NORWAY VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,544	1	5,321	- 2,776
Violence	2	1,932	50	32	+ 1,900
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,863	16	560	+ 1,303
Stroke	4	1,681	4	2,475	- 795
HIV/AIDS	5	1,579	61	10	+ 1,569
Kidney Disease	6	1,356	14	611	+ 745
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,279	6	1,797	- 518
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,167	42	114	+ 1,053
Liver Disease	9	763	30	214	+ 550
Prostate Cancer	10	627	8	1,172	- 545
Lung Disease	11	609	3	2,723	- 2,114
Hypertension	12	606	28	230	+ 377
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	593	2	4,464	- 3,871
Other Injuries	14	471	15	583	- 112
Lung Cancers	15	404	5	2,320	- 1,916
Suicide	16	366	13	633	- 268
Cervical Cancer	17	364	39	125	+ 239
Drownings	18	316	45	65	+ 251
Liver Cancer	19	315	26	259	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	20	307	22	343	- 36
Congenital Anomalies	21	305	34	136	+ 169
Endocrine Disorders	22	298	19	359	- 61
Breast Cancer	23	287	11	698	- 411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	265	7	1,787	- 1,521
Low Birth Weight	25	262	52	23	+ 238
Inflammatory/Heart	26	239	29	221	+ 18
Falls	27	170	9	777	- 607
Parkinson's Disease	28	146	17	554	- 408
Malnutrition	29	130	35	135	- 5
Alcohol	30	129	31	205	- 76
Pancreas Cancer	31	124	10	770	- 646
Birth Trauma	32	122	54	17	+ 105
Tuberculosis	33	117	56	15	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	115	37	128	- 13
Asthma	35	102	43	85	+ 17
Epilepsy	36	102	40	119	- 18
Skin Disease	37	73	38	128	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	68	33	160	- 91
Leukemia	39	53	21	354	- 301
Fires	40	48	48	45	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	46	61	- 16
Maternal Conditions	42	31	66	1	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	43	29	27	248	- 219
Appendicitis	44	19	59	12	+ 7
Poisonings	45	19	57	14	+ 5
Meningitis	46	19	58	14	+ 5
Drug Use	47	18	25	264	- 245
Encephalitis	48	18	70	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	47	60	- 46
Lymphomas	50	15	12	646	- 631
Uterin Cancer	51	15	36	134	- 120
Ovary Cancer	52	13	24	309	- 296
Other Neoplasms	53	12	23	324	- 312
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	41	119	- 113
Dengue	55	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	63	3	- 1
Chagas disease	57	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	60	12	- 10
Tetanus	59	1	69	0	+ 1
War	60	1	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	55	17	- 16
Syphilis	62	0	67	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	18	407	- 407
Oral Cancer	67	0	32	168	- 168
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	44	75	- 75
Bladder Cancer	81	0	20	356	- 356
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.