MALTA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,629	1	876	+ 1,754
Stroke	2	810	2	291	+ 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	175	4	207	- 33
Lung Cancers	4	146	5	197	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	143	7	147	- 4
Alcohol	6	136	47	3	+ 134
Lung Disease	7	109	8	127	- 17
Liver Disease	8	103	24	23	+ 80
Suicide	9	99	22	27	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	10	84	15	50	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	11	67	27	22	+ 45
Breast Cancer	12	61	10	85	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	13	58	9	90	- 33
Other Injuries	14	54	33	16	+ 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	54	3	213	- 159
Falls	16	47	14	52	- 5
Prostate Cancer	17	46	13	53	- 7
Oral Cancer	18	45	23	25	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	19	36	31	18	+ 18
Lymphomas	20	33	12	53	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	21	31	16	50	- 19
Fires	22	31	62	0	+ 30
Leukemia	23	27	21	28	- 0
Drownings	24	27	48	2	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	25	24	29	20	+ 4
Kidney Disease	26	24	11	79	- 55
Ovary Cancer	27	21	17	34	- 13
Uterin Cancer	28	19	28	21	- 1
Drug Use	29	19	38	7	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	30	18	6	163	- 144
Hypertension	31	18	20	33	- 15
Liver Cancer	32	18	18	34	- 16
Poisonings	33	15	58	1	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	34	15	39	4	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	35	15	19	33	- 19
Skin Cancers	36	13	34	14	- 1
Tuberculosis	37	13	52	2	+ 12
Violence	38	13	40	4	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	12	49	2	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	12	37	7	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	41	10	32	17	- 7
HIV/AIDS	42	8	41	4	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	43	7	30	19	- 12
Asthma	44	6	36	8	- 2
Epilepsy	45	6	43	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	46	5	65	0	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	47	3	35	11	- 8
Other Neoplasms	48	3	26	22	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	49	2	45	3	- 1
Meningitis	50	2	56	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	51	2	25	23	- 21
Birth Trauma	52	1	44	3	- 2
Malnutrition	53	1	60	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	1	51	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	61	0	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	1	55	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	0	59	0	- 0
War	59	0	54	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	61	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	53	1	- 1
Syphilis	63	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Belarus

Malta

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.