BELGIUM VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,077	1	15,281	- 10,204
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,154	20	1,269	+ 884
Stroke	3	1,197	3	7,408	- 6,211
Road Traffic Accidents	4	966	29	666	+ 300
Liver Disease	5	950	17	1,433	- 483
Kidney Disease	6	841	8	2,952	- 2,111
Suicide	7	776	10	2,111	- 1,335
Falls	8	603	15	1,756	- 1,152
Other Injuries	9	539	11	2,006	- 1,467
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	506	6	5,677	- 5,172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	389	7	3,329	- 2,939
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	351	2	9,416	- 9,065
Lung Cancers	13	341	4	6,777	- 6,435
Congenital Anomalies	14	328	40	282	+ 47
Lung Disease	15	321	5	6,438	- 6,117
Leukemia	16	268	21	1,199	- 931
Breast Cancer	17	247	9	2,587	- 2,339
Lymphomas	18	227	16	1,552	- 1,325
Drownings	19	212	47	79	+ 133
Low Birth Weight	20	210	50	70	+ 141
Liver Cancer	21	208	24	976	- 767
Fires	22	199	48	75	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	23	197	26	863	- 666
Endocrine Disorders	24	183	18	1,432	- 1,248
Inflammatory/Heart	25	152	23	1,060	- 909
Parkinson's Disease	26	132	19	1,378	- 1,246
Bladder Cancer	27	127	22	1,078	- 952
Hypertension	28	124	27	740	- 616
Oral Cancer	29	118	28	675	- 557
Pancreas Cancer	30	117	14	1,809	- 1,693
Prostate Cancer	31	83	13	1,824	- 1,742
Ovary Cancer	32	80	30	653	- 572
Skin Disease	33	75	35	380	- 305
Violence	34	66	44	149	- 84
Epilepsy	35	63	36	348	- 285
Cervical Cancer	36	60	41	243	- 183
Oesophagus Cancer	37	59	25	898	- 839
Birth Trauma	38	59	53	47	+ 12
Drug Use	39	57	39	287	- 230
Asthma	40	48	46	128	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	47	33	418	- 371
Poisonings	42	42	55	41	+ 1
Skin Cancers	43	38	31	522	- 484
Tuberculosis	44	38	54	46	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	37	37	293	- 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	34	42	213	- 178
Meningitis	47	33	58	28	+ 5
Alcohol	48	33	32	500	- 467
Uterin Cancer	49	30	34	384	- 354
Encephalitis	50	24	66	1	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	51	13	12	1,828	- 1,815
Maternal Conditions	52	12	64	6	+ 6
Syphilis	53	11	70	0	+ 11
Pertussis	54	11	68	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	45	147	- 138
Hepatitis B	56	9	63	17	- 8
Appendicitis	57	6	62	17	- 11
Malnutrition	58	4	38	291	- 287
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	49	73	- 70
Tetanus	60	1	78	0	+ 1
War	61	1	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	62	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	52	53	- 53
Ascariasis	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	59	22	- 22
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	57	36	- 36
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

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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.