BELGIUM VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,720	1	15,281	+ 3,440
Liver Disease	2	6,473	17	1,433	+ 5,040
Stroke	3	4,720	3	7,408	- 2,688
Liver Cancer	4	2,639	24	976	+ 1,663
Hypertension	5	2,271	27	740	+ 1,532
Kidney Disease	6	2,270	8	2,952	- 681
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,228	6	5,677	- 3,449
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,060	20	1,269	+ 790
Lung Disease	9	1,442	5	6,438	- 4,996
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,310	40	282	+ 1,028
Low Birth Weight	11	1,226	50	70	+ 1,157
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,092	29	666	+ 426
Breast Cancer	13	988	9	2,587	- 1,598
Lymphomas	14	812	16	1,552	- 741
Asthma	15	765	46	128	+ 637
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	751	2	9,416	- 8,665
Birth Trauma	17	658	53	47	+ 611
Lung Cancers	18	611	4	6,777	- 6,166
Bladder Cancer	19	553	22	1,078	- 526
Violence	20	448	44	149	+ 299
Other Injuries	21	411	11	2,006	- 1,595
Leukemia	22	405	21	1,199	- 794
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	398	33	418	- 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	332	7	3,329	- 2,997
Suicide	25	325	10	2,111	- 1,786
Pancreas Cancer	26	313	14	1,809	- 1,497
Inflammatory/Heart	27	268	23	1,060	- 792
Parkinson's Disease	28	257	19	1,378	- 1,120
Endocrine Disorders	29	255	18	1,432	- 1,176
Falls	30	217	15	1,756	- 1,538
Ovary Cancer	31	209	30	653	- 443
Stomach Cancer	32	199	26	863	- 665
Fires	33	169	48	75	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	144	42	213	- 68
Prostate Cancer	35	138	13	1,824	- 1,686
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	134	37	293	- 158
Drownings	37	121	47	79	+ 42
Encephalitis	38	113	66	1	+ 111
Skin Cancers	39	109	31	522	- 413
Hepatitis B	40	106	63	17	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	41	102	25	898	- 796
Pertussis	42	98	68	1	+ 97
Meningitis	43	89	58	28	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	44	86	64	6	+ 80
Oral Cancer	45	85	28	675	- 589
Malnutrition	46	82	38	291	- 209
War	47	77	67	1	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	48	67	41	243	- 175
Tetanus	49	58	78	0	+ 58
Epilepsy	50	49	36	348	- 299
Tuberculosis	51	46	54	46	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	52	45	34	384	- 339
HIV/AIDS	53	43	57	36	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	54	24	76	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	55	24	35	380	- 356
Multiple Sclerosis	56	23	45	147	- 124
Poisonings	57	21	55	41	- 20
Syphilis	58	17	70	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	59	15	62	17	- 1
Alcohol	60	15	32	500	- 484
Other Neoplasms	61	13	12	1,828	- 1,815
Drug Use	62	13	39	287	- 275
Hepatitis C	63	10	52	53	- 43
Measles	64	5	79	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	49	73	- 70
Leishmaniasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	59	22	- 21
Dengue	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Egypt

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.