URUGUAY VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,582	1	4,265	- 2,683
Violence	2	1,201	23	295	+ 906
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,158	11	747	+ 411
Stroke	4	1,045	2	2,850	- 1,805
HIV/AIDS	5	982	28	195	+ 786
Kidney Disease	6	843	8	1,040	- 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	795	6	1,370	- 575
Road Traffic Accidents	8	725	16	512	+ 214
Liver Disease	9	475	27	206	+ 269
Prostate Cancer	10	390	13	707	- 317
Lung Disease	11	378	4	1,706	- 1,328
Hypertension	12	377	15	648	- 271
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	369	3	1,899	- 1,530
Other Injuries	14	293	10	774	- 481
Lung Cancers	15	251	5	1,463	- 1,212
Suicide	16	227	12	735	- 508
Cervical Cancer	17	227	29	172	+ 55
Drownings	18	196	45	65	+ 132
Liver Cancer	19	196	34	147	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	20	191	18	480	- 289
Congenital Anomalies	21	190	30	170	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	22	185	17	487	- 302
Breast Cancer	23	178	9	848	- 670
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	165	7	1,245	- 1,080
Low Birth Weight	25	163	42	73	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	26	149	22	314	- 166
Falls	27	106	47	55	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	28	91	21	320	- 230
Malnutrition	29	81	43	73	+ 8
Alcohol	30	80	39	104	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	31	77	14	656	- 579
Birth Trauma	32	76	53	22	+ 54
Tuberculosis	33	72	41	81	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	71	35	134	- 63
Asthma	35	63	37	127	- 64
Epilepsy	36	63	40	86	- 23
Skin Disease	37	45	36	130	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	43	46	57	- 14
Leukemia	39	33	25	280	- 247
Fires	40	30	48	54	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	28	50	39	- 11
Maternal Conditions	42	19	60	9	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	43	18	24	286	- 268
Appendicitis	44	12	59	9	+ 3
Poisonings	45	12	55	17	- 5
Meningitis	46	12	58	10	+ 1
Drug Use	47	11	49	41	- 29
Encephalitis	48	11	64	4	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	9	51	35	- 25
Lymphomas	50	9	20	457	- 448
Uterin Cancer	51	9	38	115	- 106
Ovary Cancer	52	8	32	160	- 153
Other Neoplasms	53	8	19	464	- 456
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	56	13	- 10
Dengue	55	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	2	63	4	- 3
Chagas disease	57	2	61	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	58	1	62	5	- 4
Tetanus	59	1	71	0	+ 1
War	60	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	0	65	3	- 3
Syphilis	62	0	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	33	149	- 149
Oral Cancer	67	0	31	167	- 167
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	44	71	- 71
Bladder Cancer	81	0	26	276	- 276
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Belize

Uruguay

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.