IRELAND VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,417	1	4,762	- 2,345
Violence	2	1,835	47	38	+ 1,797
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,770	16	414	+ 1,356
Stroke	4	1,596	5	1,770	- 173
HIV/AIDS	5	1,500	57	9	+ 1,491
Kidney Disease	6	1,288	10	566	+ 722
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,215	6	1,298	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,108	33	153	+ 955
Liver Disease	9	725	19	279	+ 446
Prostate Cancer	10	596	9	585	+ 11
Lung Disease	11	578	4	1,915	- 1,337
Hypertension	12	576	29	175	+ 401
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	563	2	3,209	- 2,646
Other Injuries	14	447	30	171	+ 276
Lung Cancers	15	384	3	1,916	- 1,532
Suicide	16	347	14	470	- 123
Cervical Cancer	17	346	35	103	+ 243
Drownings	18	300	43	57	+ 243
Liver Cancer	19	300	18	318	- 18
Stomach Cancer	20	292	17	357	- 65
Congenital Anomalies	21	290	32	153	+ 137
Endocrine Disorders	22	283	24	249	+ 34
Breast Cancer	23	273	8	760	- 487
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	252	7	1,095	- 843
Low Birth Weight	25	248	44	56	+ 193
Inflammatory/Heart	26	227	26	240	- 13
Falls	27	162	25	247	- 85
Parkinson's Disease	28	138	12	530	- 391
Malnutrition	29	123	63	2	+ 122
Alcohol	30	122	39	64	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	31	118	11	530	- 413
Birth Trauma	32	116	56	10	+ 106
Tuberculosis	33	111	50	23	+ 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	109	45	53	+ 56
Asthma	35	97	41	58	+ 39
Epilepsy	36	96	36	85	+ 11
Skin Disease	37	69	42	58	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	65	38	67	- 2
Leukemia	39	50	20	274	- 224
Fires	40	46	48	30	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	46	50	- 7
Maternal Conditions	42	29	61	3	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	43	28	15	419	- 391
Appendicitis	44	18	60	3	+ 15
Poisonings	45	18	53	14	+ 4
Meningitis	46	18	58	7	+ 10
Drug Use	47	17	31	167	- 149
Encephalitis	48	17	66	0	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	14	40	59	- 45
Lymphomas	50	14	13	513	- 499
Uterin Cancer	51	14	34	126	- 112
Ovary Cancer	52	12	21	273	- 261
Other Neoplasms	53	12	27	218	- 206
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	37	83	- 78
Dengue	55	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	6	- 3
Chagas disease	57	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	2	64	1	+ 1
Tetanus	59	1	81	0	+ 1
War	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	52	19	- 19
Syphilis	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	23	252	- 252
Oral Cancer	67	0	28	183	- 183
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	49	29	- 29
Bladder Cancer	81	0	22	256	- 256
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Belize

Ireland

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.