CONGO VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,816	4	2,494	+ 322
Violence	2	2,138	18	539	+ 1,599
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,062	10	1,050	+ 1,012
Stroke	4	1,860	5	2,267	- 406
HIV/AIDS	5	1,747	1	4,509	- 2,762
Kidney Disease	6	1,501	15	613	+ 888
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,415	3	2,576	- 1,161
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,291	7	1,598	- 307
Liver Disease	9	845	13	931	- 86
Prostate Cancer	10	694	28	198	+ 496
Lung Disease	11	673	17	541	+ 133
Hypertension	12	671	12	933	- 261
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	657	25	230	+ 426
Other Injuries	14	521	20	333	+ 188
Lung Cancers	15	447	47	54	+ 393
Suicide	16	405	19	349	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	17	403	29	196	+ 207
Drownings	18	349	36	104	+ 246
Liver Cancer	19	349	30	169	+ 180
Stomach Cancer	20	340	39	88	+ 252
Congenital Anomalies	21	338	14	729	- 391
Endocrine Disorders	22	330	27	208	+ 122
Breast Cancer	23	318	32	159	+ 159
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	293	38	89	+ 205
Low Birth Weight	25	289	9	1,283	- 994
Inflammatory/Heart	26	264	26	220	+ 45
Falls	27	189	33	149	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	28	161	42	69	+ 92
Malnutrition	29	144	24	272	- 128
Alcohol	30	142	49	46	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	31	137	52	42	+ 95
Birth Trauma	32	135	11	997	- 862
Tuberculosis	33	129	2	2,781	- 2,652
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	127	8	1,304	- 1,177
Asthma	35	113	23	291	- 178
Epilepsy	36	112	40	76	+ 36
Skin Disease	37	80	50	46	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	76	35	105	- 29
Leukemia	39	58	46	57	+ 1
Fires	40	53	37	90	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	43	67	- 17
Maternal Conditions	42	34	16	578	- 544
Oesophagus Cancer	43	32	57	19	+ 13
Appendicitis	44	21	58	18	+ 3
Poisonings	45	21	41	71	- 49
Meningitis	46	21	22	299	- 279
Drug Use	47	20	44	65	- 45
Encephalitis	48	20	56	20	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	16	59	15	+ 1
Lymphomas	50	16	45	61	- 45
Uterin Cancer	51	16	60	15	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	52	14	48	49	- 36
Other Neoplasms	53	14	63	8	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	66	4	+ 2
Dengue	55	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	62	14	- 12
Chagas disease	57	3	79	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	64	7	- 5
Tetanus	59	2	55	23	- 21
War	60	2	72	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	67	2	- 2
Syphilis	62	1	34	107	- 106
Pertussis	63	0	21	329	- 329
Ascariasis	64	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	53	36	- 36
Oral Cancer	67	0	54	33	- 33
Diphtheria	68	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	76	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	45	- 45
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	61	15	- 15
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Belize

Congo

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.