SOMALIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,012	7	7,233	- 1,221
Violence	2	4,564	29	828	+ 3,735
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,401	16	2,888	+ 1,514
Stroke	4	3,971	6	8,595	- 4,624
HIV/AIDS	5	3,730	33	610	+ 3,121
Kidney Disease	6	3,204	21	2,051	+ 1,153
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,022	1	21,712	- 18,690
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,756	11	4,231	- 1,475
Liver Disease	9	1,804	13	3,917	- 2,113
Prostate Cancer	10	1,482	52	285	+ 1,197
Lung Disease	11	1,438	19	2,442	- 1,005
Hypertension	12	1,433	18	2,643	- 1,211
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,402	32	647	+ 754
Other Injuries	14	1,112	14	3,602	- 2,489
Lung Cancers	15	955	54	233	+ 722
Suicide	16	864	27	1,219	- 355
Cervical Cancer	17	861	28	883	- 22
Drownings	18	746	25	1,272	- 526
Liver Cancer	19	745	53	256	+ 490
Stomach Cancer	20	725	49	310	+ 416
Congenital Anomalies	21	721	15	3,410	- 2,689
Endocrine Disorders	22	705	44	406	+ 298
Breast Cancer	23	678	26	1,232	- 554
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	626	38	546	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	25	618	8	6,250	- 5,632
Inflammatory/Heart	26	565	39	521	+ 43
Falls	27	403	37	548	- 145
Parkinson's Disease	28	344	56	184	+ 160
Malnutrition	29	307	10	4,825	- 4,518
Alcohol	30	304	59	151	+ 153
Pancreas Cancer	31	293	62	108	+ 185
Birth Trauma	32	289	5	9,573	- 9,285
Tuberculosis	33	275	4	10,261	- 9,986
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	271	2	15,363	- 15,092
Asthma	35	241	23	1,878	- 1,638
Epilepsy	36	240	43	419	- 179
Skin Disease	37	171	58	151	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	162	36	559	- 397
Leukemia	39	125	35	562	- 437
Fires	40	114	30	810	- 696
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	107	41	446	- 339
Maternal Conditions	42	72	12	4,127	- 4,054
Oesophagus Cancer	43	69	40	516	- 447
Appendicitis	44	46	55	188	- 142
Poisonings	45	45	31	758	- 713
Meningitis	46	44	9	5,381	- 5,337
Drug Use	47	43	65	54	- 11
Encephalitis	48	43	63	91	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	35	66	35	- 1
Lymphomas	50	34	34	605	- 570
Uterin Cancer	51	34	64	78	- 44
Ovary Cancer	52	30	50	295	- 265
Other Neoplasms	53	29	70	12	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	71	8	+ 6
Dengue	55	7	73	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	6	48	315	- 309
Chagas disease	57	6	79	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	58	4	47	326	- 322
Tetanus	59	3	17	2,648	- 2,645
War	60	3	24	1,318	- 1,315
Hepatitis C	61	1	67	34	- 33
Syphilis	62	1	45	378	- 376
Pertussis	63	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Ascariasis	64	1	69	30	- 29
Chlamydia	65	1	72	5	- 4
Skin Cancers	66	0	57	164	- 164
Oral Cancer	67	0	46	328	- 328
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 150
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	435	- 435
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	61	149	- 149
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	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 SOMALIA

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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.