DENMARK VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,758	1	5,341	- 2,583
Violence	2	2,094	47	63	+ 2,031
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,020	10	1,284	+ 736
Stroke	4	1,822	5	3,662	- 1,840
HIV/AIDS	5	1,712	55	23	+ 1,689
Kidney Disease	6	1,470	12	911	+ 560
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,387	6	2,244	- 857
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,265	33	213	+ 1,051
Liver Disease	9	828	14	692	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	10	680	8	1,480	- 800
Lung Disease	11	660	3	4,387	- 3,727
Hypertension	12	657	15	642	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	643	2	5,218	- 4,574
Other Injuries	14	510	30	347	+ 163
Lung Cancers	15	438	4	3,721	- 3,283
Suicide	16	396	16	617	- 221
Cervical Cancer	17	395	37	153	+ 242
Drownings	18	342	50	37	+ 305
Liver Cancer	19	342	25	464	- 122
Stomach Cancer	20	333	23	484	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	21	331	36	153	+ 178
Endocrine Disorders	22	323	19	575	- 251
Breast Cancer	23	311	9	1,299	- 988
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	287	7	2,147	- 1,859
Low Birth Weight	25	283	41	116	+ 167
Inflammatory/Heart	26	259	31	284	- 25
Falls	27	185	22	541	- 356
Parkinson's Disease	28	158	17	600	- 442
Malnutrition	29	141	59	14	+ 127
Alcohol	30	139	18	598	- 459
Pancreas Cancer	31	134	11	1,096	- 962
Birth Trauma	32	132	56	21	+ 111
Tuberculosis	33	126	57	16	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	124	38	145	- 20
Asthma	35	110	44	82	+ 28
Epilepsy	36	110	40	125	- 15
Skin Disease	37	79	45	79	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	74	32	216	- 142
Leukemia	39	57	20	558	- 501
Fires	40	52	49	53	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	49	42	96	- 47
Maternal Conditions	42	33	64	2	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	43	32	24	477	- 445
Appendicitis	44	21	54	23	- 2
Poisonings	45	21	62	6	+ 15
Meningitis	46	20	52	25	- 5
Drug Use	47	20	34	197	- 177
Encephalitis	48	20	67	1	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	16	43	84	- 69
Lymphomas	50	16	13	730	- 714
Uterin Cancer	51	16	35	156	- 140
Ovary Cancer	52	14	29	367	- 353
Other Neoplasms	53	13	27	378	- 365
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	39	132	- 126
Dengue	55	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	61	6	- 3
Chagas disease	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	58	15	- 14
Tetanus	59	2	68	0	+ 1
War	60	2	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	60	9	- 8
Syphilis	62	1	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	26	388	- 388
Oral Cancer	67	0	28	371	- 371
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	46	73	- 73
Bladder Cancer	81	0	21	545	- 545
Schizophrenia	82	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.