BELIZE VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	352	1	192	+ 160
Violence	2	285	2	146	+ 139
Stroke	3	247	4	127	+ 120
Kidney Disease	4	133	6	102	+ 31
Lung Disease	5	131	11	46	+ 85
Liver Disease	6	119	9	58	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	7	69	8	88	- 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	62	13	45	+ 17
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	58	7	97	- 38
Diabetes Mellitus	10	47	3	141	- 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	40	34	9	+ 32
Other Injuries	12	37	14	36	+ 1
Hypertension	13	37	12	46	- 9
HIV/AIDS	14	35	5	119	- 85
Congenital Anomalies	15	35	21	23	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	16	33	25	20	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	29	38	5	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	18	28	20	23	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	19	22	17	28	- 6
Breast Cancer	20	21	23	22	- 1
Leukemia	21	21	39	4	+ 17
Tuberculosis	22	20	33	9	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	23	19	28	11	+ 8
Lymphomas	24	17	50	1	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	25	16	10	47	- 31
Liver Cancer	26	16	19	24	- 7
Lung Cancers	27	16	15	30	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	28	16	26	18	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	15	24	20	- 5
Asthma	30	15	35	8	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	31	15	22	23	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	32	14	31	9	+ 5
Birth Trauma	33	14	32	9	+ 4
Alcohol	34	13	30	10	+ 4
Falls	35	13	27	13	- 0
Epilepsy	36	9	36	8	+ 1
Suicide	37	9	16	28	- 19
Drownings	38	8	18	24	- 16
Malnutrition	39	8	29	10	- 2
Skin Disease	40	7	37	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	41	6	44	1	+ 5
Drug Use	42	6	47	1	+ 4
Dengue	43	5	55	0	+ 5
Oral Cancer	44	4	67	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	45	4	52	1	+ 3
Meningitis	46	4	46	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	4	49	1	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	48	4	42	2	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	4	81	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	50	4	43	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	51	3	48	1	+ 2
Skin Cancers	52	3	66	0	+ 3
Pertussis	53	3	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	41	3	- 1
Poisonings	55	2	45	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	2	53	1	+ 1
Fires	57	2	40	4	- 2
Chagas disease	58	1	57	0	+ 1
Tetanus	59	1	59	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	1	51	1	- 0
Syphilis	61	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	54	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	56	0	+ 0
War	65	0	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	71	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	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.