BELGIUM VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,631	6	5,677	- 46
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,059	1	15,281	- 10,222
Stroke	3	2,837	3	7,408	- 4,571
Kidney Disease	4	2,658	8	2,952	- 294
Liver Disease	5	2,342	17	1,433	+ 910
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,135	2	9,416	- 7,281
Stomach Cancer	7	1,863	26	863	+ 1,000
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,630	20	1,269	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,622	29	666	+ 956
Lung Cancers	10	1,164	4	6,777	- 5,613
Prostate Cancer	11	1,164	13	1,824	- 661
Violence	12	1,107	44	149	+ 957
Other Injuries	13	1,057	11	2,006	- 950
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	971	7	3,329	- 2,358
Lung Disease	15	925	5	6,438	- 5,513
Liver Cancer	16	910	24	976	- 66
Tuberculosis	17	873	54	46	+ 828
Lymphomas	18	828	16	1,552	- 724
Congenital Anomalies	19	734	40	282	+ 452
Breast Cancer	20	724	9	2,587	- 1,863
Cervical Cancer	21	707	41	243	+ 464
Leukemia	22	680	21	1,199	- 520
Pancreas Cancer	23	590	14	1,809	- 1,219
Low Birth Weight	24	542	50	70	+ 472
Falls	25	472	15	1,756	- 1,283
Parkinson's Disease	26	466	19	1,378	- 911
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	407	33	418	- 10
Hypertension	28	390	27	740	- 350
Malnutrition	29	370	38	291	+ 79
Suicide	30	332	10	2,111	- 1,779
HIV/AIDS	31	312	57	36	+ 276
Skin Cancers	32	289	31	522	- 234
Ovary Cancer	33	262	30	653	- 390
Drug Use	34	233	39	287	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	224	42	213	+ 11
Drownings	36	215	47	79	+ 136
Birth Trauma	37	197	53	47	+ 150
Oral Cancer	38	191	28	675	- 484
Inflammatory/Heart	39	181	23	1,060	- 879
Endocrine Disorders	40	174	18	1,432	- 1,257
Bladder Cancer	41	170	22	1,078	- 908
Oesophagus Cancer	42	145	25	898	- 753
Maternal Conditions	43	127	64	6	+ 121
Alcohol	44	118	32	500	- 382
Uterin Cancer	45	112	34	384	- 272
Encephalitis	46	103	66	1	+ 102
Epilepsy	47	96	36	348	- 252
Pertussis	48	96	68	1	+ 95
Fires	49	88	48	75	+ 13
Asthma	50	76	46	128	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	73	37	293	- 220
Syphilis	52	67	70	0	+ 67
Appendicitis	53	63	62	17	+ 46
Skin Disease	54	57	35	380	- 322
Poisonings	55	46	55	41	+ 5
Meningitis	56	43	58	28	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	39	49	73	- 33
Other Neoplasms	58	20	12	1,828	- 1,808
Chagas disease	59	18	77	0	+ 18
Tetanus	60	17	78	0	+ 17
Malaria	61	13	75	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	45	147	- 134
Upper Respiratory	63	4	59	22	- 18
Hepatitis B	64	4	63	17	- 13
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	53	- 52
Dengue	66	1	83	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Peru

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.