MAURITIUS VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,672	2	1,805	- 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,030	34	42	+ 988
Stroke	3	810	3	985	- 174
Lung Cancers	4	741	9	182	+ 559
Lung Disease	5	704	5	646	+ 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	621	7	346	+ 275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	364	10	182	+ 182
Kidney Disease	8	323	4	724	- 401
Breast Cancer	9	283	8	232	+ 51
Suicide	10	231	14	120	+ 111
Other Injuries	11	220	21	66	+ 154
Other Neoplasms	12	200	20	77	+ 123
Prostate Cancer	13	200	15	115	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	14	198	28	55	+ 143
Falls	15	192	26	57	+ 135
Lymphomas	16	170	24	57	+ 113
Liver Disease	17	157	12	145	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	18	157	19	101	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	19	151	47	12	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	20	139	1	1,873	- 1,734
Leukemia	21	131	31	48	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	22	118	44	21	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	23	116	16	108	+ 8
Liver Cancer	24	107	27	56	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	25	98	37	35	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	26	94	18	104	- 10
Hypertension	27	81	6	592	- 511
Oral Cancer	28	74	23	63	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	29	73	11	155	- 82
Ovary Cancer	30	71	32	46	+ 26
Skin Cancers	31	57	53	5	+ 53
Alcohol	32	55	29	53	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	46	42	23	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	34	42	40	32	+ 10
Skin Disease	35	42	22	64	- 23
Epilepsy	36	38	38	35	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	32	56	3	+ 29
Malnutrition	38	32	54	4	+ 28
Drug Use	39	31	46	16	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	40	31	25	57	- 26
Cervical Cancer	41	27	30	49	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	23	43	22	+ 1
Anemia	43	22	39	33	- 12
Violence	44	16	41	30	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	45	16	84	0	+ 16
Asthma	46	14	17	107	- 93
Drownings	47	9	33	43	- 34
Fires	48	8	50	10	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	8	60	1	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	50	8	35	37	- 29
Osteoarthritis	51	6	83	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	52	6	51	9	- 3
Birth Trauma	53	5	36	37	- 31
Tuberculosis	54	5	45	17	- 12
Poisonings	55	4	49	11	- 6
Schizophrenia	56	4	52	5	- 1
HIV/AIDS	57	4	13	141	- 137
Meningitis	58	3	57	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	2	63	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	58	2	- 0
Oral conditions	61	2	55	3	- 1
Appendicitis	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	48	11	- 10
Otitis Media	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	61	1	- 1
War	67	0	62	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Belgium

Mauritius

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.