BELIZE VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	518	1	192	+ 326
Stroke	2	346	4	127	+ 219
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	230	13	45	+ 186
Lung Disease	4	207	11	46	+ 161
Lung Cancers	5	178	15	30	+ 147
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	166	7	97	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	151	24	20	+ 131
Kidney Disease	8	126	6	102	+ 24
Breast Cancer	9	103	23	22	+ 81
Other Injuries	10	94	14	36	+ 58
Diabetes Mellitus	11	91	3	141	- 50
Suicide	12	89	16	28	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	13	86	10	47	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	14	80	31	9	+ 70
Hypertension	15	79	12	46	+ 33
Road Traffic Accidents	16	62	8	88	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	17	59	22	23	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	18	58	20	23	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	19	56	53	1	+ 55
Lymphomas	20	56	50	1	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	21	39	28	11	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	22	38	26	18	+ 20
Violence	23	36	2	146	- 110
Oesophagus Cancer	24	35	43	2	+ 33
Leukemia	25	34	39	4	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	26	34	81	0	+ 34
Liver Disease	27	25	9	58	- 33
HIV/AIDS	28	24	5	119	- 95
Cervical Cancer	29	21	17	28	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	30	21	21	23	- 2
Oral Cancer	31	20	67	0	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	32	19	52	1	+ 19
Skin Cancers	33	18	66	0	+ 18
Liver Cancer	34	18	19	24	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	16	34	9	+ 8
Skin Disease	36	16	37	5	+ 10
Asthma	37	15	35	8	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	38	14	51	1	+ 13
Alcohol	39	13	30	10	+ 3
Epilepsy	40	10	36	8	+ 3
Tuberculosis	41	10	33	9	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	42	9	25	20	- 11
Malnutrition	43	9	29	10	- 1
Anemia	44	9	80	0	+ 9
Drownings	45	8	18	24	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	7	38	5	+ 2
Falls	47	7	27	13	- 6
Fires	48	7	40	4	+ 3
Drug Use	49	5	47	1	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	41	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	49	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	52	4	84	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	53	3	32	9	- 7
Schizophrenia	54	2	82	0	+ 2
Poisonings	55	2	45	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	54	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	85	0	+ 2
Meningitis	58	1	46	1	- 0
Appendicitis	59	1	44	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	1	42	2	- 1
Chagas disease	61	1	57	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	0	48	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	60	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	59	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	64	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	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.