ZIMBABWE VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,920	3	8,493	- 573
Violence	2	6,013	18	1,916	+ 4,097
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,799	9	3,344	+ 2,455
Stroke	4	5,232	5	5,126	+ 106
HIV/AIDS	5	4,915	1	19,988	- 15,073
Kidney Disease	6	4,222	12	2,214	+ 2,008
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,981	2	10,779	- 6,798
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,632	4	6,037	- 2,406
Liver Disease	9	2,376	17	1,941	+ 435
Prostate Cancer	10	1,952	32	628	+ 1,324
Lung Disease	11	1,894	23	1,163	+ 731
Hypertension	12	1,888	24	1,146	+ 742
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,846	31	768	+ 1,079
Other Injuries	14	1,465	20	1,656	- 190
Lung Cancers	15	1,258	43	286	+ 972
Suicide	16	1,138	13	2,069	- 931
Cervical Cancer	17	1,134	14	2,023	- 889
Drownings	18	983	27	956	+ 27
Liver Cancer	19	982	38	510	+ 472
Stomach Cancer	20	956	33	559	+ 397
Congenital Anomalies	21	950	11	2,217	- 1,267
Endocrine Disorders	22	928	34	553	+ 375
Breast Cancer	23	893	28	839	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	825	40	505	+ 320
Low Birth Weight	25	814	7	4,038	- 3,224
Inflammatory/Heart	26	744	25	1,047	- 304
Falls	27	531	41	465	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	28	453	46	226	+ 228
Malnutrition	29	404	10	2,396	- 1,992
Alcohol	30	400	61	48	+ 352
Pancreas Cancer	31	386	47	217	+ 169
Birth Trauma	32	380	8	3,405	- 3,025
Tuberculosis	33	363	16	1,999	- 1,636
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	357	6	4,595	- 4,237
Asthma	35	317	21	1,531	- 1,214
Epilepsy	36	316	39	508	- 192
Skin Disease	37	226	52	173	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	213	35	548	- 335
Leukemia	39	164	45	244	- 79
Fires	40	150	30	793	- 642
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	141	36	542	- 401
Maternal Conditions	42	95	19	1,749	- 1,654
Oesophagus Cancer	43	91	29	801	- 711
Appendicitis	44	60	58	66	- 6
Poisonings	45	59	37	515	- 456
Meningitis	46	58	22	1,325	- 1,267
Drug Use	47	57	48	213	- 155
Encephalitis	48	57	56	117	- 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	46	64	26	+ 19
Lymphomas	50	45	26	960	- 914
Uterin Cancer	51	45	50	182	- 137
Ovary Cancer	52	39	51	173	- 134
Other Neoplasms	53	38	62	37	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	18	67	14	+ 4
Dengue	55	9	73	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	60	57	- 49
Chagas disease	57	8	76	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	58	5	59	65	- 60
Tetanus	59	5	57	102	- 97
War	60	4	65	26	- 22
Hepatitis C	61	2	66	14	- 13
Syphilis	62	1	55	124	- 123
Pertussis	63	1	42	419	- 417
Ascariasis	64	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	1	69	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	66	0	44	264	- 264
Oral Cancer	67	0	49	208	- 208
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	63	30	- 30
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	53	172	- 172
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	54	125	- 125
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Belize

Zimbabwe

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.