BELGIUM VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,557	1	15,281	+ 8,276
Stroke	2	6,956	3	7,408	- 451
Lung Cancers	3	5,632	4	6,777	- 1,145
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	5,575	2	9,416	- 3,841
Lung Disease	5	5,485	5	6,438	- 953
Hypertension	6	4,810	27	740	+ 4,070
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,104	7	3,329	- 225
Kidney Disease	8	3,001	8	2,952	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,796	20	1,269	+ 1,527
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,539	14	1,809	+ 730
Breast Cancer	11	2,480	9	2,587	- 107
Other Injuries	12	2,271	11	2,006	+ 265
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	2,088	6	5,677	- 3,589
Inflammatory/Heart	14	2,024	23	1,060	+ 963
Prostate Cancer	15	2,005	13	1,824	+ 180
Liver Disease	16	1,824	17	1,433	+ 391
Suicide	17	1,746	10	2,111	- 365
Lymphomas	18	1,558	16	1,552	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,472	19	1,378	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,439	18	1,432	+ 7
Falls	21	1,311	15	1,756	- 444
Liver Cancer	22	1,231	24	976	+ 255
Leukemia	23	1,173	21	1,199	- 26
Stomach Cancer	24	1,091	26	863	+ 228
Other Neoplasms	25	1,088	12	1,828	- 740
Bladder Cancer	26	825	22	1,078	- 254
Oral Cancer	27	820	28	675	+ 146
Skin Cancers	28	781	31	522	+ 258
Alcohol	29	719	32	500	+ 219
Ovary Cancer	30	686	30	653	+ 33
Road Traffic Accidents	31	582	29	666	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	32	542	25	898	- 356
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	506	37	293	+ 213
Congenital Anomalies	34	436	40	282	+ 155
Uterin Cancer	35	368	34	384	- 16
Epilepsy	36	297	36	348	- 51
Cervical Cancer	37	274	41	243	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	38	227	45	147	+ 80
Drug Use	39	216	39	287	- 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	203	33	418	- 214
Hepatitis C	41	197	52	53	+ 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	189	42	213	- 23
Skin Disease	43	133	35	380	- 247
Anemia	44	132	43	199	- 67
Asthma	45	108	46	128	- 20
Malnutrition	46	94	38	291	- 196
Violence	47	62	44	149	- 87
Drownings	48	56	47	79	- 22
HIV/AIDS	49	55	57	36	+ 19
Tuberculosis	50	55	54	46	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	51	53	50	70	- 16
Fires	52	48	48	75	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	47	49	73	- 26
Birth Trauma	54	45	53	47	- 2
Upper Respiratory	55	35	59	22	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	30	60	20	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	57	29	51	59	- 29
Meningitis	58	29	58	28	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	20	62	17	+ 3
Poisonings	60	20	55	41	- 22
Oral conditions	61	11	61	19	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	11	63	17	- 5
Schizophrenia	63	6	56	40	- 34
Maternal Conditions	64	5	64	6	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	65	2	- 0
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	1	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Austria

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.