BELGIUM VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,205	1	15,281	- 10,075
Stroke	2	3,118	3	7,408	- 4,290
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,841	29	666	+ 1,175
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,805	20	1,269	+ 536
Hypertension	5	1,642	27	740	+ 902
Kidney Disease	6	1,601	8	2,952	- 1,350
Lung Cancers	7	1,135	4	6,777	- 5,642
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,005	6	5,677	- 4,672
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,001	40	282	+ 720
Low Birth Weight	10	919	50	70	+ 849
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	757	2	9,416	- 8,659
Breast Cancer	12	735	9	2,587	- 1,852
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	661	7	3,329	- 2,668
Liver Disease	14	529	17	1,433	- 904
Lung Disease	15	476	5	6,438	- 5,962
Leukemia	16	396	21	1,199	- 803
Stomach Cancer	17	391	26	863	- 472
Lymphomas	18	347	16	1,552	- 1,206
Other Injuries	19	315	11	2,006	- 1,691
Birth Trauma	20	290	53	47	+ 243
Violence	21	288	44	149	+ 139
Pancreas Cancer	22	263	14	1,809	- 1,546
Bladder Cancer	23	228	22	1,078	- 851
Falls	24	204	15	1,756	- 1,551
Liver Cancer	25	199	24	976	- 776
Endocrine Disorders	26	193	18	1,432	- 1,239
Parkinson's Disease	27	181	19	1,378	- 1,196
Suicide	28	177	10	2,111	- 1,934
Fires	29	164	48	75	+ 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	163	33	418	- 255
Oral Cancer	31	153	28	675	- 522
Ovary Cancer	32	149	30	653	- 503
Prostate Cancer	33	140	13	1,824	- 1,684
Drug Use	34	123	39	287	- 164
Asthma	35	123	46	128	- 5
Drownings	36	115	47	79	+ 36
Meningitis	37	84	58	28	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	38	80	23	1,060	- 981
Uterin Cancer	39	80	34	384	- 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	71	42	213	- 141
Cervical Cancer	41	68	41	243	- 175
Oesophagus Cancer	42	68	25	898	- 831
Pertussis	43	59	68	1	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	44	56	64	6	+ 50
Syphilis	45	55	70	0	+ 55
Epilepsy	46	53	36	348	- 295
Poisonings	47	50	55	41	+ 9
Skin Disease	48	45	35	380	- 334
Skin Cancers	49	41	31	522	- 482
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	24	37	293	- 269
Malnutrition	51	16	38	291	- 275
Encephalitis	52	15	66	1	+ 13
Tuberculosis	53	13	54	46	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	45	147	- 134
Alcohol	55	11	32	500	- 488
Tetanus	56	11	78	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	57	10	12	1,828	- 1,818
Appendicitis	58	8	62	17	- 8
War	59	7	67	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	49	73	- 68
Schistosomiasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	63	2	57	36	- 34
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	53	- 52
Measles	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	59	22	- 22
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	40	- 40
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	60	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Jordan

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.