ESTONIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	551	1	3,009	- 2,458
Violence	2	419	42	28	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	3	404	19	146	+ 258
Stroke	4	364	3	1,116	- 752
HIV/AIDS	5	342	39	40	+ 302
Kidney Disease	6	294	17	176	+ 117
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	277	6	349	- 72
Road Traffic Accidents	8	253	35	59	+ 194
Liver Disease	9	165	7	328	- 163
Prostate Cancer	10	136	8	298	- 163
Lung Disease	11	132	13	229	- 97
Hypertension	12	131	2	2,700	- 2,569
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	129	12	229	- 101
Other Injuries	14	102	20	141	- 39
Lung Cancers	15	88	4	657	- 570
Suicide	16	79	16	197	- 118
Cervical Cancer	17	79	32	68	+ 11
Drownings	18	68	40	30	+ 38
Liver Cancer	19	68	26	107	- 39
Stomach Cancer	20	67	9	290	- 223
Congenital Anomalies	21	66	43	25	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	22	65	33	66	- 1
Breast Cancer	23	62	11	260	- 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	57	5	527	- 469
Low Birth Weight	25	57	55	7	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	26	52	14	217	- 165
Falls	27	37	24	119	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	28	32	29	82	- 50
Malnutrition	29	28	79	0	+ 28
Alcohol	30	28	18	148	- 121
Pancreas Cancer	31	27	10	268	- 242
Birth Trauma	32	26	57	5	+ 21
Tuberculosis	33	25	47	16	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	25	53	8	+ 17
Asthma	35	22	44	24	- 2
Epilepsy	36	22	37	45	- 23
Skin Disease	37	16	41	29	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	15	36	55	- 40
Leukemia	39	11	22	126	- 114
Fires	40	10	38	41	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	45	22	- 12
Maternal Conditions	42	7	61	1	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	43	6	27	99	- 92
Appendicitis	44	4	59	2	+ 2
Poisonings	45	4	52	8	- 4
Meningitis	46	4	54	7	- 3
Drug Use	47	4	31	75	- 71
Encephalitis	48	4	63	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	46	17	- 14
Lymphomas	50	3	15	213	- 210
Uterin Cancer	51	3	34	60	- 57
Ovary Cancer	52	3	28	87	- 84
Other Neoplasms	53	3	23	123	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	48	16	- 15
Dengue	55	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	65	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	57	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	81	0	+ 0
War	60	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	58	4	- 4
Syphilis	62	0	62	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	30	79	- 79
Oral Cancer	67	0	25	110	- 110
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	51	9	- 9
Bladder Cancer	81	0	21	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	82	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.