,773	37	875	+ 898
Stomach Cancer	20	1,726	45	458	+ 1,268
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,716	12	5,258	- 3,542
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,676	18	2,474	- 798
Breast Cancer	23	1,613	23	1,874	- 262
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,490	43	569	+ 921
Low Birth Weight	25	1,470	8	7,950	- 6,481
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,343	33	986	+ 357
Falls	27	958	27	1,235	- 277
Parkinson's Disease	28	819	46	449	+ 369
Malnutrition	29	730	28	1,218	- 489
Alcohol	30	722	57	198	+ 525
Pancreas Cancer	31	696	52	290	+ 407
Birth Trauma	32	687	7	8,243	- 7,556
Tuberculosis	33	655	10	7,414	- 6,759
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	645	3	11,849	- 11,204
Asthma	35	572	25	1,619	- 1,047
Epilepsy	36	571	38	867	- 296
Skin Disease	37	408	48	324	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	385	40	754	- 369
Leukemia	39	297	54	275	+ 22
Fires	40	271	36	908	- 637
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	254	49	323	- 69
Maternal Conditions	42	172	17	2,615	- 2,443
Oesophagus Cancer	43	164	59	135	+ 29
Appendicitis	44	108	61	72	+ 36
Poisonings	45	107	41	666	- 559
Meningitis	46	104	15	3,441	- 3,337
Drug Use	47	103	35	928	- 824
Encephalitis	48	102	58	187	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	82	68	26	+ 57
Lymphomas	50	82	44	489	- 407
Uterin Cancer	51	82	60	75	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	52	70	50	303	- 232
Other Neoplasms	53	69	63	49	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	54	32	64	41	- 9
Dengue	55	16	73	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	56	15	47	336	- 321
Chagas disease	57	14	79	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	58	9	70	19	- 10
Tetanus	59	8	55	223	- 215
War	60	8	42	643	- 635
Hepatitis C	61	3	66	27	- 24
Syphilis	62	3	30	1,170	- 1,168
Pertussis	63	2	21	2,288	- 2,285
Ascariasis	64	2	65	30	- 28
Chlamydia	65	2	72	4	- 3
Skin Cancers	66	0	56	204	- 204
Oral Cancer	67	0	39	845	- 845
Diphtheria	68	0	67	26	- 26
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	76	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	20	- 20
Schistosomiasis	78	0	53	288	- 288
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	62	65	- 65
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.globallifeexpectancy.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.