ERITREA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,930	4	2,154	+ 776
Violence	2	2,224	20	384	+ 1,840
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,145	7	944	+ 1,201
Stroke	4	1,935	2	2,564	- 629
HIV/AIDS	5	1,818	25	308	+ 1,510
Kidney Disease	6	1,562	12	578	+ 984
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,473	1	3,277	- 1,804
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,343	5	1,326	+ 17
Liver Disease	9	879	6	1,215	- 336
Prostate Cancer	10	722	47	54	+ 668
Lung Disease	11	701	9	662	+ 39
Hypertension	12	698	8	926	- 227
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	683	24	310	+ 373
Other Injuries	14	542	15	540	+ 2
Lung Cancers	15	465	46	62	+ 404
Suicide	16	421	21	382	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	17	420	30	132	+ 287
Drownings	18	363	33	118	+ 246
Liver Cancer	19	363	45	69	+ 294
Stomach Cancer	20	354	48	48	+ 305
Congenital Anomalies	21	352	18	432	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	22	343	43	71	+ 272
Breast Cancer	23	330	23	311	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	305	35	113	+ 192
Low Birth Weight	25	301	16	531	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	26	275	32	123	+ 152
Falls	27	196	26	168	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	28	168	37	85	+ 83
Malnutrition	29	150	10	660	- 510
Alcohol	30	148	49	45	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	31	143	58	20	+ 123
Birth Trauma	32	141	11	616	- 476
Tuberculosis	33	134	14	543	- 409
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	132	3	2,292	- 2,160
Asthma	35	117	22	326	- 209
Epilepsy	36	117	38	81	+ 35
Skin Disease	37	84	50	45	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	79	27	147	- 68
Leukemia	39	61	29	144	- 83
Fires	40	56	31	132	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	52	41	77	- 25
Maternal Conditions	42	35	13	544	- 508
Oesophagus Cancer	43	34	39	81	- 47
Appendicitis	44	22	55	31	- 9
Poisonings	45	22	34	114	- 92
Meningitis	46	21	19	404	- 383
Drug Use	47	21	53	36	- 15
Encephalitis	48	21	62	16	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	64	12	+ 5
Lymphomas	50	17	28	147	- 130
Uterin Cancer	51	17	61	18	- 1
Ovary Cancer	52	14	40	79	- 65
Other Neoplasms	53	14	66	6	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	67	4	+ 3
Dengue	55	3	73	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	57	28	- 25
Chagas disease	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	60	18	- 16
Tetanus	59	2	52	37	- 36
War	60	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	6	- 6
Syphilis	62	1	54	35	- 34
Pertussis	63	0	36	90	- 89
Ascariasis	64	0	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	56	30	- 30
Oral Cancer	67	0	44	71	- 71
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	51	42	- 42
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	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 ERITREA

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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.