BELGIUM VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,283	1	15,281	+ 1,003
Stroke	2	10,909	3	7,408	+ 3,502
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,380	20	1,269	+ 8,110
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,656	6	5,677	- 22
Prostate Cancer	5	5,069	13	1,824	+ 3,245
Kidney Disease	6	4,196	8	2,952	+ 1,244
Endocrine Disorders	7	2,925	18	1,432	+ 1,494
Hypertension	8	2,820	27	740	+ 2,080
Breast Cancer	9	2,605	9	2,587	+ 18
Other Injuries	10	2,241	11	2,006	+ 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,082	7	3,329	- 1,247
Skin Disease	12	1,890	35	380	+ 1,510
Lung Disease	13	1,635	5	6,438	- 4,803
Lung Cancers	14	1,570	4	6,777	- 5,207
Uterin Cancer	15	1,263	34	384	+ 879
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,168	14	1,809	- 641
Birth Trauma	17	1,125	53	47	+ 1,078
Liver Disease	18	1,113	17	1,433	- 320
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,084	2	9,416	- 8,332
Cervical Cancer	20	1,066	41	243	+ 823
Lymphomas	21	1,043	16	1,552	- 509
Road Traffic Accidents	22	932	29	666	+ 266
Stomach Cancer	23	849	26	863	- 14
Violence	24	772	44	149	+ 623
Liver Cancer	25	732	24	976	- 244
Congenital Anomalies	26	705	40	282	+ 423
Low Birth Weight	27	705	50	70	+ 635
Oral Cancer	28	692	28	675	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	29	680	12	1,828	- 1,148
Oesophagus Cancer	30	622	25	898	- 277
Alcohol	31	611	32	500	+ 111
Anemia	32	578	43	199	+ 379
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	490	42	213	+ 278
Falls	34	480	15	1,756	- 1,275
Ovary Cancer	35	459	30	653	- 194
Inflammatory/Heart	36	451	23	1,060	- 610
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	444	60	20	+ 424
Leukemia	38	427	21	1,199	- 773
Drownings	39	425	47	79	+ 346
Malnutrition	40	374	38	291	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	41	373	22	1,078	- 705
HIV/AIDS	42	349	57	36	+ 313
Asthma	43	309	46	128	+ 182
Parkinson's Disease	44	286	19	1,378	- 1,092
Epilepsy	45	219	36	348	- 129
Fires	46	193	48	75	+ 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	182	37	293	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	167	33	418	- 251
Drug Use	49	131	39	287	- 157
Osteoarthritis	50	109	51	59	+ 51
Tuberculosis	51	101	54	46	+ 55
Suicide	52	77	10	2,111	- 2,034
Appendicitis	53	65	62	17	+ 48
Skin Cancers	54	65	31	522	- 458
Maternal Conditions	55	56	64	6	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	46	49	73	- 27
Upper Respiratory	57	43	59	22	+ 21
Hepatitis B	58	32	63	17	+ 15
Syphilis	59	30	70	0	+ 30
Poisonings	60	9	55	41	- 32
War	61	1	67	1	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	58	28	- 28
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	53	- 53
Encephalitis	70	0	66	1	- 1
Malaria	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	65	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	45	147	- 147
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Grenada

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.