BELIZE VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,048	1	192	+ 856
Hypertension	2	940	12	46	+ 895
Stroke	3	389	4	127	+ 262
Lung Cancers	4	229	15	30	+ 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	184	24	20	+ 164
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	121	7	97	+ 25
Liver Disease	7	114	9	58	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	8	104	10	47	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	9	101	20	23	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	10	93	31	9	+ 84
Breast Cancer	11	91	23	22	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	80	13	45	+ 35
Lung Disease	13	80	11	46	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	14	76	26	18	+ 58
Lymphomas	15	74	50	1	+ 73
Suicide	16	69	16	28	+ 41
Kidney Disease	17	61	6	102	- 41
Alcohol	18	52	30	10	+ 42
Diabetes Mellitus	19	51	3	141	- 90
Other Injuries	20	49	14	36	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	21	44	81	0	+ 44
Leukemia	22	44	39	4	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	23	43	53	1	+ 42
Falls	24	41	27	13	+ 28
Oral Cancer	25	38	67	0	+ 38
Liver Cancer	26	37	19	24	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	27	34	43	2	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	28	30	52	1	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	29	29	28	11	+ 18
Skin Cancers	30	27	66	0	+ 27
Drug Use	31	26	47	1	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	32	24	17	28	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	33	23	22	23	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	34	21	51	1	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	35	21	8	88	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	19	38	5	+ 14
Epilepsy	37	16	36	8	+ 8
Fires	38	14	40	4	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	39	14	5	119	- 105
Drownings	40	10	18	24	- 13
Skin Disease	41	10	37	5	+ 4
Violence	42	10	2	146	- 136
Congenital Anomalies	43	9	21	23	- 14
Asthma	44	8	35	8	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	41	3	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	6	49	1	+ 5
Tuberculosis	47	6	33	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	48	6	54	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	4	85	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	50	4	84	0	+ 4
Anemia	51	3	80	0	+ 3
Poisonings	52	3	45	1	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	3	34	9	- 6
Meningitis	54	3	46	1	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	2	25	20	- 17
Schizophrenia	56	2	82	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	2	32	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	58	1	61	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	44	1	- 1
Oral conditions	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	0	42	2	- 2
Syphilis	62	0	62	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	48	1	- 1
War	64	0	60	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	56	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	57	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	55	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	29	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	59	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	71	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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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.