NAMIBIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,295	5	1,221	+ 74
Violence	2	983	11	450	+ 533
Diabetes Mellitus	3	948	7	724	+ 224
Stroke	4	855	4	1,333	- 478
HIV/AIDS	5	803	1	2,928	- 2,125
Kidney Disease	6	690	15	322	+ 369
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	651	2	1,464	- 814
Road Traffic Accidents	8	594	6	868	- 275
Liver Disease	9	388	14	336	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	10	319	31	94	+ 225
Lung Disease	11	310	10	461	- 152
Hypertension	12	309	12	428	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	302	21	176	+ 126
Other Injuries	14	240	19	207	+ 33
Lung Cancers	15	206	35	59	+ 147
Suicide	16	186	17	243	- 57
Cervical Cancer	17	185	23	133	+ 53
Drownings	18	161	26	110	+ 51
Liver Cancer	19	161	41	45	+ 116
Stomach Cancer	20	156	45	33	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	21	155	16	283	- 128
Endocrine Disorders	22	152	33	73	+ 79
Breast Cancer	23	146	24	121	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	135	36	54	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	25	133	9	516	- 383
Inflammatory/Heart	26	122	22	162	- 40
Falls	27	87	34	62	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	28	74	42	43	+ 31
Malnutrition	29	66	18	224	- 157
Alcohol	30	65	48	28	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	31	63	53	18	+ 46
Birth Trauma	32	62	13	345	- 282
Tuberculosis	33	59	3	1,416	- 1,357
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	58	8	645	- 586
Asthma	35	52	20	200	- 149
Epilepsy	36	52	38	49	+ 2
Skin Disease	37	37	47	31	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	35	32	76	- 41
Leukemia	39	27	49	24	+ 3
Fires	40	25	28	109	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	44	33	- 10
Maternal Conditions	42	16	25	110	- 95
Oesophagus Cancer	43	15	52	21	- 6
Appendicitis	44	10	58	9	+ 1
Poisonings	45	10	39	46	- 37
Meningitis	46	9	27	109	- 99
Drug Use	47	9	46	32	- 22
Encephalitis	48	9	59	8	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	57	9	- 2
Lymphomas	50	7	40	46	- 38
Uterin Cancer	51	7	56	11	- 4
Ovary Cancer	52	6	50	23	- 17
Other Neoplasms	53	6	60	8	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	64	2	+ 1
Dengue	55	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	63	4	- 3
Chagas disease	57	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	61	6	- 6
Tetanus	59	1	62	6	- 5
War	60	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	43	35	- 35
Pertussis	63	0	37	54	- 54
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	29	108	- 108
Oral Cancer	67	0	30	100	- 100
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	55	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	54	16	- 16
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	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 NAMIBIA

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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.