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Belize
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Belize and Benin health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Benin
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Belize Population Pyramid
571,048
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
61.1
62.3
61.7
50
58
57
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
65.9
67.3
66.6
36
59
53
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
69.5
71.6
70.5
25
60
38
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
70.7
74.2
72.4
36
58
40
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
65.6
71.3
68.3
99
101
102
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
67.0
72.4
69.5
108
111
108
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
71.4
77.8
74.4
83
79
81
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.4
77.8
83
79
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
71.4
77.8
83
79
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
72.3
78.6
87
79
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
72.4
78.7
87
78
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
72.5
78.8
89
78
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
72.9
79.0
87
76
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
73.6
79.2
87
75
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
74.4
79.5
81
73
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
75.2
79.8
73
71
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
76.0
80.2
68
70
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
76.9
80.6
63
68
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
77.8
81.2
58
65
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
78.9
82.0
56
61
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
80.3
82.9
48
57
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
81.9
84.1
42
52
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
83.7
85.4
40
51
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
85.8
87.1
39
47
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
88.0
89.2
43
40
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
90.8
91.5
34
28
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.43
143
113.27
90
2. Diabetes Mellitus
53.85
33
37.49
67
3. Stroke
48.39
130
119.03
42
4. Violence
40.23
6
6.79
71
5. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
47.73
8
6. Kidney Disease
37.02
32
33.45
44
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
34.29
78
112.94
20
8. HIV/AIDS
33.57
31
25.19
39
9. Road Traffic Accidents
23.61
57
33.95
38
10. Liver Disease
20.20
89
39.37
27
11. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
22.59
31
12. Lung Disease
18.01
114
25.54
76
13. Hypertension
17.49
96
21.93
72
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
115
20.23
42
15. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
23.23
37
16. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
1.08
180
17. Other Injuries
10.64
60
15.04
24
18. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
6.58
63
19. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
6.49
83
20. Suicide
7.65
104
12.71
43
21. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
5.06
150
22. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
36
10.91
17
23. Inflammatory/Heart
6.25
62
7.05
48
24. Drownings
5.99
18
3.85
49
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.45
126
9.44
13
26. Falls
4.43
116
9.00
32
27. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
74
5.27
41
28. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
3.03
111
29. Malnutrition
3.27
66
8.09
38
30. Low Birth Weight
3.22
119
13.84
10
31. Alcohol
3.08
33
1.37
93
32. Tuberculosis
2.92
97
10.94
64
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.79
95
67.45
16
34. Asthma
2.51
106
15.55
37
35. Epilepsy
2.12
59
3.60
10
36. Skin Disease
2.00
68
2.32
47
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
117
7.54
27
38. Birth Trauma
1.50
105
11.26
16
39. Fires
1.06
111
4.20
25
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.03
116
3.06
41
41. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
3.34
38
42. Leukemia
0.88
171
3.48
96
43. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
6.30
26
44. Maternal Conditions
0.55
107
10.57
31
45. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
2.43
165
46. Appendicitis
0.45
72
0.57
51
47. Drug Use
0.43
165
2.36
35
48. Meningitis
0.42
124
15.80
13
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.40
76
0.23
113
50. Poisonings
0.38
115
2.64
29
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192
11.27
5,397
6.48
2. Violence
146
8.57
726
0.87
3. Diabetes Mellitus
141
8.27
1,912
2.29
4. Stroke
127
7.45
5,855
7.03
5. HIV/AIDS
119
6.98
2,263
2.72
6. Kidney Disease
102
5.99
1,929
2.32
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
97
5.69
10,205
12.25
8. Road Traffic Accidents
88
5.16
3,162
3.80
9. Liver Disease
58
3.40
2,447
2.94
10. Prostate Cancer
47
2.76
867
1.04
11. Hypertension
46
2.70
1,088
1.31
12. Lung Disease
46
2.70
1,220
1.46
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
45
2.64
715
0.86
14. Other Injuries
36
2.11
1,532
1.84
15. Lung Cancers
30
1.76
66
0.08
16. Suicide
28
1.64
922
1.11
17. Cervical Cancer
28
1.64
669
0.80
18. Liver Cancer
24
1.41
322
0.39
19. Drownings
24
1.41
570
0.68
20. Congenital Anomalies
23
1.35
2,265
2.72
21. Endocrine Disorders
23
1.35
1,454
1.75
22. Stomach Cancer
23
1.35
361
0.43
23. Breast Cancer
22
1.29
784
0.94
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
20
1.17
311
0.37
25. Low Birth Weight
20
1.17
4,908
5.89
26. Inflammatory/Heart
18
1.06
457
0.55
27. Falls
13
0.76
543
0.65
28. Parkinson's Disease
11
0.65
212
0.25
29. Alcohol
10
0.59
85
0.10
30. Malnutrition
10
0.59
928
1.11
31. Pancreas Cancer
9
0.53
177
0.21
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
9
0.53
6,830
8.20
33. Birth Trauma
9
0.53
3,950
4.74
34. Tuberculosis
9
0.53
919
1.10
35. Asthma
8
0.47
891
1.07
36. Epilepsy
8
0.47
369
0.44
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.29
442
0.53
38. Skin Disease
5
0.29
144
0.17
39. Fires
4
0.23
431
0.52
40. Leukemia
4
0.23
196
0.24
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.18
197
0.24
42. Maternal Conditions
2
0.12
1,039
1.25
43. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.12
326
0.39
44. Appendicitis
1
0.06
45
0.05
45. Ovary Cancer
1
0.06
86
0.10
46. Drug Use
1
0.06
197
0.24
47. Meningitis
1
0.06
1,967
2.36
48. Encephalitis
1
0.06
85
0.10
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1
0.06
11
0.01
50. Uterin Cancer
1
0.06
99
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
47.73
8
2. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
22.59
31
3. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
23.23
37
4. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
1.08
180
5. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
6.58
63
6. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
6.49
83
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
5.06
150
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
3.03
111
9. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
3.34
38
10. Leukemia
0.88
171
3.48
96
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
6.30
26
12. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
2.43
165
13. Lymphomas
0.36
182
5.99
42
14. Skin Cancers
0.00
180
2.06
80
15. Bladder Cancer
0.00
182
0.67
172
16. Oral Cancer
0.00
183
2.67
96
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.