GHANA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,974	3	14,103	+ 1,871
Violence	2	12,126	27	1,857	+ 10,269
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,695	12	5,929	+ 5,766
Stroke	4	10,551	2	15,163	- 4,611
HIV/AIDS	5	9,912	4	13,565	- 3,653
Kidney Disease	6	8,514	13	4,161	+ 4,353
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,029	1	16,262	- 8,233
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,324	7	7,808	- 483
Liver Disease	9	4,793	11	6,053	- 1,261
Prostate Cancer	10	3,938	31	1,031	+ 2,907
Lung Disease	11	3,820	15	3,120	+ 701
Hypertension	12	3,807	19	2,231	+ 1,577
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,724	29	1,294	+ 2,430
Other Injuries	14	2,955	18	2,433	+ 523
Lung Cancers	15	2,536	55	237	+ 2,299
Suicide	16	2,295	21	1,993	+ 302
Cervical Cancer	17	2,288	20	2,161	+ 127
Drownings	18	1,982	36	740	+ 1,241
Liver Cancer	19	1,980	17	2,851	- 871
Stomach Cancer	20	1,928	33	870	+ 1,057
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,917	14	3,935	- 2,019
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,872	24	1,965	- 93
Breast Cancer	23	1,801	25	1,937	- 136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,665	34	803	+ 862
Low Birth Weight	25	1,642	8	6,662	- 5,020
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,500	28	1,615	- 115
Falls	27	1,070	30	1,168	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	28	915	43	387	+ 528
Malnutrition	29	815	26	1,868	- 1,053
Alcohol	30	807	54	244	+ 563
Pancreas Cancer	31	778	46	334	+ 443
Birth Trauma	32	767	10	6,194	- 5,427
Tuberculosis	33	732	6	10,214	- 9,483
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	720	9	6,538	- 5,818
Asthma	35	639	23	1,979	- 1,340
Epilepsy	36	637	47	329	+ 308
Skin Disease	37	456	50	264	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	430	48	321	+ 109
Leukemia	39	332	45	340	- 9
Fires	40	303	37	729	- 427
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	284	52	256	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	42	192	22	1,991	- 1,798
Oesophagus Cancer	43	183	49	285	- 102
Appendicitis	44	121	59	146	- 25
Poisonings	45	119	40	522	- 402
Meningitis	46	117	16	2,983	- 2,867
Drug Use	47	116	39	630	- 514
Encephalitis	48	114	44	357	- 243
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	92	67	16	+ 76
Lymphomas	50	91	32	875	- 783
Uterin Cancer	51	91	57	219	- 128
Ovary Cancer	52	79	38	698	- 620
Other Neoplasms	53	77	63	48	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	54	36	61	113	- 77
Dengue	55	17	71	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	56	16	62	101	- 85
Chagas disease	57	16	76	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	58	10	66	16	- 6
Tetanus	59	9	56	220	- 211
War	60	9	64	29	- 20
Hepatitis C	61	3	65	28	- 24
Syphilis	62	3	41	483	- 480
Pertussis	63	2	35	744	- 742
Ascariasis	64	2	68	12	- 10
Chlamydia	65	2	70	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	58	214	- 214
Oral Cancer	67	0	42	483	- 483
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	60	135	- 135
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	257	- 257
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	53	245	- 245
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.