ESTONIA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,682	1	3,009	+ 3,674
Stroke	2	2,060	3	1,116	+ 944
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	444	12	229	+ 214
Lung Cancers	4	371	4	657	- 287
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	363	5	527	- 164
Alcohol	6	347	18	148	+ 199
Lung Disease	7	277	13	229	+ 49
Liver Disease	8	261	7	328	- 67
Suicide	9	252	16	197	+ 54
Stomach Cancer	10	212	9	290	- 77
Inflammatory/Heart	11	171	14	217	- 46
Breast Cancer	12	155	11	260	- 105
Pancreas Cancer	13	147	10	268	- 121
Other Injuries	14	138	20	141	- 3
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	137	6	349	- 212
Falls	16	120	24	119	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	17	118	8	298	- 181
Oral Cancer	18	113	25	110	+ 3
Road Traffic Accidents	19	91	35	59	+ 32
Lymphomas	20	84	15	213	- 129
Parkinson's Disease	21	78	29	82	- 4
Fires	22	78	38	41	+ 37
Leukemia	23	70	22	126	- 56
Drownings	24	68	40	30	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	25	62	27	99	- 37
Kidney Disease	26	60	17	176	- 116
Ovary Cancer	27	54	28	87	- 33
Uterin Cancer	28	49	34	60	- 11
Drug Use	29	49	31	75	- 26
Diabetes Mellitus	30	47	19	146	- 99
Hypertension	31	46	2	2,700	- 2,654
Liver Cancer	32	46	26	107	- 62
Poisonings	33	39	52	8	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	34	38	32	68	- 29
Bladder Cancer	35	37	21	126	- 89
Skin Cancers	36	34	30	79	- 45
Tuberculosis	37	34	47	16	+ 17
Violence	38	32	42	28	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	30	45	22	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	30	36	55	- 25
Congenital Anomalies	41	25	43	25	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	42	21	39	40	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	43	18	33	66	- 48
Asthma	44	15	44	24	- 9
Epilepsy	45	15	37	45	- 30
Encephalitis	46	12	63	0	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	47	8	55	7	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	48	7	23	123	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	49	5	48	16	- 11
Meningitis	50	5	54	7	- 3
Skin Disease	51	4	41	29	- 25
Birth Trauma	52	3	57	5	- 2
Malnutrition	53	3	79	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	3	59	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	2	46	17	- 15
Hepatitis B	56	2	65	0	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	2	53	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	0	+ 1
War	59	0	64	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	61	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	58	4	- 4
Syphilis	63	0	62	1	- 1
Tetanus	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.