SENEGAL VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,704	2	6,224	+ 2,480
Violence	2	6,608	19	1,247	+ 5,361
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,373	10	2,395	+ 3,977
Stroke	4	5,749	4	5,342	+ 407
HIV/AIDS	5	5,401	20	1,186	+ 4,215
Kidney Disease	6	4,639	12	2,210	+ 2,429
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,375	1	7,184	- 2,809
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,991	6	3,832	+ 160
Liver Disease	9	2,612	13	2,147	+ 465
Prostate Cancer	10	2,146	29	642	+ 1,504
Lung Disease	11	2,082	18	1,351	+ 731
Hypertension	12	2,075	21	1,095	+ 979
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,029	26	879	+ 1,151
Other Injuries	14	1,610	16	1,512	+ 99
Lung Cancers	15	1,382	44	180	+ 1,202
Suicide	16	1,251	24	978	+ 273
Cervical Cancer	17	1,247	17	1,405	- 158
Drownings	18	1,080	33	494	+ 586
Liver Cancer	19	1,079	22	1,087	- 8
Stomach Cancer	20	1,050	31	557	+ 493
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,044	11	2,364	- 1,320
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,020	23	1,041	- 21
Breast Cancer	23	982	27	861	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	907	37	384	+ 523
Low Birth Weight	25	895	7	3,636	- 2,742
Inflammatory/Heart	26	817	36	426	+ 392
Falls	27	583	30	622	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	28	498	41	273	+ 226
Malnutrition	29	444	32	494	- 50
Alcohol	30	440	59	74	+ 365
Pancreas Cancer	31	424	48	159	+ 265
Birth Trauma	32	418	8	3,448	- 3,030
Tuberculosis	33	399	9	2,678	- 2,280
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	393	3	5,343	- 4,950
Asthma	35	348	25	936	- 588
Epilepsy	36	347	38	330	+ 17
Skin Disease	37	248	47	159	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	234	35	433	- 199
Leukemia	39	181	54	113	+ 68
Fires	40	165	34	448	- 283
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	155	46	166	- 11
Maternal Conditions	42	105	14	1,669	- 1,564
Oesophagus Cancer	43	100	55	99	+ 1
Appendicitis	44	66	61	38	+ 28
Poisonings	45	65	40	315	- 249
Meningitis	46	64	15	1,628	- 1,565
Drug Use	47	63	52	138	- 75
Encephalitis	48	62	57	85	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	50	67	15	+ 35
Lymphomas	50	50	39	315	- 265
Uterin Cancer	51	50	56	94	- 44
Ovary Cancer	52	43	42	220	- 177
Other Neoplasms	53	42	62	24	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	64	20	- 0
Dengue	55	10	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	9	60	70	- 61
Chagas disease	57	9	79	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	58	6	66	15	- 10
Tetanus	59	5	58	85	- 80
War	60	5	69	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	2	68	11	- 9
Syphilis	62	2	53	122	- 121
Pertussis	63	1	28	771	- 770
Ascariasis	64	1	65	18	- 17
Chlamydia	65	1	71	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	51	147	- 147
Oral Cancer	67	0	43	208	- 207
Diphtheria	68	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	49	158	- 158
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	78	0	45	176	- 176
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	50	155	- 155
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Belize

Senegal

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.