GEORGIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,252	1	16,014	- 9,762
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,853	5	1,826	+ 2,026
Stroke	3	3,031	2	11,969	- 8,938
Lung Cancers	4	2,773	8	1,152	+ 1,621
Lung Disease	5	2,634	7	1,158	+ 1,476
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,323	9	886	+ 1,437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,362	14	444	+ 919
Kidney Disease	8	1,208	10	826	+ 382
Breast Cancer	9	1,058	11	613	+ 446
Suicide	10	864	18	367	+ 497
Other Injuries	11	821	20	346	+ 474
Other Neoplasms	12	748	52	15	+ 733
Prostate Cancer	13	746	22	290	+ 456
Pancreas Cancer	14	740	23	227	+ 513
Falls	15	718	16	420	+ 298
Lymphomas	16	635	25	208	+ 427
Liver Disease	17	586	4	1,871	- 1,285
Endocrine Disorders	18	586	38	109	+ 477
Parkinson's Disease	19	564	19	354	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	20	519	6	1,621	- 1,102
Leukemia	21	491	30	171	+ 319
Bladder Cancer	22	441	26	205	+ 236
Inflammatory/Heart	23	434	21	346	+ 88
Liver Cancer	24	399	17	385	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	25	368	43	75	+ 292
Stomach Cancer	26	353	12	533	- 180
Hypertension	27	303	3	4,387	- 4,085
Oral Cancer	28	276	31	167	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	29	273	13	496	- 223
Ovary Cancer	30	267	29	174	+ 93
Skin Cancers	31	214	33	149	+ 65
Alcohol	32	204	45	49	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	171	50	19	+ 152
Uterin Cancer	34	157	36	115	+ 42
Skin Disease	35	155	51	17	+ 139
Epilepsy	36	142	44	51	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	120	15	426	- 307
Malnutrition	38	119	59	5	+ 114
Drug Use	39	118	41	90	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	40	115	28	174	- 59
Cervical Cancer	41	99	27	187	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	87	24	226	- 139
Anemia	43	81	85	0	+ 81
Violence	44	61	40	90	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	45	60	54	12	+ 48
Asthma	46	52	35	136	- 84
Drownings	47	32	39	95	- 63
Fires	48	31	34	140	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	30	57	8	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	50	29	37	114	- 86
Osteoarthritis	51	24	80	0	+ 24
Hepatitis C	52	22	64	0	+ 21
Birth Trauma	53	19	46	39	- 20
Tuberculosis	54	19	32	153	- 134
Poisonings	55	17	49	23	- 7
Schizophrenia	56	16	83	0	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	57	15	42	89	- 74
Meningitis	58	12	47	25	- 13
Upper Respiratory	59	9	60	1	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	8	81	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	61	8	82	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	62	7	55	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	7	58	7	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	2	53	13	- 10
Otitis Media	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	48	24	- 24
War	67	0	61	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Belgium

Georgia

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.