SLOVENIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,676	1	3,617	- 940
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,649	16	375	+ 1,274
Stroke	3	1,297	2	1,977	- 680
Lung Cancers	4	1,187	3	1,261	- 74
Lung Disease	5	1,128	7	675	+ 453
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	994	13	412	+ 583
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	583	5	743	- 160
Kidney Disease	8	517	28	143	+ 374
Breast Cancer	9	453	9	484	- 31
Suicide	10	370	14	411	- 41
Other Injuries	11	351	23	203	+ 148
Other Neoplasms	12	320	34	69	+ 251
Prostate Cancer	13	320	10	476	- 157
Pancreas Cancer	14	317	15	409	- 92
Falls	15	307	6	708	- 400
Lymphomas	16	272	11	465	- 193
Liver Disease	17	251	12	429	- 178
Endocrine Disorders	18	251	33	93	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	19	241	24	196	+ 45
Diabetes Mellitus	20	222	18	340	- 118
Leukemia	21	210	21	225	- 15
Bladder Cancer	22	189	22	211	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	23	186	20	239	- 53
Liver Cancer	24	171	19	285	- 114
Oesophagus Cancer	25	157	32	93	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	26	151	17	341	- 189
Hypertension	27	130	4	881	- 751
Oral Cancer	28	118	27	145	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	29	117	31	105	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	30	114	29	122	- 8
Skin Cancers	31	91	25	191	- 99
Alcohol	32	88	8	511	- 423
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	73	52	4	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	34	67	30	106	- 38
Skin Disease	35	66	49	5	+ 61
Epilepsy	36	61	35	62	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	51	26	151	- 100
Malnutrition	38	51	64	0	+ 51
Drug Use	39	50	41	24	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	40	49	38	49	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	41	43	36	60	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	37	37	55	- 17
Anemia	43	35	60	1	+ 34
Violence	44	26	42	19	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	45	26	39	35	- 9
Asthma	46	22	45	16	+ 6
Drownings	47	14	44	17	- 3
Fires	48	13	48	8	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	13	40	30	- 17
Low Birth Weight	50	12	43	17	- 5
Osteoarthritis	51	10	85	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	52	9	67	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	53	8	57	1	+ 7
Tuberculosis	54	8	46	15	- 7
Poisonings	55	7	51	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	56	7	47	9	- 2
HIV/AIDS	57	6	70	0	+ 6
Meningitis	58	5	50	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	59	4	63	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	3	53	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	62	3	54	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	3	58	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	56	1	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	65	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	55	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Belgium

Slovenia

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.