SWAZILAND VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,452	5	755	+ 697
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	895	27	77	+ 818
Stroke	3	704	4	800	- 97
Lung Cancers	4	644	46	17	+ 627
Lung Disease	5	612	12	264	+ 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	539	2	921	- 381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	316	43	19	+ 298
Kidney Disease	8	280	8	381	- 101
Breast Cancer	9	246	35	37	+ 209
Suicide	10	201	9	338	- 137
Other Injuries	11	191	17	190	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	12	174	61	4	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	13	173	31	45	+ 128
Pancreas Cancer	14	172	56	6	+ 166
Falls	15	167	32	41	+ 126
Lymphomas	16	147	36	31	+ 116
Liver Disease	17	136	11	274	- 138
Endocrine Disorders	18	136	28	74	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	19	131	41	24	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	20	121	3	892	- 771
Leukemia	21	114	47	16	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	22	102	55	6	+ 96
Inflammatory/Heart	23	101	24	94	+ 7
Liver Cancer	24	93	37	29	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	25	85	44	18	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	26	82	53	7	+ 75
Hypertension	27	70	10	292	- 222
Oral Cancer	28	64	51	10	+ 54
Road Traffic Accidents	29	63	7	384	- 321
Ovary Cancer	30	62	52	10	+ 52
Skin Cancers	31	50	42	20	+ 30
Alcohol	32	47	48	16	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	40	6	517	- 477
Uterin Cancer	34	36	50	11	+ 25
Skin Disease	35	36	40	25	+ 11
Epilepsy	36	33	30	46	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	28	39	26	+ 2
Malnutrition	38	28	22	106	- 78
Drug Use	39	27	38	27	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	40	27	19	160	- 134
Cervical Cancer	41	23	15	215	- 192
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	20	29	51	- 31
Anemia	43	19	84	0	+ 19
Violence	44	14	16	212	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	45	14	63	1	+ 12
Asthma	46	12	20	150	- 137
Drownings	47	7	25	87	- 79
Fires	48	7	26	84	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	58	5	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	50	7	14	233	- 226
Osteoarthritis	51	6	81	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	52	5	65	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	53	4	18	166	- 162
Tuberculosis	54	4	13	256	- 251
Poisonings	55	4	34	37	- 34
Schizophrenia	56	4	83	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	57	3	1	2,314	- 2,310
Meningitis	58	3	23	97	- 95
Upper Respiratory	59	2	60	4	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	80	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	54	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	2	57	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 115
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	5	- 5
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	33	39	- 39
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	45	17	- 17
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Belgium

Swaziland

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.