ECUADOR VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,456	1	9,805	- 1,349
Violence	2	6,419	15	1,210	+ 5,210
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,191	5	4,321	+ 1,870
Stroke	4	5,585	3	5,429	+ 156
HIV/AIDS	5	5,247	27	609	+ 4,638
Kidney Disease	6	4,507	2	6,184	- 1,677
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,250	4	5,083	- 833
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,877	6	3,490	+ 387
Liver Disease	9	2,537	7	3,330	- 793
Prostate Cancer	10	2,084	12	1,362	+ 723
Lung Disease	11	2,022	8	2,576	- 554
Hypertension	12	2,015	10	2,507	- 492
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,971	9	2,565	- 593
Other Injuries	14	1,564	17	1,161	+ 404
Lung Cancers	15	1,343	20	1,075	+ 268
Suicide	16	1,215	14	1,326	- 111
Cervical Cancer	17	1,211	24	840	+ 371
Drownings	18	1,049	32	470	+ 579
Liver Cancer	19	1,048	21	954	+ 95
Stomach Cancer	20	1,020	11	2,089	- 1,068
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,015	13	1,335	- 321
Endocrine Disorders	22	991	31	507	+ 484
Breast Cancer	23	954	25	825	+ 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	881	19	1,109	- 228
Low Birth Weight	25	869	16	1,172	- 303
Inflammatory/Heart	26	794	36	308	+ 486
Falls	27	566	18	1,114	- 548
Parkinson's Disease	28	484	26	658	- 174
Malnutrition	29	432	28	578	- 147
Alcohol	30	427	39	280	+ 147
Pancreas Cancer	31	412	30	562	- 150
Birth Trauma	32	406	38	302	+ 104
Tuberculosis	33	387	29	574	- 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	381	34	410	- 29
Asthma	35	339	53	85	+ 253
Epilepsy	36	337	40	273	+ 65
Skin Disease	37	241	51	103	+ 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	228	33	417	- 189
Leukemia	39	176	23	882	- 706
Fires	40	160	43	175	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	150	47	163	- 12
Maternal Conditions	42	102	46	164	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	43	97	42	180	- 83
Appendicitis	44	64	50	110	- 46
Poisonings	45	63	58	59	+ 5
Meningitis	46	62	52	90	- 28
Drug Use	47	61	41	214	- 153
Encephalitis	48	61	55	82	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	49	49	124	- 75
Lymphomas	50	48	22	883	- 835
Uterin Cancer	51	48	48	129	- 80
Ovary Cancer	52	42	35	322	- 281
Other Neoplasms	53	41	57	64	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	60	18	+ 1
Dengue	55	9	61	10	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	9	64	3	+ 6
Chagas disease	57	8	59	21	- 13
Upper Respiratory	58	6	63	8	- 3
Tetanus	59	5	62	9	- 4
War	60	5	66	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	2	67	1	+ 1
Syphilis	62	2	54	85	- 83
Pertussis	63	1	56	79	- 78
Ascariasis	64	1	65	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	37	308	- 307
Oral Cancer	67	0	45	166	- 166
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	44	168	- 168
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Belize

Ecuador

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.