ESTONIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,523	1	3,009	- 1,486
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	938	12	229	+ 709
Stroke	3	738	3	1,116	- 378
Lung Cancers	4	675	4	657	+ 18
Lung Disease	5	642	13	229	+ 413
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	566	6	349	+ 217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	332	5	527	- 195
Kidney Disease	8	294	17	176	+ 118
Breast Cancer	9	258	11	260	- 2
Suicide	10	210	16	197	+ 13
Other Injuries	11	200	20	141	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	12	182	23	123	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	13	182	8	298	- 117
Pancreas Cancer	14	180	10	268	- 88
Falls	15	175	24	119	+ 56
Lymphomas	16	155	15	213	- 58
Liver Disease	17	143	7	328	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	18	143	33	66	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	19	137	29	82	+ 55
Diabetes Mellitus	20	127	19	146	- 20
Leukemia	21	120	22	126	- 6
Bladder Cancer	22	107	21	126	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	23	106	14	217	- 111
Liver Cancer	24	97	26	107	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	25	90	27	99	- 9
Stomach Cancer	26	86	9	290	- 204
Hypertension	27	74	2	2,700	- 2,627
Oral Cancer	28	67	25	110	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	29	66	35	59	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	30	65	28	87	- 22
Skin Cancers	31	52	30	79	- 27
Alcohol	32	50	18	148	- 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	42	53	8	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	34	38	34	60	- 22
Skin Disease	35	38	41	29	+ 9
Epilepsy	36	35	37	45	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	29	45	22	+ 8
Malnutrition	38	29	79	0	+ 29
Drug Use	39	29	31	75	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	40	28	43	25	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	41	24	32	68	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	21	36	55	- 34
Anemia	43	20	51	9	+ 11
Violence	44	15	42	28	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	45	15	48	16	- 2
Asthma	46	13	44	24	- 11
Drownings	47	8	40	30	- 22
Fires	48	7	38	41	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	46	17	- 10
Low Birth Weight	50	7	55	7	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	51	6	50	10	- 4
Hepatitis C	52	5	58	4	+ 1
Birth Trauma	53	5	57	5	- 0
Tuberculosis	54	5	47	16	- 12
Poisonings	55	4	52	8	- 4
Schizophrenia	56	4	56	6	- 2
HIV/AIDS	57	4	39	40	- 37
Meningitis	58	3	54	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	59	2	66	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	49	12	- 10
Oral conditions	61	2	60	2	- 0
Appendicitis	62	2	59	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	63	0	- 0
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Belgium

Estonia

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.