ZAMBIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,605	10	4,432	+ 5,173
Violence	2	7,292	23	1,153	+ 6,139
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,033	14	2,395	+ 4,638
Stroke	4	6,345	3	7,948	- 1,603
HIV/AIDS	5	5,960	1	17,234	- 11,274
Kidney Disease	6	5,120	18	1,760	+ 3,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,828	2	9,517	- 4,689
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,404	11	3,654	+ 750
Liver Disease	9	2,882	9	4,501	- 1,619
Prostate Cancer	10	2,368	30	561	+ 1,806
Lung Disease	11	2,297	21	1,273	+ 1,025
Hypertension	12	2,289	13	2,616	- 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,239	29	590	+ 1,650
Other Injuries	14	1,777	19	1,729	+ 49
Lung Cancers	15	1,525	41	226	+ 1,299
Suicide	16	1,380	20	1,303	+ 78
Cervical Cancer	17	1,376	17	1,799	- 423
Drownings	18	1,192	27	689	+ 503
Liver Cancer	19	1,191	46	177	+ 1,014
Stomach Cancer	20	1,159	42	206	+ 953
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,153	12	3,146	- 1,993
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,126	37	354	+ 772
Breast Cancer	23	1,083	35	366	+ 717
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,001	43	203	+ 798
Low Birth Weight	25	987	8	4,857	- 3,870
Inflammatory/Heart	26	902	33	501	+ 401
Falls	27	643	28	596	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	28	550	47	164	+ 386
Malnutrition	29	490	15	2,303	- 1,812
Alcohol	30	485	49	140	+ 345
Pancreas Cancer	31	468	62	42	+ 425
Birth Trauma	32	461	7	5,062	- 4,600
Tuberculosis	33	440	6	5,941	- 5,501
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	433	5	6,275	- 5,842
Asthma	35	385	26	741	- 356
Epilepsy	36	383	38	332	+ 51
Skin Disease	37	274	52	126	+ 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	259	40	246	+ 13
Leukemia	39	199	39	261	- 62
Fires	40	182	32	546	- 364
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	171	45	190	- 19
Maternal Conditions	42	116	22	1,188	- 1,072
Oesophagus Cancer	43	110	36	359	- 249
Appendicitis	44	73	56	84	- 11
Poisonings	45	72	34	456	- 384
Meningitis	46	70	16	1,976	- 1,906
Drug Use	47	69	53	122	- 53
Encephalitis	48	69	59	70	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	55	63	30	+ 25
Lymphomas	50	55	31	548	- 493
Uterin Cancer	51	55	64	30	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	52	47	57	82	- 35
Other Neoplasms	53	46	65	20	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	54	21	67	13	+ 8
Dengue	55	11	74	1	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	10	55	104	- 94
Chagas disease	57	9	79	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	58	6	60	68	- 61
Tetanus	59	6	44	190	- 184
War	60	5	69	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	2	66	18	- 16
Syphilis	62	2	24	885	- 883
Pertussis	63	2	25	743	- 741
Ascariasis	64	1	68	9	- 7
Chlamydia	65	1	71	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	66	0	54	108	- 108
Oral Cancer	67	0	48	155	- 155
Diphtheria	68	0	73	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	61	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Leishmaniasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	128	- 128
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	50	132	- 132
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Belize

Zambia

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.