GUATEMALA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,430	1	9,825	- 1,394
Violence	2	6,400	7	4,411	+ 1,989
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,173	3	6,932	- 759
Stroke	4	5,569	6	4,849	+ 720
HIV/AIDS	5	5,231	21	1,173	+ 4,059
Kidney Disease	6	4,494	4	6,277	- 1,783
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,238	2	9,245	- 5,008
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,866	8	4,026	- 161
Liver Disease	9	2,529	5	5,684	- 3,155
Prostate Cancer	10	2,078	24	846	+ 1,233
Lung Disease	11	2,016	13	1,901	+ 115
Hypertension	12	2,009	26	679	+ 1,330
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,965	12	1,957	+ 9
Other Injuries	14	1,560	10	2,466	- 906
Lung Cancers	15	1,339	35	391	+ 947
Suicide	16	1,211	22	1,039	+ 172
Cervical Cancer	17	1,207	25	808	+ 400
Drownings	18	1,046	32	463	+ 583
Liver Cancer	19	1,045	15	1,765	- 720
Stomach Cancer	20	1,017	17	1,570	- 553
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,012	18	1,517	- 505
Endocrine Disorders	22	988	29	486	+ 503
Breast Cancer	23	951	28	495	+ 455
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	879	31	464	+ 414
Low Birth Weight	25	866	16	1,658	- 792
Inflammatory/Heart	26	792	44	225	+ 566
Falls	27	565	20	1,371	- 807
Parkinson's Disease	28	483	34	393	+ 90
Malnutrition	29	430	11	1,981	- 1,550
Alcohol	30	426	14	1,799	- 1,373
Pancreas Cancer	31	410	38	282	+ 128
Birth Trauma	32	405	19	1,466	- 1,061
Tuberculosis	33	386	37	301	+ 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	380	9	2,617	- 2,237
Asthma	35	337	36	335	+ 3
Epilepsy	36	336	33	463	- 126
Skin Disease	37	240	42	232	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	227	23	1,029	- 803
Leukemia	39	175	27	601	- 426
Fires	40	160	45	207	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	150	54	62	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	42	102	30	468	- 367
Oesophagus Cancer	43	97	48	144	- 47
Appendicitis	44	64	47	164	- 100
Poisonings	45	63	39	275	- 212
Meningitis	46	62	41	271	- 210
Drug Use	47	61	40	272	- 211
Encephalitis	48	60	51	104	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	48	52	82	- 33
Lymphomas	50	48	43	229	- 181
Uterin Cancer	51	48	59	27	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	52	42	50	133	- 91
Other Neoplasms	53	41	56	42	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	60	21	- 2
Dengue	55	9	58	33	- 23
Hepatitis B	56	9	65	2	+ 6
Chagas disease	57	8	61	19	- 11
Upper Respiratory	58	6	57	34	- 29
Tetanus	59	5	62	10	- 5
War	60	5	68	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	2	66	2	- 0
Syphilis	62	2	64	3	- 1
Pertussis	63	1	53	70	- 68
Ascariasis	64	1	63	7	- 6
Chlamydia	65	1	67	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	46	195	- 195
Oral Cancer	67	0	49	142	- 142
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	55	57	- 57
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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 GUATEMALA

Belize

Guatemala

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.