DENMARK VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,436	1	5,341	+ 28,094
Stroke	2	10,306	5	3,662	+ 6,643
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,219	2	5,218	- 2,998
Lung Cancers	4	1,854	4	3,721	- 1,867
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,814	7	2,147	- 332
Alcohol	6	1,736	18	598	+ 1,137
Lung Disease	7	1,388	3	4,387	- 2,999
Liver Disease	8	1,306	14	692	+ 614
Suicide	9	1,260	16	617	+ 642
Stomach Cancer	10	1,062	23	484	+ 578
Inflammatory/Heart	11	855	31	284	+ 571
Breast Cancer	12	774	9	1,299	- 525
Pancreas Cancer	13	736	11	1,096	- 360
Other Injuries	14	691	30	347	+ 344
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	683	6	2,244	- 1,561
Falls	16	598	22	541	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	17	588	8	1,480	- 892
Oral Cancer	18	566	28	371	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	19	454	33	213	+ 240
Lymphomas	20	422	13	730	- 307
Parkinson's Disease	21	391	17	600	- 209
Fires	22	390	49	53	+ 337
Leukemia	23	348	20	558	- 210
Drownings	24	342	50	37	+ 304
Oesophagus Cancer	25	310	24	477	- 167
Kidney Disease	26	302	12	911	- 609
Ovary Cancer	27	269	29	367	- 98
Uterin Cancer	28	246	35	156	+ 90
Drug Use	29	244	34	197	+ 48
Diabetes Mellitus	30	234	10	1,284	- 1,050
Hypertension	31	231	15	642	- 412
Liver Cancer	32	228	25	464	- 236
Poisonings	33	196	62	6	+ 190
Cervical Cancer	34	191	37	153	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	35	186	21	545	- 360
Skin Cancers	36	171	26	388	- 218
Tuberculosis	37	169	57	16	+ 153
Violence	38	160	47	63	+ 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	150	42	96	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	148	32	216	- 68
Congenital Anomalies	41	127	36	153	- 26
HIV/AIDS	42	105	55	23	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	43	89	19	575	- 486
Asthma	44	77	44	82	- 6
Epilepsy	45	73	40	125	- 52
Encephalitis	46	59	67	1	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	47	40	41	116	- 76
Other Neoplasms	48	33	27	378	- 345
Multiple Sclerosis	49	26	39	132	- 106
Meningitis	50	23	52	25	- 2
Skin Disease	51	19	45	79	- 60
Birth Trauma	52	16	56	21	- 6
Malnutrition	53	14	59	14	- 0
Appendicitis	54	13	54	23	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	10	43	84	- 75
Hepatitis B	56	9	61	6	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	8	38	145	- 137
Upper Respiratory	58	3	58	15	- 12
War	59	2	66	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	1	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	61	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	60	9	- 8
Syphilis	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Belarus

Denmark

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.