MAURITIUS VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	605	2	1,805	- 1,200
Violence	2	459	41	30	+ 430
Diabetes Mellitus	3	443	1	1,873	- 1,430
Stroke	4	400	3	985	- 585
HIV/AIDS	5	376	13	141	+ 235
Kidney Disease	6	323	4	724	- 402
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	304	7	346	- 42
Road Traffic Accidents	8	278	11	155	+ 122
Liver Disease	9	182	12	145	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	10	149	15	115	+ 34
Lung Disease	11	145	5	646	- 502
Hypertension	12	144	6	592	- 447
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	141	34	42	+ 99
Other Injuries	14	112	21	66	+ 46
Lung Cancers	15	96	9	182	- 86
Suicide	16	87	14	120	- 33
Cervical Cancer	17	87	30	49	+ 38
Drownings	18	75	33	43	+ 32
Liver Cancer	19	75	27	56	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	20	73	18	104	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	21	73	25	57	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	22	71	19	101	- 30
Breast Cancer	23	68	8	232	- 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	63	10	182	- 119
Low Birth Weight	25	62	35	37	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	26	57	16	108	- 51
Falls	27	41	26	57	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	28	35	47	12	+ 23
Malnutrition	29	31	54	4	+ 27
Alcohol	30	31	29	53	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	31	29	28	55	- 25
Birth Trauma	32	29	36	37	- 7
Tuberculosis	33	28	45	17	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	27	42	23	+ 5
Asthma	35	24	17	107	- 83
Epilepsy	36	24	38	35	- 11
Skin Disease	37	17	22	64	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	16	43	22	- 6
Leukemia	39	13	31	48	- 36
Fires	40	11	50	10	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	56	3	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	42	7	48	11	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	43	7	37	35	- 29
Appendicitis	44	5	59	1	+ 3
Poisonings	45	5	49	11	- 6
Meningitis	46	4	57	2	+ 2
Drug Use	47	4	46	16	- 12
Encephalitis	48	4	61	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	60	1	+ 3
Lymphomas	50	3	24	57	- 53
Uterin Cancer	51	3	40	32	- 28
Ovary Cancer	52	3	32	46	- 43
Other Neoplasms	53	3	20	77	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	55	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	65	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	57	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	0	63	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	76	0	+ 0
War	60	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	51	9	- 9
Syphilis	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	53	5	- 5
Oral Cancer	67	0	23	63	- 63
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	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	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	39	33	- 33
Bladder Cancer	81	0	44	21	- 21
Schizophrenia	82	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.