TANZANIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,155	9	13,215	+ 17,940
Violence	2	23,651	18	4,713	+ 18,939
Diabetes Mellitus	3	22,811	15	6,247	+ 16,564
Stroke	4	20,579	7	16,894	+ 3,686
HIV/AIDS	5	19,333	1	27,402	- 8,069
Kidney Disease	6	16,606	19	4,547	+ 12,059
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	15,660	2	26,028	- 10,368
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,286	5	18,054	- 3,768
Liver Disease	9	9,348	13	6,586	+ 2,762
Prostate Cancer	10	7,680	28	1,819	+ 5,861
Lung Disease	11	7,451	22	3,051	+ 4,400
Hypertension	12	7,425	17	5,209	+ 2,217
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	7,263	27	2,048	+ 5,215
Other Injuries	14	5,764	20	4,270	+ 1,494
Lung Cancers	15	4,947	61	159	+ 4,788
Suicide	16	4,476	24	2,474	+ 2,002
Cervical Cancer	17	4,462	14	6,424	- 1,962
Drownings	18	3,865	32	1,642	+ 2,223
Liver Cancer	19	3,863	36	1,413	+ 2,449
Stomach Cancer	20	3,760	39	1,190	+ 2,569
Congenital Anomalies	21	3,739	11	9,791	- 6,052
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,652	29	1,778	+ 1,874
Breast Cancer	23	3,513	37	1,285	+ 2,228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,247	33	1,567	+ 1,680
Low Birth Weight	25	3,202	10	12,173	- 8,971
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,926	38	1,227	+ 1,698
Falls	27	2,087	34	1,533	+ 554
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,784	45	513	+ 1,271
Malnutrition	29	1,590	16	5,574	- 3,985
Alcohol	30	1,574	56	270	+ 1,303
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,517	62	158	+ 1,359
Birth Trauma	32	1,496	8	15,086	- 13,589
Tuberculosis	33	1,427	4	20,269	- 18,842
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,405	6	17,587	- 16,182
Asthma	35	1,247	30	1,700	- 453
Epilepsy	36	1,243	43	707	+ 537
Skin Disease	37	888	52	359	+ 529
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	839	46	462	+ 377
Leukemia	39	647	47	416	+ 231
Fires	40	590	35	1,424	- 834
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	553	50	401	+ 153
Maternal Conditions	42	375	12	6,835	- 6,460
Oesophagus Cancer	43	357	25	2,247	- 1,890
Appendicitis	44	236	58	218	+ 19
Poisonings	45	233	40	1,170	- 937
Meningitis	46	227	21	3,188	- 2,961
Drug Use	47	225	48	404	- 179
Encephalitis	48	223	59	199	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	179	63	81	+ 98
Lymphomas	50	178	41	805	- 627
Uterin Cancer	51	178	57	218	- 40
Ovary Cancer	52	153	53	337	- 183
Other Neoplasms	53	151	64	58	+ 93
Multiple Sclerosis	54	69	68	27	+ 43
Dengue	55	34	73	2	+ 32
Hepatitis B	56	32	60	168	- 136
Chagas disease	57	31	78	0	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	58	20	54	299	- 278
Tetanus	59	18	49	402	- 384
War	60	17	67	30	- 12
Hepatitis C	61	7	66	40	- 33
Syphilis	62	6	26	2,115	- 2,109
Pertussis	63	5	23	2,774	- 2,769
Ascariasis	64	5	65	56	- 51
Chlamydia	65	4	71	9	- 5
Skin Cancers	66	1	42	744	- 744
Oral Cancer	67	0	31	1,646	- 1,646
Diphtheria	68	0	70	11	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	55	295	- 295
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	371	- 371
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	44	667	- 667
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Belize

Tanzania

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.