EQU. GUINEA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,291	7	419	+ 1,872
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,412	29	55	+ 1,356
Stroke	3	1,111	6	437	+ 674
Lung Cancers	4	1,016	41	27	+ 989
Lung Disease	5	965	20	120	+ 845
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	851	2	913	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	499	40	29	+ 470
Kidney Disease	8	443	14	198	+ 244
Breast Cancer	9	388	24	84	+ 304
Suicide	10	317	22	107	+ 209
Other Injuries	11	301	23	105	+ 196
Other Neoplasms	12	274	63	3	+ 271
Prostate Cancer	13	274	35	43	+ 231
Pancreas Cancer	14	271	55	11	+ 260
Falls	15	263	32	46	+ 218
Lymphomas	16	233	45	19	+ 213
Liver Disease	17	215	13	199	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	18	215	25	73	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	19	207	46	18	+ 189
Diabetes Mellitus	20	190	11	299	- 109
Leukemia	21	180	61	4	+ 176
Bladder Cancer	22	162	56	9	+ 153
Inflammatory/Heart	23	159	27	63	+ 96
Liver Cancer	24	146	34	43	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	25	135	54	12	+ 123
Stomach Cancer	26	129	49	16	+ 114
Hypertension	27	111	16	165	- 54
Oral Cancer	28	101	37	35	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	29	100	8	368	- 269
Ovary Cancer	30	98	52	13	+ 85
Skin Cancers	31	78	48	16	+ 62
Alcohol	32	75	53	12	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	63	9	349	- 286
Uterin Cancer	34	58	58	8	+ 50
Skin Disease	35	57	51	13	+ 44
Epilepsy	36	52	38	32	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	44	50	14	+ 30
Malnutrition	38	44	31	48	- 4
Drug Use	39	43	30	50	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	40	42	12	249	- 207
Cervical Cancer	41	36	28	56	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	32	43	22	+ 10
Anemia	43	30	85	0	+ 30
Violence	44	22	33	45	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	45	22	67	1	+ 21
Asthma	46	19	26	65	- 46
Drownings	47	12	36	39	- 28
Fires	48	11	39	30	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	11	62	4	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	50	10	4	457	- 446
Osteoarthritis	51	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	52	8	69	0	+ 8
Birth Trauma	53	7	5	441	- 434
Tuberculosis	54	7	10	321	- 314
Poisonings	55	6	44	21	- 15
Schizophrenia	56	6	86	0	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	57	5	1	1,838	- 1,833
Meningitis	58	4	19	127	- 123
Upper Respiratory	59	3	66	2	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	59	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	3	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	17	139	- 138
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	57	8	- 8
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	21	109	- 109
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Syphilis	70	0	18	134	- 134
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	75	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	42	23	- 23
Measles	79	0	15	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Belgium

Equ. Guinea

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.