EL SALVADOR VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,061	1	5,814	- 2,753
Violence	2	2,324	2	5,485	- 3,161
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,241	7	1,385	+ 856
Stroke	4	2,022	5	1,595	+ 427
HIV/AIDS	5	1,900	9	842	+ 1,057
Kidney Disease	6	1,632	3	4,726	- 3,094
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,539	4	2,418	- 879
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,404	8	1,347	+ 57
Liver Disease	9	918	10	797	+ 121
Prostate Cancer	10	755	17	328	+ 426
Lung Disease	11	732	6	1,493	- 760
Hypertension	12	730	31	146	+ 584
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	714	18	320	+ 394
Other Injuries	14	566	38	95	+ 471
Lung Cancers	15	486	23	290	+ 196
Suicide	16	440	15	391	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	17	438	13	451	- 13
Drownings	18	380	33	137	+ 243
Liver Cancer	19	380	16	355	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	20	369	11	702	- 333
Congenital Anomalies	21	367	14	449	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	22	359	25	223	+ 136
Breast Cancer	23	345	22	291	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	319	20	315	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	25	315	19	317	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	26	287	42	78	+ 210
Falls	27	205	24	243	- 38
Parkinson's Disease	28	175	44	70	+ 106
Malnutrition	29	156	26	214	- 58
Alcohol	30	155	12	648	- 494
Pancreas Cancer	31	149	29	161	- 12
Birth Trauma	32	147	37	121	+ 26
Tuberculosis	33	140	46	60	+ 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	138	27	199	- 61
Asthma	35	123	35	122	+ 1
Epilepsy	36	122	48	50	+ 72
Skin Disease	37	87	36	121	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	82	30	157	- 75
Leukemia	39	64	21	312	- 248
Fires	40	58	54	21	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	54	65	6	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	42	37	53	26	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	43	35	41	80	- 45
Appendicitis	44	23	56	18	+ 5
Poisonings	45	23	57	15	+ 8
Meningitis	46	22	51	36	- 13
Drug Use	47	22	43	74	- 51
Encephalitis	48	22	63	7	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	18	59	14	+ 4
Lymphomas	50	18	28	186	- 169
Uterin Cancer	51	17	50	39	- 22
Ovary Cancer	52	15	40	93	- 78
Other Neoplasms	53	15	32	145	- 130
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	64	7	- 0
Dengue	55	3	61	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	3	66	5	- 1
Chagas disease	57	3	55	18	- 15
Upper Respiratory	58	2	62	9	- 7
Tetanus	59	2	60	11	- 9
War	60	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	75	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	58	14	- 14
Pertussis	63	0	52	32	- 32
Ascariasis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	47	60	- 60
Oral Cancer	67	0	39	94	- 94
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	34	131	- 131
Bladder Cancer	81	0	49	42	- 42
Schizophrenia	82	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Belize

El Salvador

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.