NAMIBIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,577	5	1,221	+ 2,356
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,204	21	176	+ 2,028
Stroke	3	1,734	4	1,333	+ 401
Lung Cancers	4	1,586	35	59	+ 1,527
Lung Disease	5	1,507	10	461	+ 1,046
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,329	2	1,464	- 136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	779	36	54	+ 725
Kidney Disease	8	691	15	322	+ 369
Breast Cancer	9	605	24	121	+ 484
Suicide	10	494	17	243	+ 251
Other Injuries	11	470	19	207	+ 263
Other Neoplasms	12	428	60	8	+ 420
Prostate Cancer	13	427	31	94	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	14	424	53	18	+ 406
Falls	15	411	34	62	+ 349
Lymphomas	16	363	40	46	+ 318
Liver Disease	17	335	14	336	- 0
Endocrine Disorders	18	335	33	73	+ 262
Parkinson's Disease	19	322	42	43	+ 279
Diabetes Mellitus	20	297	7	724	- 427
Leukemia	21	281	49	24	+ 257
Bladder Cancer	22	252	54	16	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	23	248	22	162	+ 86
Liver Cancer	24	228	41	45	+ 183
Oesophagus Cancer	25	210	52	21	+ 189
Stomach Cancer	26	202	45	33	+ 169
Hypertension	27	173	12	428	- 255
Oral Cancer	28	158	30	100	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	29	156	6	868	- 712
Ovary Cancer	30	153	50	23	+ 129
Skin Cancers	31	122	29	108	+ 14
Alcohol	32	117	48	28	+ 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	98	8	645	- 547
Uterin Cancer	34	90	56	11	+ 79
Skin Disease	35	89	47	31	+ 58
Epilepsy	36	81	38	49	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	69	44	33	+ 35
Malnutrition	38	68	18	224	- 156
Drug Use	39	67	46	32	+ 36
Congenital Anomalies	40	66	16	283	- 217
Cervical Cancer	41	57	23	133	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	50	32	76	- 26
Anemia	43	47	83	0	+ 47
Violence	44	35	11	450	- 415
Multiple Sclerosis	45	34	64	2	+ 32
Asthma	46	30	20	200	- 171
Drownings	47	18	26	110	- 91
Fires	48	18	28	109	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	57	9	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	50	16	9	516	- 500
Osteoarthritis	51	14	81	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	12	66	1	+ 12
Birth Trauma	53	11	13	345	- 334
Tuberculosis	54	11	3	1,416	- 1,406
Poisonings	55	10	39	46	- 37
Schizophrenia	56	9	86	0	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	57	8	1	2,928	- 2,920
Meningitis	58	7	27	109	- 102
Upper Respiratory	59	5	61	6	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	5	82	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	4	80	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	4	58	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	4	63	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	25	110	- 109
Otitis Media	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	8	- 8
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	37	54	- 54
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	43	35	- 35
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	62	6	- 6
Measles	79	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Belgium

Namibia

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.