HONDURAS VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,157	1	8,063	+ 4,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,491	8	1,413	+ 6,079
Stroke	3	5,893	3	5,667	+ 226
Lung Cancers	4	5,392	27	369	+ 5,022
Lung Disease	5	5,122	5	2,997	+ 2,125
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,517	9	1,335	+ 3,181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,648	29	354	+ 2,295
Kidney Disease	8	2,348	4	3,056	- 708
Breast Cancer	9	2,058	20	478	+ 1,580
Suicide	10	1,680	37	201	+ 1,479
Other Injuries	11	1,596	12	845	+ 751
Other Neoplasms	12	1,454	56	41	+ 1,413
Prostate Cancer	13	1,451	25	378	+ 1,073
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,440	32	325	+ 1,114
Falls	15	1,397	35	289	+ 1,107
Lymphomas	16	1,235	24	390	+ 845
Liver Disease	17	1,140	6	2,721	- 1,581
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,139	31	334	+ 805
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,096	23	429	+ 667
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,010	10	1,075	- 65
Leukemia	21	954	21	475	+ 479
Bladder Cancer	22	858	49	82	+ 776
Inflammatory/Heart	23	844	28	366	+ 477
Liver Cancer	24	776	26	376	+ 401
Oesophagus Cancer	25	715	50	81	+ 634
Stomach Cancer	26	687	18	643	+ 44
Hypertension	27	588	13	838	- 250
Oral Cancer	28	537	44	99	+ 438
Road Traffic Accidents	29	530	7	1,572	- 1,042
Ovary Cancer	30	519	45	98	+ 422
Skin Cancers	31	415	52	68	+ 348
Alcohol	32	397	34	308	+ 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	332	11	923	- 590
Uterin Cancer	34	306	60	23	+ 283
Skin Disease	35	302	40	167	+ 134
Epilepsy	36	277	36	201	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	233	54	47	+ 186
Malnutrition	38	231	39	181	+ 50
Drug Use	39	229	42	129	+ 100
Congenital Anomalies	40	224	15	793	- 569
Cervical Cancer	41	193	19	493	- 300
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	169	17	657	- 488
Anemia	43	158	85	0	+ 158
Violence	44	119	2	6,520	- 6,401
Multiple Sclerosis	45	117	62	11	+ 106
Asthma	46	102	30	346	- 245
Drownings	47	63	38	183	- 120
Fires	48	60	57	40	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	58	47	91	- 34
Low Birth Weight	50	55	16	755	- 699
Osteoarthritis	51	47	81	0	+ 47
Hepatitis C	52	42	66	3	+ 39
Birth Trauma	53	37	33	310	- 273
Tuberculosis	54	36	22	453	- 416
Poisonings	55	33	55	45	- 12
Schizophrenia	56	31	86	0	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	57	29	14	794	- 765
Meningitis	58	23	46	92	- 69
Upper Respiratory	59	17	63	9	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	16	82	0	+ 16
Oral conditions	61	15	80	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	62	13	41	139	- 126
Hepatitis B	63	13	64	5	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	64	5	48	90	- 85
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	51	79	- 78
War	67	1	65	4	- 3
Pertussis	68	1	53	58	- 57
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	61	18	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	58	27	- 27
Tetanus	78	0	59	26	- 26
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	83	0	43	120	- 120
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Belgium

Honduras

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.