BELARUS VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,649	1	53,186	- 45,538
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,533	3	3,530	+ 2,003
Stroke	3	3,667	2	16,393	- 12,726
Lung Cancers	4	3,112	4	2,950	+ 163
Lung Disease	5	3,013	7	2,208	+ 805
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,204	5	2,886	- 682
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,587	30	373	+ 1,214
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,578	15	1,086	+ 492
Prostate Cancer	9	1,337	17	936	+ 401
Breast Cancer	10	1,209	12	1,230	- 22
Suicide	11	1,118	9	2,004	- 886
Kidney Disease	12	1,114	26	480	+ 634
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,107	13	1,171	- 64
Falls	14	1,106	16	952	+ 154
Lymphomas	15	1,079	20	672	+ 407
Endocrine Disorders	16	826	43	141	+ 686
Skin Cancers	17	823	36	272	+ 551
Leukemia	18	755	23	554	+ 201
Parkinson's Disease	19	723	21	621	+ 101
Liver Cancer	20	723	32	363	+ 360
Drug Use	21	633	29	389	+ 244
Other Injuries	22	583	14	1,099	- 516
Hypertension	23	579	31	367	+ 212
Inflammatory/Heart	24	558	11	1,361	- 803
Oesophagus Cancer	25	530	25	493	+ 37
Liver Disease	26	505	8	2,078	- 1,573
Stomach Cancer	27	457	10	1,690	- 1,233
Other Neoplasms	28	444	48	52	+ 392
Road Traffic Accidents	29	442	19	722	- 280
Bladder Cancer	30	421	35	295	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	31	356	27	429	- 73
Oral Cancer	32	345	18	901	- 556
Congenital Anomalies	33	252	41	202	+ 50
Skin Disease	34	211	51	31	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	35	186	28	391	- 204
Asthma	36	162	44	122	+ 40
Alcohol	37	135	6	2,761	- 2,626
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	134	39	239	- 105
Cervical Cancer	39	121	34	303	- 182
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	105	57	13	+ 92
Epilepsy	41	101	45	116	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	98	40	235	- 137
Low Birth Weight	43	88	47	64	+ 24
Violence	44	86	38	255	- 169
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	81	55	15	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	46	67	49	42	+ 25
Drownings	47	63	24	543	- 480
Hepatitis C	48	61	62	1	+ 61
Anemia	49	56	83	0	+ 56
Birth Trauma	50	50	52	25	+ 25
Malnutrition	51	41	53	22	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	52	40	84	0	+ 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	25	85	0	+ 25
Schizophrenia	54	23	80	0	+ 23
Fires	55	19	22	620	- 601
Tuberculosis	56	19	37	269	- 250
HIV/AIDS	57	18	42	167	- 149
Hepatitis B	58	15	56	14	+ 1
Oral conditions	59	14	86	0	+ 14
Meningitis	60	13	50	36	- 23
Poisonings	61	12	33	311	- 299
Appendicitis	62	9	54	20	- 11
Maternal Conditions	63	7	60	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	6	58	5	+ 1
War	65	3	59	3	- 1
Otitis Media	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	63	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	1	46	93	- 92
Pertussis	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Australia

Belarus

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.