HONDURAS VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,401	1	8,063	- 3,662
Violence	2	3,341	2	6,520	- 3,180
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,222	10	1,075	+ 2,147
Stroke	4	2,907	3	5,667	- 2,760
HIV/AIDS	5	2,731	14	794	+ 1,937
Kidney Disease	6	2,346	4	3,056	- 710
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,212	9	1,335	+ 877
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,018	7	1,572	+ 446
Liver Disease	9	1,320	6	2,721	- 1,401
Prostate Cancer	10	1,085	25	378	+ 707
Lung Disease	11	1,053	5	2,997	- 1,944
Hypertension	12	1,049	13	838	+ 211
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,026	8	1,413	- 387
Other Injuries	14	814	12	845	- 31
Lung Cancers	15	699	27	369	+ 330
Suicide	16	632	37	201	+ 432
Cervical Cancer	17	630	19	493	+ 138
Drownings	18	546	38	183	+ 363
Liver Cancer	19	546	26	376	+ 170
Stomach Cancer	20	531	18	643	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	21	528	15	793	- 265
Endocrine Disorders	22	516	31	334	+ 181
Breast Cancer	23	496	20	478	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	459	29	354	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	25	452	16	755	- 303
Inflammatory/Heart	26	413	28	366	+ 47
Falls	27	295	35	289	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	252	23	429	- 177
Malnutrition	29	225	39	181	+ 43
Alcohol	30	222	34	308	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	31	214	32	325	- 111
Birth Trauma	32	211	33	310	- 99
Tuberculosis	33	202	22	453	- 251
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	198	11	923	- 724
Asthma	35	176	30	346	- 170
Epilepsy	36	176	36	201	- 26
Skin Disease	37	126	40	167	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	118	17	657	- 538
Leukemia	39	91	21	475	- 384
Fires	40	83	57	40	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	78	54	47	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	42	53	48	90	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	43	50	50	81	- 31
Appendicitis	44	33	41	139	- 106
Poisonings	45	33	55	45	- 12
Meningitis	46	32	46	92	- 60
Drug Use	47	32	42	129	- 97
Encephalitis	48	32	51	79	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	25	47	91	- 66
Lymphomas	50	25	24	390	- 365
Uterin Cancer	51	25	60	23	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	52	22	45	98	- 76
Other Neoplasms	53	21	56	41	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	10	62	11	- 1
Dengue	55	5	43	120	- 115
Hepatitis B	56	5	64	5	- 0
Chagas disease	57	4	58	27	- 22
Upper Respiratory	58	3	63	9	- 6
Tetanus	59	3	59	26	- 23
War	60	2	65	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	66	3	- 2
Syphilis	62	1	61	18	- 17
Pertussis	63	1	53	58	- 57
Ascariasis	64	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	1	68	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	52	68	- 68
Oral Cancer	67	0	44	99	- 99
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	49	82	- 82
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

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Honduras

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.