BELGIUM VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,857	1	15,281	- 8,424
Stroke	2	6,245	3	7,408	- 1,163
Kidney Disease	3	2,609	8	2,952	- 343
Lung Disease	4	2,607	5	6,438	- 3,831
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,567	2	9,416	- 6,849
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,515	6	5,677	- 3,162
Hypertension	7	2,449	27	740	+ 1,710
Stomach Cancer	8	2,330	26	863	+ 1,467
Lung Cancers	9	2,216	4	6,777	- 4,561
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,039	20	1,269	+ 769
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,939	7	3,329	- 1,389
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,814	29	666	+ 1,148
Liver Disease	13	1,699	17	1,433	+ 266
Prostate Cancer	14	1,563	13	1,824	- 262
Suicide	15	1,091	10	2,111	- 1,020
Breast Cancer	16	1,084	9	2,587	- 1,503
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,006	14	1,809	- 804
Lymphomas	18	894	16	1,552	- 658
Liver Cancer	19	879	24	976	- 97
Other Neoplasms	20	871	12	1,828	- 956
Other Injuries	21	841	11	2,006	- 1,166
Endocrine Disorders	22	826	18	1,432	- 606
Falls	23	580	15	1,756	- 1,175
Leukemia	24	564	21	1,199	- 635
Congenital Anomalies	25	550	40	282	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	26	507	19	1,378	- 871
Cervical Cancer	27	500	41	243	+ 257
Skin Disease	28	490	35	380	+ 110
Violence	29	477	44	149	+ 328
Oesophagus Cancer	30	463	25	898	- 435
Inflammatory/Heart	31	455	23	1,060	- 605
Bladder Cancer	32	411	22	1,078	- 667
HIV/AIDS	33	346	57	36	+ 310
Skin Cancers	34	337	31	522	- 185
Ovary Cancer	35	330	30	653	- 322
Low Birth Weight	36	281	50	70	+ 211
Malnutrition	37	270	38	291	- 21
Tuberculosis	38	263	54	46	+ 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	215	33	418	- 203
Oral Cancer	40	197	28	675	- 478
Fires	41	190	48	75	+ 115
Asthma	42	189	46	128	+ 61
Epilepsy	43	189	36	348	- 159
Drownings	44	182	47	79	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	45	176	34	384	- 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	143	42	213	- 69
Alcohol	47	133	32	500	- 367
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	120	49	73	+ 47
Anemia	49	115	43	199	- 84
Drug Use	50	95	39	287	- 192
Osteoarthritis	51	84	51	59	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	67	37	293	- 226
Meningitis	53	61	58	28	+ 32
Birth Trauma	54	56	53	47	+ 9
Chagas disease	55	50	77	0	+ 50
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	47	60	20	+ 27
Poisonings	57	44	55	41	+ 3
Schizophrenia	58	24	56	40	- 15
Appendicitis	59	24	62	17	+ 7
Hepatitis B	60	19	63	17	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	17	52	53	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	45	147	- 130
Maternal Conditions	63	15	64	6	+ 9
War	64	9	67	1	+ 8
Oral conditions	65	3	61	19	- 16
Syphilis	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	67	3	59	22	- 19
Pertussis	68	2	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Chile

Belgium

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.