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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 Laos 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.

Laos
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%
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
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   Laos LAOS
  Belize BELIZE   Laos LAOS
       
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
 
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
65.9
67.3
66.6
36
59
53
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
69.5
71.6
70.5
25
60
38
 
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
70.7
74.2
72.4
36
58
40
 
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
65.6
71.3
68.3
99
101
102
 
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
67.0
72.4
69.5
108
111
108
 
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
71.4
77.8
74.4
83
79
81
 
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.4
77.8
83
79
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
71.4
77.8
83
79
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
72.3
78.6
87
79
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
72.4
78.7
87
78
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
72.5
78.8
89
78
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
72.9
79.0
87
76
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
73.6
79.2
87
75
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
74.4
79.5
81
73
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
75.2
79.8
73
71
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
76.0
80.2
68
70
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
76.9
80.6
63
68
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
77.8
81.2
58
65
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
78.9
82.0
56
61
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
80.3
82.9
48
57
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
81.9
84.1
42
52
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
83.7
85.4
40
51
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
85.8
87.1
39
47
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
88.0
89.2
43
40
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
90.8
91.5
34
28
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.43
143
139.74
56
2. Diabetes Mellitus
53.85
33
36.38
71
3. Stroke
48.39
130
152.50
21
4. Violence
40.23
6
6.67
74
5. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
3.01
174
6. Kidney Disease
37.02
32
38.60
25
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
34.29
78
59.07
61
8. HIV/AIDS
33.57
31
4.45
78
9. Road Traffic Accidents
23.61
57
19.78
77
10. Liver Disease
20.20
89
24.75
75
11. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
7.80
96
12. Lung Disease
18.01
114
46.19
20
13. Hypertension
17.49
96
24.41
59
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
115
16.42
119
15. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
17.83
80
16. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
21.02
48
17. Other Injuries
10.64
60
7.53
92
18. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
25.37
4
19. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
11.97
22
20. Suicide
7.65
104
5.98
128
21. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
10.17
74
22. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
36
3.39
92
23. Inflammatory/Heart
6.25
62
4.66
93
24. Drownings
5.99
18
7.51
9
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.45
126
5.84
92
26. Falls
4.43
116
9.16
28
27. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
74
4.40
75
28. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
1.38
157
29. Malnutrition
3.27
66
3.82
60
30. Low Birth Weight
3.22
119
8.47
50
31. Alcohol
3.08
33
1.13
107
32. Tuberculosis
2.92
97
34.86
29
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.79
95
27.89
53
34. Asthma
2.51
106
19.60
22
35. Epilepsy
2.12
59
0.86
144
36. Skin Disease
2.00
68
2.37
45
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
117
16.83
4
38. Birth Trauma
1.50
105
8.00
40
39. Fires
1.06
111
1.68
85
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.03
116
3.57
33
41. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
1.27
151
42. Leukemia
0.88
171
5.00
19
43. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
4.43
41
44. Maternal Conditions
0.55
107
2.91
61
45. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
4.05
108
46. Appendicitis
0.45
72
0.48
66
47. Drug Use
0.43
165
0.53
157
48. Meningitis
0.42
124
1.88
64
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.40
76
0.18
135
50. Poisonings
0.38
115
0.56
92
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belize BELIZE   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192
11.27
5,190
12.89
2. Violence
146
8.57
475
1.18
3. Diabetes Mellitus
141
8.27
1,466
3.64
4. Stroke
127
7.45
5,769
14.33
5. HIV/AIDS
119
6.98
313
0.78
6. Kidney Disease
102
5.99
1,646
4.09
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
97
5.69
2,820
7.01
8. Road Traffic Accidents
88
5.16
1,281
3.18
9. Liver Disease
58
3.40
1,171
2.91
10. Prostate Cancer
47
2.76
37
0.09
11. Hypertension
46
2.70
890
2.21
12. Lung Disease
46
2.70
1,626
4.04
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
45
2.64
458
1.14
14. Other Injuries
36
2.11
519
1.29
15. Lung Cancers
30
1.76
919
2.28
16. Suicide
28
1.64
390
0.97
17. Cervical Cancer
28
1.64
187
0.46
18. Liver Cancer
24
1.41
1,104
2.74
19. Drownings
24
1.41
568
1.41
20. Congenital Anomalies
23
1.35
647
1.61
21. Endocrine Disorders
23
1.35
186
0.46
22. Stomach Cancer
23
1.35
530
1.32
23. Breast Cancer
22
1.29
437
1.09
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
20
1.17
422
1.05
25. Low Birth Weight
20
1.17
1,156
2.87
26. Inflammatory/Heart
18
1.06
206
0.51
27. Falls
13
0.76
440
1.09
28. Parkinson's Disease
11
0.65
139
0.35
29. Alcohol
10
0.59
61
0.15
30. Malnutrition
10
0.59
166
0.41
31. Pancreas Cancer
9
0.53
61
0.15
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
9
0.53
1,552
3.86
33. Birth Trauma
9
0.53
1,116
2.77
34. Tuberculosis
9
0.53
1,949
4.84
35. Asthma
8
0.47
840
2.09
36. Epilepsy
8
0.47
58
0.14
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.29
651
1.62
38. Skin Disease
5
0.29
89
0.22
39. Fires
4
0.23
108
0.27
40. Leukemia
4
0.23
290
0.72
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.18
207
0.51
42. Maternal Conditions
2
0.12
218
0.54
43. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.12
214
0.53
44. Appendicitis
1
0.06
29
0.07
45. Ovary Cancer
1
0.06
101
0.25
46. Drug Use
1
0.06
33
0.08
47. Meningitis
1
0.06
154
0.38
48. Encephalitis
1
0.06
69
0.17
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1
0.06
7
0.02
50. Uterin Cancer
1
0.06
29
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
3.01
174
2. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
7.80
96
3. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
17.83
80
4. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
21.02
48
5. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
25.37
4
6. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
11.97
22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
10.17
74
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
1.38
157
9. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
1.27
151
10. Leukemia
0.88
171
5.00
19
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
4.43
41
12. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
4.05
108
13. Lymphomas
0.36
182
4.47
102
14. Skin Cancers
0.00
180
1.43
123
15. Bladder Cancer
0.00
182
1.36
137
16. Oral Cancer
0.00
183
7.55
14
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.