SRI LANKA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,045	1	26,304	+ 1,740
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	17,281	4	6,939	+ 10,343
Stroke	3	13,595	6	6,805	+ 6,790
Lung Cancers	4	12,438	12	1,775	+ 10,663
Lung Disease	5	11,816	3	9,456	+ 2,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,420	8	5,117	+ 5,303
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,109	24	911	+ 5,198
Kidney Disease	8	5,417	5	6,858	- 1,441
Breast Cancer	9	4,748	15	1,383	+ 3,365
Suicide	10	3,874	10	2,977	+ 897
Other Injuries	11	3,682	14	1,529	+ 2,153
Other Neoplasms	12	3,354	50	86	+ 3,269
Prostate Cancer	13	3,348	30	507	+ 2,841
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,321	43	214	+ 3,107
Falls	15	3,222	23	964	+ 2,258
Lymphomas	16	2,849	21	1,027	+ 1,822
Liver Disease	17	2,630	17	1,303	+ 1,327
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,628	32	462	+ 2,165
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,528	45	168	+ 2,361
Diabetes Mellitus	20	2,330	2	12,460	- 10,131
Leukemia	21	2,201	18	1,155	+ 1,046
Bladder Cancer	22	1,979	34	432	+ 1,548
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,946	35	425	+ 1,521
Liver Cancer	24	1,791	19	1,090	+ 700
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,648	13	1,544	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	26	1,584	16	1,321	+ 263
Hypertension	27	1,357	20	1,055	+ 302
Oral Cancer	28	1,238	11	2,893	- 1,655
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,222	9	4,200	- 2,977
Ovary Cancer	30	1,198	37	281	+ 916
Skin Cancers	31	958	52	58	+ 900
Alcohol	32	917	51	82	+ 835
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	766	28	605	+ 162
Uterin Cancer	34	705	42	218	+ 487
Skin Disease	35	697	36	293	+ 404
Epilepsy	36	638	39	269	+ 369
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	537	53	49	+ 488
Malnutrition	38	534	54	43	+ 490
Drug Use	39	528	40	257	+ 270
Congenital Anomalies	40	517	22	989	- 472
Cervical Cancer	41	446	26	762	- 317
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	390	56	38	+ 352
Anemia	43	365	33	445	- 80
Violence	44	274	31	499	- 225
Multiple Sclerosis	45	270	69	2	+ 267
Asthma	46	234	7	6,471	- 6,237
Drownings	47	144	27	731	- 586
Fires	48	138	41	239	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	133	60	11	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	50	128	29	536	- 408
Osteoarthritis	51	107	67	3	+ 104
Hepatitis C	52	97	75	0	+ 97
Birth Trauma	53	86	44	193	- 107
Tuberculosis	54	84	25	769	- 686
Poisonings	55	75	49	93	- 18
Schizophrenia	56	73	65	5	+ 68
HIV/AIDS	57	66	55	39	+ 27
Meningitis	58	52	46	146	- 94
Upper Respiratory	59	40	66	5	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	37	70	2	+ 35
Oral conditions	61	35	68	3	+ 32
Appendicitis	62	31	64	5	+ 25
Hepatitis B	63	30	62	6	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	64	11	48	96	- 85
Otitis Media	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	2	61	10	- 8
War	67	2	38	280	- 278
Pertussis	68	2	59	15	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	57	27	- 27
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	47	131	- 131
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Belgium

Sri Lanka

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.