SOUTH KOREA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,052	1	28,043	- 3,991
Violence	2	18,259	44	386	+ 17,873
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,610	13	6,812	+ 10,798
Stroke	4	15,888	3	25,596	- 9,708
HIV/AIDS	5	14,925	55	84	+ 14,841
Kidney Disease	6	12,820	9	10,107	+ 2,713
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	12,090	2	26,650	- 14,560
Road Traffic Accidents	8	11,029	15	4,399	+ 6,630
Liver Disease	9	7,216	14	6,348	+ 868
Prostate Cancer	10	5,929	22	2,316	+ 3,613
Lung Disease	11	5,752	11	8,526	- 2,774
Hypertension	12	5,733	17	3,711	+ 2,022
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,607	6	12,145	- 6,538
Other Injuries	14	4,450	18	3,634	+ 816
Lung Cancers	15	3,819	4	20,293	- 16,474
Suicide	16	3,456	5	14,636	- 11,180
Cervical Cancer	17	3,445	34	1,065	+ 2,380
Drownings	18	2,984	42	501	+ 2,483
Liver Cancer	19	2,982	7	11,589	- 8,607
Stomach Cancer	20	2,902	10	8,625	- 5,723
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,886	41	518	+ 2,368
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,819	25	1,891	+ 928
Breast Cancer	23	2,712	21	2,880	- 168
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,506	8	10,180	- 7,674
Low Birth Weight	25	2,472	45	370	+ 2,101
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,259	31	1,325	+ 933
Falls	27	1,611	20	2,934	- 1,323
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,377	16	3,951	- 2,574
Malnutrition	29	1,227	53	88	+ 1,139
Alcohol	30	1,215	33	1,081	+ 134
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,171	12	6,994	- 5,823
Birth Trauma	32	1,155	54	88	+ 1,067
Tuberculosis	33	1,102	24	1,950	- 849
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,085	35	929	+ 156
Asthma	35	963	32	1,150	- 188
Epilepsy	36	960	40	524	+ 435
Skin Disease	37	686	36	704	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	647	38	540	+ 108
Leukemia	39	499	23	2,140	- 1,641
Fires	40	456	47	263	+ 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	427	48	224	+ 203
Maternal Conditions	42	290	61	34	+ 256
Oesophagus Cancer	43	276	28	1,733	- 1,457
Appendicitis	44	182	57	54	+ 129
Poisonings	45	180	52	115	+ 65
Meningitis	46	176	58	51	+ 125
Drug Use	47	174	50	154	+ 20
Encephalitis	48	172	65	19	+ 153
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	138	51	150	- 12
Lymphomas	50	138	19	3,477	- 3,339
Uterin Cancer	51	137	43	420	- 282
Ovary Cancer	52	118	30	1,330	- 1,211
Other Neoplasms	53	116	26	1,807	- 1,690
Multiple Sclerosis	54	54	66	11	+ 43
Dengue	55	26	77	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	56	25	39	526	- 501
Chagas disease	57	24	80	0	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	58	16	63	26	- 10
Tetanus	59	14	69	5	+ 9
War	60	13	68	5	+ 8
Hepatitis C	61	5	49	168	- 162
Syphilis	62	4	62	27	- 22
Pertussis	63	4	67	6	- 2
Ascariasis	64	4	74	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	66	1	37	585	- 584
Oral Cancer	67	0	29	1,457	- 1,457
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	46	329	- 329
Bladder Cancer	81	0	27	1,768	- 1,768
Schizophrenia	82	0	56	77	- 77
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	41	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	59	49	- 49
Oral conditions	86	0	64	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Belize

South Korea

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.