QATAR VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,256	1	1,082	+ 2,174
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,006	12	75	+ 1,931
Stroke	3	1,578	3	255	+ 1,323
Lung Cancers	4	1,444	13	73	+ 1,371
Lung Disease	5	1,372	15	68	+ 1,303
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,210	10	108	+ 1,102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	709	11	83	+ 626
Kidney Disease	8	629	6	179	+ 450
Breast Cancer	9	551	17	53	+ 498
Suicide	10	450	7	165	+ 284
Other Injuries	11	427	9	115	+ 313
Other Neoplasms	12	389	51	3	+ 387
Prostate Cancer	13	389	31	18	+ 371
Pancreas Cancer	14	386	30	25	+ 361
Falls	15	374	8	129	+ 246
Lymphomas	16	331	18	48	+ 282
Liver Disease	17	305	5	202	+ 103
Endocrine Disorders	18	305	24	39	+ 266
Parkinson's Disease	19	294	26	28	+ 265
Diabetes Mellitus	20	270	2	459	- 188
Leukemia	21	256	16	57	+ 198
Bladder Cancer	22	230	27	27	+ 203
Inflammatory/Heart	23	226	25	32	+ 194
Liver Cancer	24	208	21	44	+ 163
Oesophagus Cancer	25	191	37	13	+ 179
Stomach Cancer	26	184	23	42	+ 142
Hypertension	27	158	28	26	+ 131
Oral Cancer	28	144	29	25	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	29	142	4	206	- 64
Ovary Cancer	30	139	32	17	+ 122
Skin Cancers	31	111	43	8	+ 103
Alcohol	32	106	48	7	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	89	41	10	+ 79
Uterin Cancer	34	82	49	6	+ 76
Skin Disease	35	81	33	16	+ 65
Epilepsy	36	74	35	13	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	62	45	8	+ 55
Malnutrition	38	62	58	1	+ 61
Drug Use	39	61	39	12	+ 49
Congenital Anomalies	40	60	14	70	- 10
Cervical Cancer	41	52	36	13	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	45	46	7	+ 38
Anemia	43	42	85	0	+ 42
Violence	44	32	34	14	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	45	31	55	2	+ 29
Asthma	46	27	40	10	+ 17
Drownings	47	17	19	45	- 28
Fires	48	16	22	42	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	59	0	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	50	15	20	45	- 30
Osteoarthritis	51	12	81	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	11	63	0	+ 11
Birth Trauma	53	10	38	13	- 3
Tuberculosis	54	10	44	8	+ 2
Poisonings	55	9	42	9	- 0
Schizophrenia	56	8	83	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	57	8	71	0	+ 8
Meningitis	58	6	47	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	80	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	4	57	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	4	56	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	52	3	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	50	5	- 5
War	67	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	54	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	53	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	60	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	62	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.