Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize
Belize: Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized was 85.59 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
85.59 deaths per 100,000 people
Change on year
down 5.8%
World rank
69th
of 111 countries
All-time high
153.62 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1998
All-time low
31.67 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1967
Years of data
55
1964–2022
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize, 1964–2022
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize is 85.59 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize peaked at 153.62 deaths per 100,000 people in 1998 and was at its lowest, 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1967.
Belize ranks 69th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 89.83 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 1965 | 78.63 deaths per 100,000 people | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 69.08 deaths per 100,000 people | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people | -54.2% |
| 1968 | 54.69 deaths per 100,000 people | +72.7% |
| 1969 | 62.95 deaths per 100,000 people | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 56.42 deaths per 100,000 people | -10.4% |
| 1971 | 66.62 deaths per 100,000 people | +18.1% |
| 1972 | 98.09 deaths per 100,000 people | +47.2% |
| 1973 | 61.28 deaths per 100,000 people | -37.5% |
| 1974 | 54.91 deaths per 100,000 people | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 71.48 deaths per 100,000 people | +30.2% |
| 1976 | 51.65 deaths per 100,000 people | -27.7% |
| 1977 | 56.34 deaths per 100,000 people | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 75.08 deaths per 100,000 people | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 36.24 deaths per 100,000 people | -51.7% |
| 1980 | 53.14 deaths per 100,000 people | +46.6% |
| 1982 | 63.9 deaths per 100,000 people | +20.2% |
| 1983 | 90.7 deaths per 100,000 people | +42.0% |
| 1984 | 70.37 deaths per 100,000 people | -22.4% |
| 1986 | 41.22 deaths per 100,000 people | -41.4% |
| 1987 | 68.93 deaths per 100,000 people | +67.2% |
| 1989 | 64.27 deaths per 100,000 people | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 55.37 deaths per 100,000 people | -13.8% |
| 1991 | 47.73 deaths per 100,000 people | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 54.46 deaths per 100,000 people | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 71.31 deaths per 100,000 people | +30.9% |
| 1995 | 74.32 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 60.52 deaths per 100,000 people | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 108.61 deaths per 100,000 people | +79.5% |
| 1998 | 153.62 deaths per 100,000 people | +41.4% |
| 1999 | 130.76 deaths per 100,000 people | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 109.93 deaths per 100,000 people | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 118.46 deaths per 100,000 people | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 110.87 deaths per 100,000 people | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 100.43 deaths per 100,000 people | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 118.01 deaths per 100,000 people | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 128.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 117.75 deaths per 100,000 people | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 123.38 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 99.61 deaths per 100,000 people | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 95 deaths per 100,000 people | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 91.56 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 79.11 deaths per 100,000 people | -13.6% |
| 2012 | 88.97 deaths per 100,000 people | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 84.47 deaths per 100,000 people | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 77.71 deaths per 100,000 people | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 89.14 deaths per 100,000 people | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 81.15 deaths per 100,000 people | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 81.27 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 81.74 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 91.57 deaths per 100,000 people | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 58.35 deaths per 100,000 people | -36.3% |
| 2021 | 90.85 deaths per 100,000 people | +55.7% |
| 2022 | 85.59 deaths per 100,000 people | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 89.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 6 |
| 1970s | 62.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 36.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 98.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 41.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 90.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 7 |
| 1990s | 84.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 47.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 153.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 9 |
| 2000s | 112.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 95 deaths per 100,000 people | 128.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 77.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 91.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 58.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 90.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize?
- Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Belize was 85.59 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 153.62 deaths per 100,000 people in 1998.
- What is the lowest cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.67 deaths per 100,000 people in 1967.
- How does Belize rank for cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized?
- Belize ranks 69th out of 111 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.