GUYANA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	367	1	1,335	- 968
Violence	2	278	10	194	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	3	269	3	579	- 310
Stroke	4	242	2	1,022	- 780
HIV/AIDS	5	228	7	256	- 29
Kidney Disease	6	195	8	233	- 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	184	6	302	- 117
Road Traffic Accidents	8	168	11	175	- 7
Liver Disease	9	110	9	197	- 87
Prostate Cancer	10	90	17	123	- 33
Lung Disease	11	88	13	174	- 86
Hypertension	12	87	4	320	- 233
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	85	38	23	+ 63
Other Injuries	14	68	14	167	- 99
Lung Cancers	15	58	29	38	+ 20
Suicide	16	53	5	315	- 263
Cervical Cancer	17	53	21	91	- 39
Drownings	18	45	15	145	- 99
Liver Cancer	19	45	34	29	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	20	44	31	34	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	21	44	23	69	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	22	43	12	174	- 131
Breast Cancer	23	41	19	96	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	38	25	59	- 20
Low Birth Weight	25	38	22	89	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	26	34	20	92	- 57
Falls	27	25	48	11	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	28	21	49	9	+ 12
Malnutrition	29	19	30	37	- 19
Alcohol	30	19	57	3	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	31	18	42	19	- 1
Birth Trauma	32	18	24	64	- 47
Tuberculosis	33	17	16	137	- 120
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	17	27	48	- 31
Asthma	35	15	36	25	- 11
Epilepsy	36	15	37	24	- 9
Skin Disease	37	10	56	3	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	10	26	54	- 44
Leukemia	39	8	39	21	- 14
Fires	40	7	41	19	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	7	47	13	- 6
Maternal Conditions	42	4	35	28	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	43	4	51	8	- 4
Appendicitis	44	3	54	6	- 3
Poisonings	45	3	65	1	+ 2
Meningitis	46	3	44	17	- 15
Drug Use	47	3	45	16	- 13
Encephalitis	48	3	53	7	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	2	63	1	+ 1
Lymphomas	50	2	32	32	- 30
Uterin Cancer	51	2	46	13	- 11
Ovary Cancer	52	2	43	18	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	2	28	40	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	55	0	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	0	59	2	- 2
Chagas disease	57	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	0	66	1	- 0
Tetanus	59	0	72	0	+ 0
War	60	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	55	5	- 5
Oral Cancer	67	0	40	20	- 20
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	18	99	- 99
Bladder Cancer	81	0	50	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	82	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Belize

Guyana

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.