TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,798	1	1,476	+ 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,108	9	215	+ 893
Stroke	3	871	3	822	+ 49
Lung Cancers	4	797	8	217	+ 580
Lung Disease	5	757	16	129	+ 628
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	668	10	205	+ 462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	392	13	196	+ 196
Kidney Disease	8	347	5	439	- 92
Breast Cancer	9	304	7	258	+ 46
Suicide	10	248	17	121	+ 127
Other Injuries	11	236	30	61	+ 175
Other Neoplasms	12	215	51	10	+ 205
Prostate Cancer	13	215	6	330	- 115
Pancreas Cancer	14	213	19	114	+ 99
Falls	15	207	33	43	+ 163
Lymphomas	16	183	20	111	+ 71
Liver Disease	17	169	14	136	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	18	168	18	119	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	19	162	32	51	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	20	149	2	1,275	- 1,126
Leukemia	21	141	29	62	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	22	127	34	41	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	23	125	25	72	+ 53
Liver Cancer	24	115	28	66	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	25	106	41	24	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	26	102	26	69	+ 32
Hypertension	27	87	11	201	- 114
Oral Cancer	28	79	38	31	+ 48
Road Traffic Accidents	29	78	15	130	- 52
Ovary Cancer	30	77	24	80	- 3
Skin Cancers	31	61	57	4	+ 57
Alcohol	32	59	42	23	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	49	45	18	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	34	45	27	68	- 23
Skin Disease	35	45	36	39	+ 6
Epilepsy	36	41	37	32	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	34	49	11	+ 23
Malnutrition	38	34	47	17	+ 18
Drug Use	39	34	44	19	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	40	33	22	93	- 60
Cervical Cancer	41	29	21	97	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	25	31	52	- 27
Anemia	43	23	85	0	+ 23
Violence	44	18	4	549	- 532
Multiple Sclerosis	45	17	58	2	+ 15
Asthma	46	15	35	40	- 25
Drownings	47	9	39	31	- 22
Fires	48	9	48	16	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	9	53	8	+ 0
Low Birth Weight	50	8	23	83	- 75
Osteoarthritis	51	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	52	6	62	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	53	6	40	25	- 20
Tuberculosis	54	5	43	22	- 16
Poisonings	55	5	59	1	+ 3
Schizophrenia	56	5	86	0	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	57	4	12	196	- 192
Meningitis	58	3	52	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	3	64	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	56	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	60	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	50	10	- 10
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	6	- 6
War	67	0	46	17	- 17
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Belgium

Trinidad/Tob.

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.