BELGIUM VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,642	1	15,281	- 5,639
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,975	2	9,416	- 2,441
Stroke	3	4,623	3	7,408	- 2,785
Lung Cancers	4	3,923	4	6,777	- 2,853
Lung Disease	5	3,798	5	6,438	- 2,640
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,778	7	3,329	- 551
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,001	20	1,269	+ 731
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,989	6	5,677	- 3,688
Prostate Cancer	9	1,685	13	1,824	- 139
Breast Cancer	10	1,524	9	2,587	- 1,063
Suicide	11	1,409	10	2,111	- 702
Kidney Disease	12	1,405	8	2,952	- 1,547
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,395	14	1,809	- 414
Falls	14	1,394	15	1,756	- 361
Lymphomas	15	1,360	16	1,552	- 193
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,042	18	1,432	- 390
Skin Cancers	17	1,037	31	522	+ 515
Leukemia	18	951	21	1,199	- 248
Parkinson's Disease	19	911	19	1,378	- 466
Liver Cancer	20	911	24	976	- 65
Drug Use	21	798	39	287	+ 510
Other Injuries	22	735	11	2,006	- 1,271
Hypertension	23	730	27	740	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	24	703	23	1,060	- 358
Oesophagus Cancer	25	668	25	898	- 230
Liver Disease	26	636	17	1,433	- 797
Stomach Cancer	27	576	26	863	- 287
Other Neoplasms	28	560	12	1,828	- 1,267
Road Traffic Accidents	29	557	29	666	- 109
Bladder Cancer	30	531	22	1,078	- 547
Ovary Cancer	31	449	30	653	- 204
Oral Cancer	32	435	28	675	- 240
Congenital Anomalies	33	318	40	282	+ 36
Skin Disease	34	266	35	380	- 114
Uterin Cancer	35	235	34	384	- 150
Asthma	36	204	46	128	+ 76
Alcohol	37	170	32	500	- 330
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	170	37	293	- 123
Cervical Cancer	39	153	41	243	- 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	132	33	418	- 285
Epilepsy	41	127	36	348	- 220
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	123	42	213	- 89
Low Birth Weight	43	111	50	70	+ 41
Violence	44	109	44	149	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	102	49	73	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	46	84	45	147	- 63
Drownings	47	79	47	79	+ 1
Hepatitis C	48	77	52	53	+ 24
Anemia	49	70	43	199	- 129
Birth Trauma	50	63	53	47	+ 16
Malnutrition	51	52	38	291	- 238
Osteoarthritis	52	51	51	59	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	32	60	20	+ 12
Schizophrenia	54	29	56	40	- 11
Fires	55	24	48	75	- 51
Tuberculosis	56	24	54	46	- 22
HIV/AIDS	57	22	57	36	- 14
Hepatitis B	58	18	63	17	+ 2
Oral conditions	59	18	61	19	- 1
Meningitis	60	17	58	28	- 12
Poisonings	61	16	55	41	- 26
Appendicitis	62	12	62	17	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	9	64	6	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	8	59	22	- 14
War	65	4	67	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	3	65	2	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	66	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Australia

Belgium

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.