SWAZILAND VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	526	5	755	- 229
Violence	2	399	16	212	+ 187
Diabetes Mellitus	3	385	3	892	- 507
Stroke	4	347	4	800	- 453
HIV/AIDS	5	326	1	2,314	- 1,988
Kidney Disease	6	280	8	381	- 101
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	264	2	921	- 656
Road Traffic Accidents	8	241	7	384	- 143
Liver Disease	9	158	11	274	- 116
Prostate Cancer	10	130	31	45	+ 85
Lung Disease	11	126	12	264	- 139
Hypertension	12	125	10	292	- 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	123	27	77	+ 46
Other Injuries	14	97	17	190	- 93
Lung Cancers	15	83	46	17	+ 67
Suicide	16	76	9	338	- 262
Cervical Cancer	17	75	15	215	- 140
Drownings	18	65	25	87	- 22
Liver Cancer	19	65	37	29	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	20	63	53	7	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	21	63	19	160	- 97
Endocrine Disorders	22	62	28	74	- 13
Breast Cancer	23	59	35	37	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	55	43	19	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	25	54	14	233	- 179
Inflammatory/Heart	26	49	24	94	- 44
Falls	27	35	32	41	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	28	30	41	24	+ 6
Malnutrition	29	27	22	106	- 79
Alcohol	30	27	48	16	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	31	26	56	6	+ 20
Birth Trauma	32	25	18	166	- 141
Tuberculosis	33	24	13	256	- 232
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	24	6	517	- 493
Asthma	35	21	20	150	- 128
Epilepsy	36	21	30	46	- 25
Skin Disease	37	15	40	25	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	14	29	51	- 37
Leukemia	39	11	47	16	- 5
Fires	40	10	26	84	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	9	39	26	- 17
Maternal Conditions	42	6	21	116	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	43	6	44	18	- 12
Appendicitis	44	4	54	7	- 3
Poisonings	45	4	34	37	- 34
Meningitis	46	4	23	97	- 94
Drug Use	47	4	38	27	- 23
Encephalitis	48	4	59	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	58	5	- 2
Lymphomas	50	3	36	31	- 28
Uterin Cancer	51	3	50	11	- 8
Ovary Cancer	52	3	52	10	- 7
Other Neoplasms	53	3	61	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	63	1	- 0
Dengue	55	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	57	6	- 5
Chagas disease	57	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	0	60	4	- 4
Tetanus	59	0	62	4	- 3
War	60	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	45	17	- 17
Pertussis	63	0	33	39	- 39
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	42	20	- 20
Oral Cancer	67	0	51	10	- 10
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	49	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	55	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Belize

Swaziland

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.