TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	651	1	1,476	- 825
Violence	2	494	4	549	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	3	476	2	1,275	- 799
Stroke	4	430	3	822	- 393
HIV/AIDS	5	404	12	196	+ 208
Kidney Disease	6	347	5	439	- 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	327	10	205	+ 122
Road Traffic Accidents	8	298	15	130	+ 168
Liver Disease	9	195	14	136	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	10	160	6	330	- 169
Lung Disease	11	156	16	129	+ 26
Hypertension	12	155	11	201	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	152	9	215	- 63
Other Injuries	14	120	30	61	+ 59
Lung Cancers	15	103	8	217	- 114
Suicide	16	93	17	121	- 28
Cervical Cancer	17	93	21	97	- 4
Drownings	18	81	39	31	+ 50
Liver Cancer	19	81	28	66	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	20	79	26	69	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	21	78	22	93	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	22	76	18	119	- 43
Breast Cancer	23	73	7	258	- 185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	68	13	196	- 128
Low Birth Weight	25	67	23	83	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	26	61	25	72	- 11
Falls	27	44	33	43	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	28	37	32	51	- 14
Malnutrition	29	33	47	17	+ 17
Alcohol	30	33	42	23	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	31	32	19	114	- 82
Birth Trauma	32	31	40	25	+ 6
Tuberculosis	33	30	43	22	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	29	45	18	+ 11
Asthma	35	26	35	40	- 14
Epilepsy	36	26	37	32	- 6
Skin Disease	37	19	36	39	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	18	31	52	- 34
Leukemia	39	14	29	62	- 49
Fires	40	12	48	16	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	49	11	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	42	8	50	10	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	43	7	41	24	- 17
Appendicitis	44	5	56	4	+ 1
Poisonings	45	5	59	1	+ 3
Meningitis	46	5	52	9	- 5
Drug Use	47	5	44	19	- 14
Encephalitis	48	5	54	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	4	53	8	- 4
Lymphomas	50	4	20	111	- 108
Uterin Cancer	51	4	27	68	- 64
Ovary Cancer	52	3	24	80	- 77
Other Neoplasms	53	3	51	10	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	58	2	- 1
Dengue	55	1	55	5	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	1	60	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	57	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	65	0	+ 0
War	60	0	46	17	- 17
Hepatitis C	61	0	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	63	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	57	4	- 4
Oral Cancer	67	0	38	31	- 31
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	34	41	- 41
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Belize

Trinidad/Tob.

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.