BELIZE VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	840	1	192	+ 648
Stroke	2	560	4	127	+ 433
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	329	7	97	+ 233
Lung Cancers	4	292	15	30	+ 262
Lung Disease	5	220	11	46	+ 174
Kidney Disease	6	189	6	102	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	157	13	45	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	130	24	20	+ 110
Hypertension	9	116	12	46	+ 70
Parkinson's Disease	10	105	28	11	+ 94
Breast Cancer	11	100	23	22	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	12	80	10	47	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	13	76	31	9	+ 66
Liver Cancer	14	62	19	24	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	15	62	81	0	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	16	61	20	23	+ 38
Other Injuries	17	58	14	36	+ 22
Leukemia	18	54	39	4	+ 50
Lymphomas	19	50	50	1	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	20	50	3	141	- 90
Falls	21	49	27	13	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	22	35	8	88	- 53
Liver Disease	23	32	9	58	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	24	29	26	18	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	25	27	53	1	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	24	38	5	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	27	22	52	1	+ 21
Suicide	28	21	16	28	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	21	22	23	- 2
Oral Cancer	30	17	67	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	31	17	66	0	+ 17
Drownings	32	17	18	24	- 7
Uterin Cancer	33	15	51	1	+ 14
Epilepsy	34	10	36	8	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	35	10	43	2	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	36	10	17	28	- 18
Drug Use	37	8	47	1	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	38	7	21	23	- 16
Fires	39	6	40	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	40	5	54	0	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	41	5	25	20	- 15
Violence	42	4	2	146	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	4	41	3	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	4	34	9	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	3	49	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	46	3	33	9	- 6
Skin Disease	47	2	37	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	48	2	56	0	+ 2
Alcohol	49	2	30	10	- 8
HIV/AIDS	50	2	5	119	- 117
Anemia	51	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	2	61	0	+ 1
Meningitis	53	1	46	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	54	1	82	0	+ 1
Asthma	55	1	35	8	- 7
Poisonings	56	1	45	1	- 1
Birth Trauma	57	1	32	9	- 9
Appendicitis	58	0	44	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	59	0	58	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	60	0	77	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	61	0	42	2	- 2
Tetanus	62	0	59	0	- 0
Oral conditions	63	0	86	0	+ 0
War	64	0	60	0	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	66	0	29	10	- 10
Encephalitis	67	0	48	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	55	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	57	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	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.