LIBYA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,400	1	6,610	- 3,211
Violence	2	2,581	30	145	+ 2,435
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,489	8	803	+ 1,686
Stroke	4	2,246	2	2,603	- 357
HIV/AIDS	5	2,110	21	224	+ 1,886
Kidney Disease	6	1,812	4	1,186	+ 626
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,709	9	744	+ 965
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,559	3	1,444	+ 115
Liver Disease	9	1,020	11	630	+ 390
Prostate Cancer	10	838	39	96	+ 742
Lung Disease	11	813	12	607	+ 206
Hypertension	12	810	6	915	- 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	793	10	743	+ 50
Other Injuries	14	629	15	432	+ 197
Lung Cancers	15	540	13	592	- 52
Suicide	16	488	19	304	+ 185
Cervical Cancer	17	487	32	135	+ 352
Drownings	18	422	43	74	+ 348
Liver Cancer	19	421	28	153	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	20	410	33	134	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	21	408	14	493	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	22	398	29	153	+ 246
Breast Cancer	23	383	25	190	+ 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	354	16	427	- 72
Low Birth Weight	25	349	18	359	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	26	319	37	107	+ 212
Falls	27	228	24	204	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	28	195	27	159	+ 35
Malnutrition	29	173	57	11	+ 163
Alcohol	30	172	50	22	+ 150
Pancreas Cancer	31	166	23	209	- 43
Birth Trauma	32	163	34	132	+ 31
Tuberculosis	33	156	7	812	- 657
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	153	40	92	+ 62
Asthma	35	136	20	297	- 161
Epilepsy	36	136	44	67	+ 69
Skin Disease	37	97	54	17	+ 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	91	38	99	- 7
Leukemia	39	71	22	217	- 146
Fires	40	64	36	115	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	60	46	49	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	42	41	35	124	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	43	39	49	33	+ 6
Appendicitis	44	26	56	15	+ 11
Poisonings	45	25	45	56	- 30
Meningitis	46	25	47	41	- 17
Drug Use	47	25	17	371	- 346
Encephalitis	48	24	53	19	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	20	62	4	+ 15
Lymphomas	50	19	26	189	- 170
Uterin Cancer	51	19	60	8	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	52	17	42	75	- 58
Other Neoplasms	53	16	58	10	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	52	20	- 12
Dengue	55	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	48	34	- 31
Chagas disease	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	67	0	+ 2
Tetanus	59	2	64	1	+ 1
War	60	2	5	1,055	- 1,053
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Syphilis	62	1	61	6	- 5
Pertussis	63	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	51	20	- 20
Oral Cancer	67	0	41	81	- 81
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	31	136	- 136
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Belize

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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.