NEW ZEALAND VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,384	1	5,095	- 2,712
Violence	2	1,809	42	57	+ 1,752
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,745	8	769	+ 977
Stroke	4	1,574	3	2,378	- 804
HIV/AIDS	5	1,479	57	10	+ 1,469
Kidney Disease	6	1,270	17	432	+ 838
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,198	7	920	+ 278
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,093	16	458	+ 635
Liver Disease	9	715	32	158	+ 558
Prostate Cancer	10	588	9	739	- 151
Lung Disease	11	570	5	1,815	- 1,245
Hypertension	12	568	20	327	+ 241
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	556	2	3,032	- 2,476
Other Injuries	14	441	28	218	+ 223
Lung Cancers	15	378	4	1,873	- 1,495
Suicide	16	342	15	528	- 186
Cervical Cancer	17	341	41	61	+ 281
Drownings	18	296	44	54	+ 241
Liver Cancer	19	296	24	288	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	20	288	22	323	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	21	286	30	176	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	22	279	21	325	- 45
Breast Cancer	23	269	10	737	- 468
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	248	6	1,495	- 1,246
Low Birth Weight	25	245	38	78	+ 167
Inflammatory/Heart	26	224	23	313	- 89
Falls	27	160	11	627	- 467
Parkinson's Disease	28	136	19	353	- 217
Malnutrition	29	122	55	14	+ 108
Alcohol	30	120	45	51	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	31	116	14	543	- 427
Birth Trauma	32	114	54	15	+ 100
Tuberculosis	33	109	52	17	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	107	37	81	+ 27
Asthma	35	95	36	91	+ 5
Epilepsy	36	95	43	55	+ 40
Skin Disease	37	68	34	118	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	64	39	70	- 6
Leukemia	39	49	18	391	- 342
Fires	40	45	53	17	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	42	35	113	- 70
Maternal Conditions	42	29	63	5	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	43	27	25	279	- 252
Appendicitis	44	18	62	6	+ 12
Poisonings	45	18	58	9	+ 9
Meningitis	46	17	59	9	+ 8
Drug Use	47	17	40	69	- 52
Encephalitis	48	17	66	1	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	14	46	47	- 33
Lymphomas	50	14	13	608	- 595
Uterin Cancer	51	14	33	145	- 131
Ovary Cancer	52	12	29	207	- 195
Other Neoplasms	53	12	27	245	- 233
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	47	43	- 38
Dengue	55	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	2	56	14	- 11
Chagas disease	57	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	2	64	4	- 2
Tetanus	59	1	69	0	+ 1
War	60	1	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	48	30	- 29
Syphilis	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	12	612	- 611
Oral Cancer	67	0	31	164	- 164
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	51	17	- 17
Bladder Cancer	81	0	26	267	- 267
Schizophrenia	82	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Belize

New Zealand

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.