EQU. GUINEA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	829	7	419	+ 410
Violence	2	630	33	45	+ 585
Diabetes Mellitus	3	607	11	299	+ 308
Stroke	4	548	6	437	+ 111
HIV/AIDS	5	515	1	1,838	- 1,324
Kidney Disease	6	442	14	198	+ 244
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	417	2	913	- 496
Road Traffic Accidents	8	380	8	368	+ 12
Liver Disease	9	249	13	199	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	10	204	35	43	+ 162
Lung Disease	11	198	20	120	+ 78
Hypertension	12	198	16	165	+ 33
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	193	29	55	+ 138
Other Injuries	14	153	23	105	+ 48
Lung Cancers	15	132	41	27	+ 105
Suicide	16	119	22	107	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	17	119	28	56	+ 63
Drownings	18	103	36	39	+ 63
Liver Cancer	19	103	34	43	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	20	100	49	16	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	21	100	12	249	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	22	97	25	73	+ 24
Breast Cancer	23	94	24	84	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	86	40	29	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	25	85	4	457	- 372
Inflammatory/Heart	26	78	27	63	+ 15
Falls	27	56	32	46	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	47	46	18	+ 30
Malnutrition	29	42	31	48	- 6
Alcohol	30	42	53	12	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	31	40	55	11	+ 29
Birth Trauma	32	40	5	441	- 401
Tuberculosis	33	38	10	321	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	37	9	349	- 311
Asthma	35	33	26	65	- 32
Epilepsy	36	33	38	32	+ 1
Skin Disease	37	24	51	13	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	22	43	22	+ 0
Leukemia	39	17	61	4	+ 13
Fires	40	16	39	30	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	50	14	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	42	10	17	139	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	43	10	54	12	- 2
Appendicitis	44	6	59	6	+ 1
Poisonings	45	6	44	21	- 15
Meningitis	46	6	19	127	- 121
Drug Use	47	6	30	50	- 44
Encephalitis	48	6	57	8	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	5	62	4	+ 1
Lymphomas	50	5	45	19	- 15
Uterin Cancer	51	5	58	8	- 3
Ovary Cancer	52	4	52	13	- 9
Other Neoplasms	53	4	63	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	55	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	65	3	- 2
Chagas disease	57	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	2	- 1
Tetanus	59	0	42	23	- 23
War	60	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	18	134	- 134
Pertussis	63	0	21	109	- 109
Ascariasis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	48	16	- 16
Oral Cancer	67	0	37	35	- 34
Diphtheria	68	0	64	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	15	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	76	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	56	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Belize

Equ. Guinea

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.