HUNGARY VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,574	1	36,766	- 24,193
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,748	7	4,595	+ 3,153
Stroke	3	6,095	2	11,915	- 5,820
Lung Cancers	4	5,576	3	8,377	- 2,801
Lung Disease	5	5,297	5	6,436	- 1,139
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,672	15	1,528	+ 3,144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,739	6	5,027	- 2,288
Kidney Disease	8	2,429	22	874	+ 1,555
Breast Cancer	9	2,129	10	2,259	- 130
Suicide	10	1,737	14	1,612	+ 125
Other Injuries	11	1,651	25	703	+ 948
Other Neoplasms	12	1,504	28	615	+ 889
Prostate Cancer	13	1,501	18	1,324	+ 178
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,489	11	2,098	- 609
Falls	15	1,445	12	1,746	- 301
Lymphomas	16	1,277	21	905	+ 373
Liver Disease	17	1,179	8	3,060	- 1,881
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,178	30	568	+ 610
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,134	32	489	+ 645
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,044	9	2,515	- 1,470
Leukemia	21	987	20	908	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	22	887	19	1,050	- 163
Inflammatory/Heart	23	873	13	1,627	- 754
Liver Cancer	24	803	23	848	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	25	739	31	565	+ 174
Stomach Cancer	26	710	16	1,360	- 650
Hypertension	27	609	4	7,262	- 6,653
Oral Cancer	28	555	17	1,342	- 787
Road Traffic Accidents	29	548	24	750	- 202
Ovary Cancer	30	537	27	656	- 119
Skin Cancers	31	430	29	579	- 150
Alcohol	32	411	33	484	- 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	344	36	281	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	34	316	35	418	- 102
Skin Disease	35	312	40	133	+ 179
Epilepsy	36	286	47	93	+ 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	241	38	243	- 2
Malnutrition	38	239	59	21	+ 218
Drug Use	39	237	53	59	+ 178
Congenital Anomalies	40	232	37	254	- 22
Cervical Cancer	41	200	34	466	- 267
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	175	26	686	- 512
Anemia	43	164	55	40	+ 124
Violence	44	123	39	135	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	45	121	44	110	+ 10
Asthma	46	105	41	122	- 17
Drownings	47	65	46	97	- 32
Fires	48	62	45	103	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	60	49	66	- 7
Low Birth Weight	50	57	43	113	- 56
Osteoarthritis	51	48	51	63	- 15
Hepatitis C	52	44	50	64	- 21
Birth Trauma	53	39	60	20	+ 19
Tuberculosis	54	38	52	62	- 24
Poisonings	55	34	54	48	- 14
Schizophrenia	56	33	48	79	- 47
HIV/AIDS	57	30	61	14	+ 16
Meningitis	58	23	57	39	- 16
Upper Respiratory	59	18	63	8	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	16	42	121	- 104
Oral conditions	61	16	66	3	+ 13
Appendicitis	62	14	58	36	- 22
Hepatitis B	63	14	56	39	- 26
Maternal Conditions	64	5	62	11	- 6
Otitis Media	65	1	64	8	- 7
Encephalitis	66	1	67	2	- 1
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Pertussis	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	65	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	69	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HUNGARY

Belgium

Hungary

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.