PERU VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,055	2	13,769	+ 1,286
Violence	2	11,429	12	3,013	+ 8,416
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,023	8	4,437	+ 6,586
Stroke	4	9,945	3	7,722	+ 2,223
HIV/AIDS	5	9,342	31	849	+ 8,494
Kidney Disease	6	8,025	4	7,234	+ 791
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,567	1	15,326	- 7,759
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,903	9	4,414	+ 2,489
Liver Disease	9	4,517	5	6,375	- 1,858
Prostate Cancer	10	3,711	11	3,167	+ 544
Lung Disease	11	3,601	15	2,519	+ 1,082
Hypertension	12	3,588	28	1,061	+ 2,527
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,510	6	5,811	- 2,301
Other Injuries	14	2,785	13	2,876	- 90
Lung Cancers	15	2,391	10	3,169	- 778
Suicide	16	2,163	30	903	+ 1,260
Cervical Cancer	17	2,156	21	1,924	+ 233
Drownings	18	1,868	36	584	+ 1,284
Liver Cancer	19	1,867	16	2,476	- 610
Stomach Cancer	20	1,817	7	5,072	- 3,255
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,807	19	1,997	- 190
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,765	40	474	+ 1,290
Breast Cancer	23	1,698	20	1,969	- 272
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,569	14	2,642	- 1,073
Low Birth Weight	25	1,547	24	1,475	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,414	39	494	+ 920
Falls	27	1,009	25	1,285	- 276
Parkinson's Disease	28	862	26	1,270	- 408
Malnutrition	29	768	29	1,006	- 238
Alcohol	30	760	44	321	+ 439
Pancreas Cancer	31	733	23	1,607	- 874
Birth Trauma	32	723	37	537	+ 186
Tuberculosis	33	690	17	2,377	- 1,688
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	679	27	1,108	- 429
Asthma	35	603	50	208	+ 395
Epilepsy	36	601	47	262	+ 339
Skin Disease	37	429	54	156	+ 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	405	35	609	- 203
Leukemia	39	313	22	1,850	- 1,538
Fires	40	285	49	239	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	267	51	198	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	42	181	43	345	- 164
Oesophagus Cancer	43	172	42	394	- 221
Appendicitis	44	114	53	170	- 56
Poisonings	45	113	55	126	- 13
Meningitis	46	110	56	118	- 8
Drug Use	47	109	34	635	- 527
Encephalitis	48	108	46	281	- 173
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	87	57	107	- 21
Lymphomas	50	86	18	2,254	- 2,168
Uterin Cancer	51	86	45	304	- 218
Ovary Cancer	52	74	33	713	- 639
Other Neoplasms	53	73	58	54	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	34	62	35	- 1
Dengue	55	16	66	4	+ 13
Hepatitis B	56	16	64	10	+ 6
Chagas disease	57	15	59	49	- 34
Upper Respiratory	58	10	63	11	- 1
Tetanus	59	9	60	48	- 39
War	60	8	67	3	+ 5
Hepatitis C	61	3	65	4	- 1
Syphilis	62	3	52	182	- 180
Pertussis	63	2	48	260	- 258
Ascariasis	64	2	69	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	2	68	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	32	786	- 785
Oral Cancer	67	0	38	519	- 519
Diphtheria	68	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	61	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	41	463	- 463
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

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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.