BAHRAIN VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		BAHRAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,999	1	971	+ 1,028
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,232	10	96	+ 1,136
Stroke	3	969	3	288	+ 681
Lung Cancers	4	887	12	83	+ 804
Lung Disease	5	842	8	130	+ 712
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	743	9	104	+ 638
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	435	13	74	+ 361
Kidney Disease	8	386	4	195	+ 191
Breast Cancer	9	338	14	69	+ 269
Suicide	10	276	7	145	+ 131
Other Injuries	11	262	17	55	+ 207
Other Neoplasms	12	239	47	5	+ 234
Prostate Cancer	13	239	37	15	+ 224
Pancreas Cancer	14	237	25	32	+ 205
Falls	15	230	18	47	+ 183
Lymphomas	16	203	19	41	+ 162
Liver Disease	17	187	5	158	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	18	187	6	154	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	19	180	30	26	+ 154
Diabetes Mellitus	20	166	2	745	- 579
Leukemia	21	157	20	41	+ 116
Bladder Cancer	22	141	28	27	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	23	139	23	40	+ 99
Liver Cancer	24	128	26	30	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	25	117	40	10	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	26	113	27	29	+ 84
Hypertension	27	97	22	41	+ 56
Oral Cancer	28	88	36	16	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	29	87	11	85	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	30	85	29	26	+ 59
Skin Cancers	31	68	59	1	+ 67
Alcohol	32	65	42	9	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	55	35	17	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	34	50	44	8	+ 42
Skin Disease	35	50	21	41	+ 9
Epilepsy	36	45	32	25	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	38	41	9	+ 29
Malnutrition	38	38	49	5	+ 33
Drug Use	39	38	38	15	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	40	37	15	64	- 27
Cervical Cancer	41	32	39	12	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	28	31	25	+ 3
Anemia	43	26	84	0	+ 26
Violence	44	20	45	5	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	45	19	56	2	+ 17
Asthma	46	17	24	36	- 19
Drownings	47	10	34	22	- 12
Fires	48	10	33	24	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	9	55	3	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	50	9	16	56	- 47
Osteoarthritis	51	8	82	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	52	7	63	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	53	6	50	4	+ 2
Tuberculosis	54	6	43	8	- 2
Poisonings	55	5	51	4	+ 1
Schizophrenia	56	5	86	0	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	57	5	46	5	- 0
Meningitis	58	4	48	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	3	81	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	57	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	2	53	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	52	4	- 3
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	3	- 3
War	67	0	62	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	60	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	58	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	61	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHRAIN

Belgium

Bahrain

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.