JORDAN VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,255	1	4,856	+ 9,399
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,784	11	706	+ 8,078
Stroke	3	6,911	2	2,908	+ 4,002
Lung Cancers	4	6,322	7	1,059	+ 5,264
Lung Disease	5	6,006	15	444	+ 5,562
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,296	8	937	+ 4,359
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,105	13	616	+ 2,489
Kidney Disease	8	2,754	6	1,494	+ 1,260
Breast Cancer	9	2,413	12	686	+ 1,727
Suicide	10	1,969	28	165	+ 1,804
Other Injuries	11	1,872	19	294	+ 1,578
Other Neoplasms	12	1,705	57	9	+ 1,696
Prostate Cancer	13	1,702	33	131	+ 1,571
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,688	22	245	+ 1,443
Falls	15	1,638	24	191	+ 1,447
Lymphomas	16	1,448	18	323	+ 1,125
Liver Disease	17	1,337	14	494	+ 843
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,336	26	180	+ 1,155
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,285	27	169	+ 1,116
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,184	4	1,684	- 500
Leukemia	21	1,119	16	370	+ 749
Bladder Cancer	22	1,006	23	213	+ 793
Inflammatory/Heart	23	989	38	74	+ 915
Liver Cancer	24	910	25	186	+ 724
Oesophagus Cancer	25	838	42	63	+ 775
Stomach Cancer	26	805	17	365	+ 440
Hypertension	27	690	5	1,532	- 842
Oral Cancer	28	629	31	143	+ 487
Road Traffic Accidents	29	621	3	1,717	- 1,096
Ovary Cancer	30	609	32	139	+ 470
Skin Cancers	31	487	49	38	+ 449
Alcohol	32	466	55	11	+ 456
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	390	30	152	+ 237
Uterin Cancer	34	358	39	74	+ 284
Skin Disease	35	354	48	42	+ 312
Epilepsy	36	324	46	49	+ 275
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	273	50	22	+ 251
Malnutrition	38	271	51	15	+ 256
Drug Use	39	268	34	115	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	40	263	9	934	- 671
Cervical Cancer	41	226	41	64	+ 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	198	40	67	+ 132
Anemia	43	186	82	0	+ 186
Violence	44	139	21	269	- 130
Multiple Sclerosis	45	137	54	12	+ 125
Asthma	46	119	35	114	+ 5
Drownings	47	73	36	107	- 34
Fires	48	70	29	153	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	68	61	4	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	50	65	10	857	- 792
Osteoarthritis	51	55	84	0	+ 55
Hepatitis C	52	49	64	1	+ 48
Birth Trauma	53	44	20	271	- 227
Tuberculosis	54	43	53	12	+ 30
Poisonings	55	38	47	47	- 8
Schizophrenia	56	37	81	0	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	57	34	63	2	+ 32
Meningitis	58	27	37	78	- 52
Upper Respiratory	59	21	69	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	19	85	0	+ 19
Oral conditions	61	18	86	0	+ 18
Appendicitis	62	16	58	8	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	15	60	4	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	64	6	44	53	- 47
Otitis Media	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	1	52	14	- 12
War	67	1	59	6	- 5
Pertussis	68	1	43	55	- 54
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	45	52	- 52
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	62	3	- 3
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	56	11	- 11
Measles	79	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Belgium

Jordan

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.