BELARUS VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,187	1	53,186	- 33,999
Stroke	2	12,786	2	16,393	- 3,607
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,523	15	1,086	+ 6,436
Lung Cancers	4	6,681	4	2,950	+ 3,731
Lung Disease	5	5,019	7	2,208	+ 2,811
Kidney Disease	6	4,322	26	480	+ 3,842
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,578	3	3,530	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,964	5	2,886	+ 78
Hypertension	9	2,654	31	367	+ 2,287
Parkinson's Disease	10	2,403	21	621	+ 1,782
Breast Cancer	11	2,289	12	1,230	+ 1,059
Prostate Cancer	12	1,838	17	936	+ 902
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,730	13	1,171	+ 559
Liver Cancer	14	1,422	32	363	+ 1,059
Bladder Cancer	15	1,408	35	295	+ 1,113
Stomach Cancer	16	1,395	10	1,690	- 295
Other Injuries	17	1,320	14	1,099	+ 221
Leukemia	18	1,230	23	554	+ 676
Lymphomas	19	1,152	20	672	+ 480
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,149	30	373	+ 777
Falls	21	1,131	16	952	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	22	790	19	722	+ 68
Liver Disease	23	735	8	2,078	- 1,343
Inflammatory/Heart	24	658	11	1,361	- 702
Other Neoplasms	25	616	48	52	+ 564
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	555	40	235	+ 319
Ovary Cancer	27	506	27	429	+ 77
Suicide	28	484	9	2,004	- 1,520
Endocrine Disorders	29	478	43	141	+ 337
Oral Cancer	30	400	18	901	- 501
Skin Cancers	31	398	36	272	+ 126
Drownings	32	395	24	543	- 148
Uterin Cancer	33	338	28	391	- 52
Epilepsy	34	226	45	116	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	35	223	25	493	- 270
Cervical Cancer	36	221	34	303	- 82
Drug Use	37	176	29	389	- 213
Congenital Anomalies	38	158	41	202	- 44
Fires	39	133	22	620	- 487
Multiple Sclerosis	40	123	49	42	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	41	116	47	64	+ 51
Violence	42	94	38	255	- 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	91	39	239	- 148
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	86	57	13	+ 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	61	55	15	+ 46
Tuberculosis	46	60	37	269	- 208
Skin Disease	47	51	51	31	+ 20
Hepatitis B	48	51	56	14	+ 37
Alcohol	49	46	6	2,761	- 2,715
HIV/AIDS	50	43	42	167	- 124
Anemia	51	43	83	0	+ 43
Hepatitis C	52	35	62	1	+ 34
Meningitis	53	30	50	36	- 6
Schizophrenia	54	25	80	0	+ 25
Asthma	55	25	44	122	- 97
Poisonings	56	18	33	311	- 294
Birth Trauma	57	15	52	25	- 10
Appendicitis	58	9	54	20	- 11
Upper Respiratory	59	7	58	5	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	60	3	78	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	61	2	60	2	- 0
Tetanus	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
War	64	1	59	3	- 2
Syphilis	65	1	63	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	66	1	53	22	- 21
Encephalitis	67	1	46	93	- 93
Measles	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	61	1	- 1
Leprosy	81	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	66	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Greece

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.