BELARUS VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,863	1	53,186	- 24,323
Stroke	2	8,017	2	16,393	- 8,376
Lung Cancers	3	6,322	4	2,950	+ 3,372
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,904	15	1,086	+ 3,818
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	3,583	5	2,886	+ 697
Lung Disease	6	3,354	7	2,208	+ 1,146
Other Neoplasms	7	2,270	48	52	+ 2,218
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,194	30	373	+ 1,821
Breast Cancer	9	1,954	12	1,230	+ 723
Liver Disease	10	1,940	8	2,078	- 138
Prostate Cancer	11	1,591	17	936	+ 655
Stomach Cancer	12	1,449	10	1,690	- 241
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,331	13	1,171	+ 161
Alcohol	14	1,285	6	2,761	- 1,476
Hypertension	15	1,211	31	367	+ 843
Falls	16	1,155	16	952	+ 204
Bladder Cancer	17	1,153	35	295	+ 857
Suicide	18	1,050	9	2,004	- 954
Lymphomas	19	1,016	20	672	+ 344
Kidney Disease	20	997	26	480	+ 517
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	908	3	3,530	- 2,623
Road Traffic Accidents	22	872	19	722	+ 150
Inflammatory/Heart	23	857	11	1,361	- 504
Leukemia	24	847	23	554	+ 293
Oral Cancer	25	828	18	901	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	758	40	235	+ 523
Ovary Cancer	27	718	27	429	+ 290
Other Injuries	28	620	14	1,099	- 479
Liver Cancer	29	562	32	363	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	30	530	28	391	+ 140
Skin Cancers	31	528	36	272	+ 257
Cervical Cancer	32	468	34	303	+ 164
Oesophagus Cancer	33	442	25	493	- 51
Parkinson's Disease	34	368	21	621	- 254
Epilepsy	35	281	45	116	+ 165
Congenital Anomalies	36	225	41	202	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	206	57	13	+ 193
Endocrine Disorders	38	204	43	141	+ 63
Drownings	39	156	24	543	- 387
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	150	39	239	- 89
Tuberculosis	41	146	37	269	- 122
Low Birth Weight	42	142	47	64	+ 78
Asthma	43	132	44	122	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	44	123	49	42	+ 81
Fires	45	116	22	620	- 504
Skin Disease	46	115	51	31	+ 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	90	55	15	+ 75
Drug Use	48	79	29	389	- 310
Violence	49	72	38	255	- 183
Malnutrition	50	71	53	22	+ 49
Poisonings	51	50	33	311	- 261
Hepatitis C	52	46	62	1	+ 45
Meningitis	53	42	50	36	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	54	28	42	167	- 139
Appendicitis	55	17	54	20	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	13	56	14	- 1
Birth Trauma	57	13	52	25	- 12
Schizophrenia	58	7	80	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	7	85	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	5	58	5	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	4	84	0	+ 4
Anemia	62	3	83	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	2	60	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	2	46	93	- 92
Oral conditions	65	1	86	0	+ 1
War	66	1	59	3	- 2
Tetanus	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	63	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Poland

Belarus

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.