GREECE VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,831	1	21,124	- 16,293
Violence	2	3,668	42	104	+ 3,564
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,537	20	1,266	+ 2,272
Stroke	4	3,191	2	14,077	- 10,886
HIV/AIDS	5	2,998	50	47	+ 2,951
Kidney Disease	6	2,575	6	4,759	- 2,184
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,428	3	8,282	- 5,854
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,215	22	870	+ 1,345
Liver Disease	9	1,449	23	809	+ 640
Prostate Cancer	10	1,191	12	2,023	- 832
Lung Disease	11	1,155	5	5,526	- 4,371
Hypertension	12	1,151	9	2,922	- 1,771
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,126	7	3,940	- 2,813
Other Injuries	14	894	17	1,453	- 560
Lung Cancers	15	767	4	7,355	- 6,588
Suicide	16	694	28	533	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	17	692	36	243	+ 449
Drownings	18	599	32	435	+ 164
Liver Cancer	19	599	14	1,566	- 967
Stomach Cancer	20	583	16	1,535	- 952
Congenital Anomalies	21	580	38	174	+ 406
Endocrine Disorders	22	566	29	526	+ 40
Breast Cancer	23	545	11	2,520	- 1,976
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	503	8	3,264	- 2,760
Low Birth Weight	25	496	41	127	+ 369
Inflammatory/Heart	26	454	24	725	- 271
Falls	27	324	21	1,245	- 921
Parkinson's Disease	28	277	10	2,646	- 2,369
Malnutrition	29	247	66	1	+ 246
Alcohol	30	244	49	50	+ 194
Pancreas Cancer	31	235	13	1,904	- 1,669
Birth Trauma	32	232	57	17	+ 215
Tuberculosis	33	221	46	66	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	218	44	95	+ 123
Asthma	35	193	55	27	+ 166
Epilepsy	36	193	34	249	- 56
Skin Disease	37	138	47	56	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	130	26	611	- 481
Leukemia	39	100	18	1,354	- 1,254
Fires	40	92	39	146	- 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	86	43	100	- 14
Maternal Conditions	42	58	61	2	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	43	55	35	246	- 190
Appendicitis	44	37	58	9	+ 27
Poisonings	45	36	56	19	+ 17
Meningitis	46	35	53	33	+ 2
Drug Use	47	35	37	193	- 158
Encephalitis	48	35	67	1	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	28	45	67	- 39
Lymphomas	50	28	19	1,268	- 1,241
Uterin Cancer	51	28	33	373	- 345
Ovary Cancer	52	24	27	557	- 533
Other Neoplasms	53	23	25	679	- 655
Multiple Sclerosis	54	11	40	135	- 124
Dengue	55	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	5	48	56	- 51
Chagas disease	57	5	77	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	3	59	8	- 5
Tetanus	59	3	62	2	+ 1
War	60	3	64	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	52	38	- 37
Syphilis	62	1	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	31	438	- 438
Oral Cancer	67	0	30	440	- 440
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	51	47	- 47
Bladder Cancer	81	0	15	1,551	- 1,551
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

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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.