SOLOMON ISL. VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	336	1	975	- 640
Violence	2	255	30	26	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	3	246	4	322	- 76
Stroke	4	222	2	670	- 448
HIV/AIDS	5	208	80	0	+ 208
Kidney Disease	6	179	15	64	+ 115
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	169	3	371	- 202
Road Traffic Accidents	8	154	8	111	+ 43
Liver Disease	9	101	10	89	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	10	83	41	13	+ 70
Lung Disease	11	80	6	209	- 128
Hypertension	12	80	13	76	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	78	28	32	+ 46
Other Injuries	14	62	17	60	+ 2
Lung Cancers	15	53	27	33	+ 20
Suicide	16	48	9	98	- 50
Cervical Cancer	17	48	25	41	+ 7
Drownings	18	42	11	80	- 39
Liver Cancer	19	42	18	60	- 18
Stomach Cancer	20	41	44	12	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	21	40	16	63	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	22	39	39	15	+ 25
Breast Cancer	23	38	26	34	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	35	31	23	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	25	34	14	65	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	26	32	37	17	+ 14
Falls	27	22	20	55	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	28	19	34	21	- 2
Malnutrition	29	17	36	19	- 2
Alcohol	30	17	48	9	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	31	16	51	4	+ 12
Birth Trauma	32	16	21	51	- 35
Tuberculosis	33	15	23	45	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	15	5	218	- 203
Asthma	35	13	12	78	- 65
Epilepsy	36	13	45	11	+ 3
Skin Disease	37	10	46	10	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	9	32	22	- 13
Leukemia	39	7	35	20	- 13
Fires	40	6	40	14	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	6	19	59	- 53
Maternal Conditions	42	4	22	46	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	43	4	57	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	44	3	55	1	+ 1
Poisonings	45	3	38	15	- 13
Meningitis	46	2	43	13	- 10
Drug Use	47	2	58	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	48	2	54	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	2	60	0	+ 1
Lymphomas	50	2	42	13	- 11
Uterin Cancer	51	2	47	9	- 7
Ovary Cancer	52	2	33	21	- 20
Other Neoplasms	53	2	56	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	61	0	+ 0
Dengue	55	0	24	41	- 41
Hepatitis B	56	0	53	3	- 3
Chagas disease	57	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	59	1	- 0
War	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	62	0	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	29	28	- 28
Pertussis	63	0	50	7	- 7
Ascariasis	64	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	66	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	67	0	49	8	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	146	- 146
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	72	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	52	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	82	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Belize

Solomon Isl.

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.