BELGIUM VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,920	1	15,281	- 2,360
Lung Disease	2	7,478	5	6,438	+ 1,040
Stroke	3	5,925	3	7,408	- 1,483
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,698	33	418	+ 5,280
Tuberculosis	5	3,705	54	46	+ 3,659
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,336	6	5,677	- 2,342
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,308	20	1,269	+ 1,038
Liver Disease	8	2,283	17	1,433	+ 850
Low Birth Weight	9	2,029	50	70	+ 1,960
Falls	10	1,919	15	1,756	+ 163
Kidney Disease	11	1,895	8	2,952	- 1,057
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,807	29	666	+ 1,141
Asthma	13	1,666	46	128	+ 1,539
Suicide	14	1,473	10	2,111	- 638
Other Injuries	15	1,271	11	2,006	- 735
Oral Cancer	16	1,141	28	675	+ 466
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,076	2	9,416	- 8,340
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	1,072	37	293	+ 779
Hypertension	19	918	27	740	+ 179
Birth Trauma	20	874	53	47	+ 827
Lung Cancers	21	750	4	6,777	- 6,027
Breast Cancer	22	704	9	2,587	- 1,883
Congenital Anomalies	23	704	40	282	+ 422
Stomach Cancer	24	689	26	863	- 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	658	7	3,329	- 2,671
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	579	42	213	+ 366
Violence	27	440	44	149	+ 291
Drownings	28	415	47	79	+ 336
Encephalitis	29	409	66	1	+ 407
Cervical Cancer	30	385	41	243	+ 142
HIV/AIDS	31	377	57	36	+ 341
Parkinson's Disease	32	369	19	1,378	- 1,009
Lymphomas	33	341	16	1,552	- 1,211
Oesophagus Cancer	34	331	25	898	- 568
Leukemia	35	284	21	1,199	- 916
Meningitis	36	283	58	28	+ 255
Pancreas Cancer	37	279	14	1,809	- 1,531
Prostate Cancer	38	263	13	1,824	- 1,561
Liver Cancer	39	258	24	976	- 718
Epilepsy	40	258	36	348	- 90
Maternal Conditions	41	220	64	6	+ 214
Fires	42	198	48	75	+ 123
Alcohol	43	196	32	500	- 303
Ovary Cancer	44	187	30	653	- 466
Skin Disease	45	152	35	380	- 228
Dengue	46	149	83	0	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	47	130	18	1,432	- 1,302
Bladder Cancer	48	120	22	1,078	- 959
Inflammatory/Heart	49	108	23	1,060	- 953
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	101	49	73	+ 29
Measles	51	101	79	0	+ 101
Drug Use	52	100	39	287	- 188
Appendicitis	53	96	62	17	+ 79
Pertussis	54	86	68	1	+ 85
Malnutrition	55	73	38	291	- 217
Hepatitis B	56	70	63	17	+ 53
Malaria	57	65	75	0	+ 65
Tetanus	58	60	78	0	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	59	58	34	384	- 326
Skin Cancers	60	43	31	522	- 479
Poisonings	61	30	55	41	- 11
Other Neoplasms	62	25	12	1,828	- 1,802
Multiple Sclerosis	63	20	45	147	- 127
Syphilis	64	17	70	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	65	12	52	53	- 41
Leishmaniasis	66	8	73	0	+ 8
War	67	8	67	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	68	5	59	22	- 17
Chlamydia	69	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	43	199	- 199
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Oral conditions	84	0	61	19	- 19
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	60	20	- 20
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

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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.