UGANDA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,759	9	8,784	+ 13,975
Violence	2	17,278	12	6,175	+ 11,103
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,664	14	4,794	+ 11,870
Stroke	4	15,034	6	11,181	+ 3,853
HIV/AIDS	5	14,123	1	21,188	- 7,065
Kidney Disease	6	12,131	19	3,168	+ 8,963
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	11,440	2	18,865	- 7,425
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,436	4	13,012	- 2,576
Liver Disease	9	6,829	13	5,122	+ 1,707
Prostate Cancer	10	5,610	34	950	+ 4,660
Lung Disease	11	5,443	22	3,051	+ 2,392
Hypertension	12	5,424	21	3,120	+ 2,304
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,306	30	1,286	+ 4,020
Other Injuries	14	4,211	20	3,130	+ 1,081
Lung Cancers	15	3,614	46	441	+ 3,173
Suicide	16	3,270	24	2,033	+ 1,237
Cervical Cancer	17	3,260	15	4,378	- 1,118
Drownings	18	2,824	31	1,238	+ 1,586
Liver Cancer	19	2,822	29	1,522	+ 1,299
Stomach Cancer	20	2,746	45	515	+ 2,231
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,731	11	6,641	- 3,909
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,668	38	761	+ 1,907
Breast Cancer	23	2,567	32	1,128	+ 1,439
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,372	35	919	+ 1,453
Low Birth Weight	25	2,339	8	9,673	- 7,334
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,137	37	859	+ 1,278
Falls	27	1,525	33	1,127	+ 398
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,303	48	351	+ 952
Malnutrition	29	1,161	18	3,317	- 2,156
Alcohol	30	1,150	54	256	+ 893
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,108	47	358	+ 750
Birth Trauma	32	1,093	7	10,405	- 9,312
Tuberculosis	33	1,042	10	7,255	- 6,212
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	1,026	5	12,103	- 11,077
Asthma	35	911	27	1,745	- 834
Epilepsy	36	908	43	599	+ 310
Skin Disease	37	649	55	242	+ 407
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	613	41	687	- 74
Leukemia	39	472	42	599	- 126
Fires	40	431	36	872	- 441
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	404	50	348	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	42	274	17	3,641	- 3,367
Oesophagus Cancer	43	261	28	1,674	- 1,414
Appendicitis	44	173	58	211	- 38
Poisonings	45	170	39	745	- 575
Meningitis	46	166	16	3,718	- 3,552
Drug Use	47	165	57	233	- 68
Encephalitis	48	163	62	122	+ 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	131	64	55	+ 76
Lymphomas	50	130	26	1,762	- 1,631
Uterin Cancer	51	130	56	234	- 104
Ovary Cancer	52	112	44	519	- 407
Other Neoplasms	53	110	66	37	+ 73
Multiple Sclerosis	54	51	69	16	+ 35
Dengue	55	25	74	1	+ 24
Hepatitis B	56	23	61	123	- 100
Chagas disease	57	22	79	0	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	58	15	60	144	- 129
Tetanus	59	13	53	271	- 258
War	60	13	63	88	- 75
Hepatitis C	61	5	67	30	- 26
Syphilis	62	4	23	2,235	- 2,231
Pertussis	63	4	25	1,909	- 1,905
Ascariasis	64	3	70	16	- 13
Chlamydia	65	3	73	6	- 3
Skin Cancers	66	0	49	349	- 348
Oral Cancer	67	0	40	731	- 731
Diphtheria	68	0	72	11	- 11
Otitis Media	69	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	51	343	- 343
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	65	50	- 50
Malaria	76	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	78	0	52	286	- 286
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	59	181	- 181
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Belize

Uganda

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.