BELIZE VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	565	1	192	+ 373
Stroke	2	379	4	127	+ 252
Diabetes Mellitus	3	326	3	141	+ 185
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	196	7	97	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	5	176	10	47	+ 129
Kidney Disease	6	146	6	102	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	7	102	22	23	+ 79
Hypertension	8	98	12	46	+ 52
Breast Cancer	9	90	23	22	+ 69
Other Injuries	10	78	14	36	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	72	24	20	+ 52
Skin Disease	12	66	37	5	+ 60
Lung Disease	13	57	11	46	+ 11
Lung Cancers	14	54	15	30	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	15	44	51	1	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	16	41	31	9	+ 31
Birth Trauma	17	39	32	9	+ 30
Liver Disease	18	39	9	58	- 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	38	13	45	- 7
Cervical Cancer	20	37	17	28	+ 10
Lymphomas	21	36	50	1	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	22	32	8	88	- 56
Stomach Cancer	23	29	20	23	+ 6
Violence	24	27	2	146	- 119
Liver Cancer	25	25	19	24	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	26	24	21	23	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	27	24	25	20	+ 5
Oral Cancer	28	24	67	0	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	29	24	53	1	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	30	22	43	2	+ 19
Alcohol	31	21	30	10	+ 12
Anemia	32	20	80	0	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	17	38	5	+ 12
Falls	34	17	27	13	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	35	16	52	1	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	36	16	26	18	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	15	85	0	+ 15
Leukemia	38	15	39	4	+ 11
Drownings	39	15	18	24	- 9
Malnutrition	40	13	29	10	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	41	13	81	0	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	42	12	5	119	- 107
Asthma	43	11	35	8	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	10	28	11	- 1
Epilepsy	45	8	36	8	- 0
Fires	46	7	40	4	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	6	41	3	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	6	34	9	- 3
Drug Use	49	5	47	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	50	4	84	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	51	4	33	9	- 5
Suicide	52	3	16	28	- 25
Appendicitis	53	2	44	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	54	2	66	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	55	2	42	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	49	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	1	58	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	56	0	+ 1
Syphilis	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	0	45	1	- 1
War	61	0	60	0	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	63	0	55	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	64	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	46	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	61	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	48	1	- 1
Malaria	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	57	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	59	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	54	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

Grenada

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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.