LIBERIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,511	7	1,885	+ 626
Violence	2	1,906	18	477	+ 1,429
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,838	15	650	+ 1,188
Stroke	4	1,659	11	1,578	+ 80
HIV/AIDS	5	1,558	6	1,919	- 361
Kidney Disease	6	1,338	16	609	+ 730
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,262	2	2,693	- 1,431
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,151	5	1,920	- 769
Liver Disease	9	753	13	858	- 105
Prostate Cancer	10	619	25	297	+ 322
Lung Disease	11	601	26	294	+ 307
Hypertension	12	598	23	371	+ 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	585	29	235	+ 351
Other Injuries	14	465	22	380	+ 84
Lung Cancers	15	399	44	66	+ 333
Suicide	16	361	30	220	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	17	360	19	474	- 114
Drownings	18	312	35	127	+ 185
Liver Cancer	19	311	20	439	- 128
Stomach Cancer	20	303	37	122	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	21	301	14	833	- 532
Endocrine Disorders	22	294	28	245	+ 49
Breast Cancer	23	283	27	246	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	262	40	90	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	25	258	8	1,652	- 1,394
Inflammatory/Heart	26	236	38	115	+ 121
Falls	27	168	33	155	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	28	144	43	72	+ 72
Malnutrition	29	128	24	353	- 225
Alcohol	30	127	57	25	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	31	122	53	38	+ 85
Birth Trauma	32	121	9	1,601	- 1,481
Tuberculosis	33	115	1	2,766	- 2,651
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	113	10	1,592	- 1,478
Asthma	35	101	31	200	- 99
Epilepsy	36	100	42	81	+ 19
Skin Disease	37	72	51	41	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	68	36	126	- 59
Leukemia	39	52	58	23	+ 29
Fires	40	48	34	153	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	49	50	- 5
Maternal Conditions	42	30	12	870	- 839
Oesophagus Cancer	43	29	60	16	+ 13
Appendicitis	44	19	61	12	+ 7
Poisonings	45	19	41	82	- 63
Meningitis	46	18	17	552	- 534
Drug Use	47	18	50	42	- 24
Encephalitis	48	18	56	27	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	14	64	4	+ 10
Lymphomas	50	14	39	93	- 79
Uterin Cancer	51	14	55	28	- 14
Ovary Cancer	52	12	47	50	- 38
Other Neoplasms	53	12	62	6	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	63	4	+ 1
Dengue	55	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	52	39	- 36
Chagas disease	57	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	2	67	3	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	54	31	- 30
War	60	1	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	4	- 3
Syphilis	62	0	21	394	- 394
Pertussis	63	0	32	197	- 197
Ascariasis	64	0	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	65	0	69	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	46	51	- 51
Oral Cancer	67	0	48	50	- 50
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	45	51	- 51
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	59	19	- 19
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Belize

Liberia

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.