BELIZE VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Croatia CROATIA BELIZE Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,233 1 192 + 1,041
Stroke 2 629 4 127 + 502
Lung Cancers 3 285 15 30 + 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers 4 219 24 20 + 199
Lung Disease 5 211 11 46 + 166
Diabetes Mellitus 6 197 3 141 + 56
Kidney Disease 7 139 6 102 + 37
Hypertension 8 110 12 46 + 65
Alzheimers & Dementia 9 107 13 45 + 62
Influenza and Pneumonia 10 102 7 97 + 6
Breast Cancer 11 102 23 22 + 80
Falls 12 98 27 13 + 85
Liver Disease 13 93 9 58 + 35
Prostate Cancer 14 85 10 47 + 38
Stomach Cancer 15 79 20 23 + 56
Pancreas Cancer 16 76 31 9 + 66
Suicide 17 68 16 28 + 40
Lymphomas 18 56 50 1 + 55
Liver Cancer 19 50 19 24 + 26
Bladder Cancer 20 50 81 0 + 50
Inflammatory/Heart 21 46 26 18 + 28
Leukemia 22 44 39 4 + 40
Other Injuries 23 43 14 36 + 7
Parkinson's Disease 24 42 28 11 + 31
Oral Cancer 25 34 67 0 + 34
Skin Cancers 26 33 66 0 + 33
Road Traffic Accidents 27 33 8 88 - 55
Ovary Cancer 28 31 52 1 + 30
Other Neoplasms 29 28 53 1 + 27
Alcohol 30 22 30 10 + 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease 31 21 38 5 + 16
Uterin Cancer 32 20 51 1 + 19
Oesophagus Cancer 33 19 43 2 + 17
Cervical Cancer 34 16 17 28 - 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease 35 14 41 3 + 10
Epilepsy 36 9 36 8 + 2
Congenital Anomalies 37 9 21 23 - 14
Drownings 38 9 18 24 - 15
Diarrhoeal diseases 39 8 34 9 - 0
Schizophrenia 40 8 82 0 + 8
Asthma 41 7 35 8 - 0
Endocrine Disorders 42 7 22 23 - 15
Drug Use 43 7 47 1 + 6
Tuberculosis 44 6 33 9 - 3
Multiple Sclerosis 45 5 54 0 + 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis 46 5 49 1 + 4
Hepatitis C 47 4 61 0 + 4
Violence 48 4 2 146 - 141
Prostatic Hypertrophy 49 4 85 0 + 4
Fires 50 3 40 4 - 0
Hepatitis B 51 2 56 0 + 2
Meningitis 52 2 46 1 + 0
Anemia 53 2 80 0 + 2
Poisonings 54 2 45 1 + 0
Birth Trauma 55 1 32 9 - 8
Low Birth Weight 56 1 25 20 - 19
Appendicitis 57 1 44 1 - 1
Skin Disease 58 1 37 5 - 5
HIV/AIDS 59 1 5 119 - 118
Otitis Media 60 0 69 0 + 0
Maternal Conditions 61 0 42 2 - 2
Iodine Deficiency 62 0 74 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 63 0 58 0 + 0
Oral conditions 64 0 86 0 + 0
Encephalitis 65 0 48 1 - 1
Leishmaniasis 66 0 77 0 + 0
War 67 0 60 0 - 0
Tetanus 68 0 59 0 - 0
Pertussis 69 0 63 0 - 0
Malnutrition 70 0 29 10 - 10
Syphilis 71 0 62 0 - 0
Diphtheria 72 0 68 0 - 0
Measles 73 0 71 0 - 0
Chlamydia 74 0 65 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 75 0 78 0 - 0
Chagas disease 76 0 57 0 - 0
Malaria 77 0 76 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 75 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 70 0 - 0
Dengue 80 0 55 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 81 0 73 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 82 0 72 0 - 0
Ascariasis 83 0 64 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 84 0 84 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 79 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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Belize

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020