COMOROS VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,148	4	349	+ 800
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	708	23	46	+ 661
Stroke	3	557	3	356	+ 201
Lung Cancers	4	509	60	1	+ 508
Lung Disease	5	484	17	83	+ 400
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	427	1	594	- 168
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	250	39	19	+ 231
Kidney Disease	8	222	14	101	+ 120
Breast Cancer	9	194	33	23	+ 172
Suicide	10	159	24	46	+ 113
Other Injuries	11	151	16	90	+ 61
Other Neoplasms	12	137	59	1	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	13	137	27	33	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	14	136	82	0	+ 136
Falls	15	132	32	26	+ 106
Lymphomas	16	117	37	19	+ 97
Liver Disease	17	108	8	160	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	18	108	36	19	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	19	104	44	11	+ 92
Diabetes Mellitus	20	95	9	136	- 41
Leukemia	21	90	57	3	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	22	81	46	10	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	23	80	31	26	+ 53
Liver Cancer	24	73	28	29	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	25	68	26	34	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	26	65	45	11	+ 54
Hypertension	27	56	12	115	- 59
Oral Cancer	28	51	41	15	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	29	50	6	226	- 176
Ovary Cancer	30	49	56	3	+ 46
Skin Cancers	31	39	42	12	+ 27
Alcohol	32	38	51	6	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	31	2	363	- 332
Uterin Cancer	34	29	55	3	+ 26
Skin Disease	35	29	48	9	+ 19
Epilepsy	36	26	40	17	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	22	47	10	+ 12
Malnutrition	38	22	15	96	- 74
Drug Use	39	22	49	7	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	40	21	10	131	- 110
Cervical Cancer	41	18	13	104	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	16	34	21	- 5
Anemia	43	15	81	0	+ 15
Violence	44	11	20	63	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	45	11	62	1	+ 10
Asthma	46	10	21	49	- 39
Drownings	47	6	25	35	- 29
Fires	48	6	30	27	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	5	58	2	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	50	5	5	328	- 323
Osteoarthritis	51	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	4	61	1	+ 3
Birth Trauma	53	4	7	211	- 207
Tuberculosis	54	3	19	79	- 75
Poisonings	55	3	35	20	- 17
Schizophrenia	56	3	83	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	3	76	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	2	11	115	- 113
Upper Respiratory	59	2	53	4	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	85	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	50	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	5	- 4
Maternal Conditions	64	0	22	47	- 46
Otitis Media	65	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	4	- 4
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	18	80	- 80
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	38	19	- 19
Chlamydia	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	29	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	43	12	- 12
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Belgium

Comoros

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.