PORTUGAL VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,714	1	12,878	- 8,164
Violence	2	3,578	48	96	+ 3,482
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,451	8	3,601	- 150
Stroke	4	3,114	2	12,339	- 9,226
HIV/AIDS	5	2,925	35	320	+ 2,605
Kidney Disease	6	2,513	9	2,803	- 291
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,369	4	6,851	- 4,482
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,161	27	838	+ 1,323
Liver Disease	9	1,414	22	1,126	+ 289
Prostate Cancer	10	1,162	11	2,124	- 962
Lung Disease	11	1,127	7	4,286	- 3,159
Hypertension	12	1,123	14	1,880	- 756
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,099	3	7,191	- 6,092
Other Injuries	14	872	13	1,937	- 1,065
Lung Cancers	15	748	5	4,406	- 3,658
Suicide	16	677	19	1,172	- 495
Cervical Cancer	17	675	34	329	+ 346
Drownings	18	585	51	79	+ 506
Liver Cancer	19	584	18	1,270	- 686
Stomach Cancer	20	569	10	2,532	- 1,963
Congenital Anomalies	21	566	40	196	+ 369
Endocrine Disorders	22	552	17	1,547	- 994
Breast Cancer	23	532	12	1,997	- 1,465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	491	6	4,389	- 3,898
Low Birth Weight	25	484	52	79	+ 406
Inflammatory/Heart	26	443	26	909	- 466
Falls	27	316	23	1,033	- 717
Parkinson's Disease	28	270	21	1,139	- 870
Malnutrition	29	241	53	79	+ 162
Alcohol	30	238	45	111	+ 127
Pancreas Cancer	31	229	15	1,669	- 1,440
Birth Trauma	32	226	60	24	+ 203
Tuberculosis	33	216	38	213	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	213	36	231	- 18
Asthma	35	189	43	146	+ 42
Epilepsy	36	188	31	415	- 227
Skin Disease	37	134	39	202	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	127	37	229	- 102
Leukemia	39	98	24	1,015	- 918
Fires	40	89	46	108	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	41	169	- 85
Maternal Conditions	42	57	63	7	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	43	54	29	623	- 569
Appendicitis	44	36	61	21	+ 15
Poisonings	45	35	57	29	+ 6
Meningitis	46	34	56	43	- 8
Drug Use	47	34	44	128	- 94
Encephalitis	48	34	67	1	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	27	47	99	- 72
Lymphomas	50	27	16	1,608	- 1,581
Uterin Cancer	51	27	32	406	- 379
Ovary Cancer	52	23	33	397	- 374
Other Neoplasms	53	23	28	652	- 629
Multiple Sclerosis	54	11	54	56	- 46
Dengue	55	5	84	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	5	59	26	- 21
Chagas disease	57	5	79	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	3	62	15	- 12
Tetanus	59	3	73	0	+ 3
War	60	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	49	87	- 86
Syphilis	62	1	64	3	- 2
Pertussis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	30	523	- 523
Oral Cancer	67	0	25	912	- 912
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	42	151	- 151
Bladder Cancer	81	0	20	1,171	- 1,171
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Belize

Portugal

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.