NO MACEDONIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,725	2	4,420	- 1,695
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,679	30	71	+ 1,608
Stroke	3	1,321	1	5,521	- 4,200
Lung Cancers	4	1,208	5	1,055	+ 153
Lung Disease	5	1,148	6	807	+ 341
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,012	19	157	+ 856
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	594	8	560	+ 33
Kidney Disease	8	526	9	516	+ 11
Breast Cancer	9	461	11	386	+ 75
Suicide	10	376	16	196	+ 181
Other Injuries	11	358	17	183	+ 175
Other Neoplasms	12	326	40	19	+ 307
Prostate Cancer	13	325	14	259	+ 66
Pancreas Cancer	14	323	12	267	+ 56
Falls	15	313	27	78	+ 235
Lymphomas	16	277	25	96	+ 181
Liver Disease	17	255	15	218	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	18	255	44	12	+ 243
Parkinson's Disease	19	246	20	141	+ 105
Diabetes Mellitus	20	226	4	1,104	- 877
Leukemia	21	214	22	114	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	22	192	18	163	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	23	189	3	4,249	- 4,060
Liver Cancer	24	174	13	260	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	25	160	34	45	+ 115
Stomach Cancer	26	154	10	455	- 301
Hypertension	27	132	7	627	- 496
Oral Cancer	28	120	29	72	+ 48
Road Traffic Accidents	29	119	24	107	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	30	116	26	93	+ 23
Skin Cancers	31	93	21	126	- 33
Alcohol	32	89	42	14	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	74	56	1	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	34	68	23	108	- 39
Skin Disease	35	68	57	1	+ 67
Epilepsy	36	62	38	23	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	52	43	13	+ 39
Malnutrition	38	52	58	1	+ 51
Drug Use	39	51	47	9	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	40	50	37	29	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	41	43	31	68	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	38	32	56	- 18
Anemia	43	35	52	3	+ 32
Violence	44	27	36	31	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	45	26	39	21	+ 5
Asthma	46	23	33	53	- 30
Drownings	47	14	41	18	- 4
Fires	48	13	46	11	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	13	60	0	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	50	12	28	73	- 61
Osteoarthritis	51	10	82	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	52	9	67	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	53	8	48	7	+ 1
Tuberculosis	54	8	35	32	- 24
Poisonings	55	7	45	11	- 4
Schizophrenia	56	7	85	0	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	57	6	61	0	+ 6
Meningitis	58	5	51	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	4	65	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	53	3	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	3	83	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	55	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	49	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	1	- 0
War	67	0	63	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	50	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Belgium

No Macedonia

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.