BELARUS VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,610	1	53,186	- 36,576
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,780	3	3,530	+ 2,249
Stroke	3	5,624	2	16,393	- 10,769
Lung Cancers	4	5,259	4	2,950	+ 2,309
Lung Disease	5	4,834	7	2,208	+ 2,626
Hypertension	6	3,027	31	367	+ 2,659
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,940	5	2,886	+ 53
Kidney Disease	8	2,572	26	480	+ 2,092
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,340	15	1,086	+ 1,253
Breast Cancer	10	2,128	12	1,230	+ 898
Pancreas Cancer	11	2,030	13	1,171	+ 859
Prostate Cancer	12	1,862	17	936	+ 927
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,758	30	373	+ 1,385
Falls	14	1,731	16	952	+ 779
Liver Disease	15	1,716	8	2,078	- 362
Parkinson's Disease	16	1,422	21	621	+ 801
Lymphomas	17	1,384	20	672	+ 712
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,206	43	141	+ 1,065
Suicide	19	1,162	9	2,004	- 842
Stomach Cancer	20	1,091	10	1,690	- 599
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,004	11	1,361	- 356
Leukemia	22	987	23	554	+ 433
Other Injuries	23	932	14	1,099	- 167
Other Neoplasms	24	922	48	52	+ 870
Liver Cancer	25	910	32	363	+ 547
Alcohol	26	707	6	2,761	- 2,054
Oesophagus Cancer	27	702	25	493	+ 209
Bladder Cancer	28	699	35	295	+ 404
Oral Cancer	29	680	18	901	- 221
Ovary Cancer	30	586	27	429	+ 158
Skin Cancers	31	458	36	272	+ 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	433	57	13	+ 420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	408	39	239	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	34	357	19	722	- 365
Epilepsy	35	349	45	116	+ 233
Congenital Anomalies	36	259	41	202	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	37	252	28	391	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	245	40	235	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	39	241	34	303	- 63
Drug Use	40	218	29	389	- 171
Multiple Sclerosis	41	177	49	42	+ 135
Skin Disease	42	174	51	31	+ 144
Anemia	43	112	83	0	+ 112
Asthma	44	104	44	122	- 17
Low Birth Weight	45	87	47	64	+ 23
Violence	46	87	38	255	- 168
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	61	55	15	+ 46
Hepatitis C	48	57	62	1	+ 57
Drownings	49	52	24	543	- 492
Malnutrition	50	51	53	22	+ 29
Schizophrenia	51	44	80	0	+ 44
Osteoarthritis	52	41	84	0	+ 41
Fires	53	41	22	620	- 580
HIV/AIDS	54	39	42	167	- 128
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	33	85	0	+ 33
Tuberculosis	56	32	37	269	- 237
Birth Trauma	57	27	52	25	+ 2
Poisonings	58	24	33	311	- 287
Hepatitis B	59	21	56	14	+ 7
Meningitis	60	19	50	36	- 17
Upper Respiratory	61	16	58	5	+ 11
Appendicitis	62	15	54	20	- 5
Oral conditions	63	7	86	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	64	4	60	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	2	66	0	+ 2
War	66	1	59	3	- 2
Encephalitis	67	1	46	93	- 92
Syphilis	68	1	63	1	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	61	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

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Belarus

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.