BELGIUM VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,649	1	15,281	- 4,632
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,889	20	1,269	+ 6,620
Kidney Disease	3	4,088	8	2,952	+ 1,136
Stroke	4	3,645	3	7,408	- 3,762
Violence	5	2,973	44	149	+ 2,823
Liver Disease	6	2,734	17	1,433	+ 1,301
Lung Disease	7	2,668	5	6,438	- 3,770
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,273	6	5,677	- 3,404
Hypertension	9	1,631	27	740	+ 892
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,494	29	666	+ 828
Other Injuries	11	1,115	11	2,006	- 891
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,036	18	1,432	- 395
Congenital Anomalies	13	958	40	282	+ 676
Malnutrition	14	692	38	291	+ 401
Prostate Cancer	15	687	13	1,824	- 1,138
Breast Cancer	16	676	9	2,587	- 1,911
Lung Cancers	17	673	4	6,777	- 6,104
Low Birth Weight	18	656	50	70	+ 587
Stomach Cancer	19	636	26	863	- 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	629	7	3,329	- 2,699
Liver Cancer	21	625	24	976	- 351
Suicide	22	620	10	2,111	- 1,491
Other Neoplasms	23	568	12	1,828	- 1,259
Lymphomas	24	455	16	1,552	- 1,098
Leukemia	25	442	21	1,199	- 757
Cervical Cancer	26	439	41	243	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	27	413	14	1,809	- 1,396
HIV/AIDS	28	378	57	36	+ 342
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	318	33	418	- 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	316	2	9,416	- 9,100
Skin Disease	31	277	35	380	- 102
Alcohol	32	270	32	500	- 230
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	250	42	213	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	34	243	30	653	- 410
Falls	35	241	15	1,756	- 1,515
Birth Trauma	36	234	53	47	+ 187
Anemia	37	200	43	199	+ 1
Tuberculosis	38	178	54	46	+ 132
Epilepsy	39	175	36	348	- 173
Skin Cancers	40	175	31	522	- 347
Inflammatory/Heart	41	171	23	1,060	- 890
Drownings	42	165	47	79	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	43	144	19	1,378	- 1,234
Drug Use	44	135	39	287	- 153
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	130	49	73	+ 57
Oral Cancer	46	124	28	675	- 551
Asthma	47	123	46	128	- 5
Bladder Cancer	48	117	22	1,078	- 962
Oesophagus Cancer	49	115	25	898	- 784
Uterin Cancer	50	83	34	384	- 302
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	82	60	20	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	79	37	293	- 214
Appendicitis	53	71	62	17	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	54	69	64	6	+ 63
Hepatitis C	55	57	52	53	+ 4
Fires	56	55	48	75	- 20
Poisonings	57	49	55	41	+ 8
Meningitis	58	33	58	28	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	59	28	51	59	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	60	27	45	147	- 120
Hepatitis B	61	19	63	17	+ 3
Encephalitis	62	13	66	1	+ 12
Schizophrenia	63	12	56	40	- 28
Upper Respiratory	64	12	59	22	- 10
Oral conditions	65	11	61	19	- 8
War	66	10	67	1	+ 9
Dengue	67	3	83	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	65	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Pertussis	70	2	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Mexico

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.