THAILAND VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,290	1	51,305	- 19,015
Violence	2	24,513	31	2,965	+ 21,548
Diabetes Mellitus	3	23,642	10	18,776	+ 4,866
Stroke	4	21,329	2	50,273	- 28,944
HIV/AIDS	5	20,037	12	13,922	+ 6,115
Kidney Disease	6	17,211	4	26,822	- 9,611
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	16,231	3	31,289	- 15,059
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,806	7	22,428	- 7,622
Liver Disease	9	9,688	11	17,596	- 7,908
Prostate Cancer	10	7,960	30	3,013	+ 4,947
Lung Disease	11	7,723	9	19,474	- 11,752
Hypertension	12	7,696	34	2,179	+ 5,517
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	7,528	6	22,851	- 15,323
Other Injuries	14	5,974	21	4,869	+ 1,105
Lung Cancers	15	5,127	8	22,296	- 17,169
Suicide	16	4,639	16	6,147	- 1,507
Cervical Cancer	17	4,625	19	5,110	- 485
Drownings	18	4,006	25	3,956	+ 50
Liver Cancer	19	4,003	5	23,883	- 19,879
Stomach Cancer	20	3,897	27	3,451	+ 446
Congenital Anomalies	21	3,875	35	2,107	+ 1,768
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,785	37	1,888	+ 1,897
Breast Cancer	23	3,641	17	6,053	- 2,411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,365	13	9,908	- 6,544
Low Birth Weight	25	3,319	40	1,548	+ 1,771
Inflammatory/Heart	26	3,032	32	2,879	+ 153
Falls	27	2,163	18	5,409	- 3,246
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,849	23	4,292	- 2,444
Malnutrition	29	1,648	42	962	+ 686
Alcohol	30	1,631	49	548	+ 1,083
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,572	33	2,383	- 811
Birth Trauma	32	1,551	50	533	+ 1,018
Tuberculosis	33	1,479	14	9,551	- 8,072
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,456	15	6,863	- 5,407
Asthma	35	1,293	24	4,182	- 2,889
Epilepsy	36	1,289	47	689	+ 600
Skin Disease	37	921	28	3,375	- 2,454
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	869	39	1,679	- 809
Leukemia	39	670	26	3,902	- 3,232
Fires	40	612	48	617	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	573	51	436	+ 138
Maternal Conditions	42	389	52	227	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	43	370	29	3,156	- 2,786
Appendicitis	44	245	59	114	+ 131
Poisonings	45	241	57	132	+ 109
Meningitis	46	236	43	931	- 695
Drug Use	47	234	45	794	- 560
Encephalitis	48	231	46	722	- 490
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	186	53	194	- 9
Lymphomas	50	185	22	4,539	- 4,354
Uterin Cancer	51	184	44	864	- 680
Ovary Cancer	52	159	36	2,003	- 1,844
Other Neoplasms	53	156	54	192	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	54	72	61	86	- 14
Dengue	55	35	55	172	- 137
Hepatitis B	56	33	56	153	- 120
Chagas disease	57	32	73	0	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	58	21	65	18	+ 4
Tetanus	59	18	58	116	- 98
War	60	18	60	87	- 69
Hepatitis C	61	7	67	7	- 1
Syphilis	62	6	64	36	- 30
Pertussis	63	5	62	77	- 72
Ascariasis	64	5	69	4	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	4	70	3	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	1	41	1,133	- 1,132
Oral Cancer	67	0	20	4,961	- 4,960
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	63	56	- 56
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	66	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	38	1,798	- 1,798
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Belize

Thailand

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.