MALTA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	599	1	876	- 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	369	4	207	+ 162
Stroke	3	291	2	291	- 1
Lung Cancers	4	266	5	197	+ 69
Lung Disease	5	252	8	127	+ 126
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	223	3	213	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	131	7	147	- 17
Kidney Disease	8	116	11	79	+ 37
Breast Cancer	9	101	10	85	+ 17
Suicide	10	83	22	27	+ 56
Other Injuries	11	79	33	16	+ 62
Other Neoplasms	12	72	26	22	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	13	72	13	53	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	14	71	9	90	- 19
Falls	15	69	14	52	+ 17
Lymphomas	16	61	12	53	+ 8
Liver Disease	17	56	24	23	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	18	56	30	19	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	19	54	16	50	+ 4
Diabetes Mellitus	20	50	6	163	- 113
Leukemia	21	47	21	28	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	22	42	19	33	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	23	42	27	22	+ 20
Liver Cancer	24	38	18	34	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	25	35	29	20	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	26	34	15	50	- 16
Hypertension	27	29	20	33	- 4
Oral Cancer	28	26	23	25	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	29	26	31	18	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	30	26	17	34	- 8
Skin Cancers	31	20	34	14	+ 6
Alcohol	32	20	47	3	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	16	55	1	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	34	15	28	21	- 6
Skin Disease	35	15	25	23	- 8
Epilepsy	36	14	43	3	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	11	49	2	+ 9
Malnutrition	38	11	60	0	+ 11
Drug Use	39	11	38	7	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	40	11	32	17	- 6
Cervical Cancer	41	10	39	4	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	8	37	7	+ 1
Anemia	43	8	46	3	+ 5
Violence	44	6	40	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	45	6	45	3	+ 3
Asthma	46	5	36	8	- 3
Drownings	47	3	48	2	+ 1
Fires	48	3	62	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	51	2	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	50	3	35	11	- 9
Osteoarthritis	51	2	50	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	52	2	53	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	53	2	44	3	- 1
Tuberculosis	54	2	52	2	+ 0
Poisonings	55	2	58	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	56	2	57	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	57	1	41	4	- 2
Meningitis	58	1	56	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	1	59	0	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	1	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	61	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	65	0	- 0
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Belgium

Malta

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.