NICARAGUA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,083	1	5,843	- 2,760
Violence	2	2,341	10	619	+ 1,722
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,258	4	2,068	+ 190
Stroke	4	2,037	3	2,225	- 188
HIV/AIDS	5	1,913	35	139	+ 1,774
Kidney Disease	6	1,644	2	3,533	- 1,889
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,550	7	1,152	+ 398
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,414	8	1,109	+ 305
Liver Disease	9	925	6	1,203	- 278
Prostate Cancer	10	760	15	386	+ 374
Lung Disease	11	737	5	1,570	- 832
Hypertension	12	735	9	1,103	- 368
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	719	33	149	+ 570
Other Injuries	14	570	17	358	+ 213
Lung Cancers	15	490	23	274	+ 216
Suicide	16	443	19	285	+ 158
Cervical Cancer	17	442	16	374	+ 68
Drownings	18	383	32	157	+ 226
Liver Cancer	19	382	12	509	- 126
Stomach Cancer	20	372	14	478	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	21	370	11	571	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	22	361	28	164	+ 198
Breast Cancer	23	348	20	283	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	321	18	315	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	25	317	13	490	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	26	290	34	139	+ 150
Falls	27	207	22	276	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	28	177	42	67	+ 110
Malnutrition	29	157	30	163	- 6
Alcohol	30	156	21	279	- 123
Pancreas Cancer	31	150	27	178	- 28
Birth Trauma	32	148	25	198	- 50
Tuberculosis	33	141	37	115	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	139	36	122	+ 17
Asthma	35	123	38	105	+ 19
Epilepsy	36	123	41	74	+ 49
Skin Disease	37	88	31	162	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	83	40	85	- 3
Leukemia	39	64	24	227	- 163
Fires	40	58	57	16	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	55	54	20	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	42	37	39	88	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	43	35	47	42	- 7
Appendicitis	44	23	49	32	- 8
Poisonings	45	23	55	18	+ 5
Meningitis	46	23	51	29	- 6
Drug Use	47	22	46	50	- 28
Encephalitis	48	22	58	10	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	18	50	31	- 13
Lymphomas	50	18	29	164	- 146
Uterin Cancer	51	18	48	39	- 21
Ovary Cancer	52	15	44	61	- 46
Other Neoplasms	53	15	26	192	- 177
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	61	7	+ 0
Dengue	55	3	64	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	3	62	5	- 2
Chagas disease	57	3	65	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	58	2	72	1	+ 2
Tetanus	59	2	79	0	+ 2
War	60	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	62	1	60	9	- 9
Pertussis	63	0	67	3	- 3
Ascariasis	64	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	45	59	- 59
Oral Cancer	67	0	43	64	- 64
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	53	28	- 28
Bladder Cancer	81	0	52	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	82	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Belize

Nicaragua

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.