BELARUS VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,649	2	16,393	- 5,745
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,410	1	53,186	- 44,776
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,896	30	373	+ 7,523
Kidney Disease	4	4,506	26	480	+ 4,026
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,713	15	1,086	+ 2,627
Prostate Cancer	6	3,182	17	936	+ 2,246
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,084	19	722	+ 2,362
Lung Disease	8	2,987	7	2,208	+ 779
Hypertension	9	2,966	31	367	+ 2,599
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,691	3	3,530	- 840
Violence	11	2,092	38	255	+ 1,837
Liver Disease	12	1,970	8	2,078	- 108
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,781	11	1,361	+ 420
Breast Cancer	14	1,439	12	1,230	+ 209
Stomach Cancer	15	1,239	10	1,690	- 451
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,193	5	2,886	- 1,693
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,141	43	141	+ 1,000
Lung Cancers	18	1,057	4	2,950	- 1,893
Low Birth Weight	19	972	47	64	+ 908
Skin Disease	20	914	51	31	+ 883
Other Injuries	21	834	14	1,099	- 265
Suicide	22	814	9	2,004	- 1,190
Parkinson's Disease	23	784	21	621	+ 163
Lymphomas	24	740	20	672	+ 68
Cervical Cancer	25	671	34	303	+ 367
Falls	26	595	16	952	- 357
Asthma	27	542	44	122	+ 420
Drownings	28	527	24	543	- 16
Alcohol	29	523	6	2,761	- 2,238
Congenital Anomalies	30	458	41	202	+ 256
Pancreas Cancer	31	456	13	1,171	- 715
Epilepsy	32	402	45	116	+ 286
Malnutrition	33	372	53	22	+ 350
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	303	40	235	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	259	57	13	+ 246
Leukemia	36	250	23	554	- 304
Liver Cancer	37	228	32	363	- 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	223	39	239	- 17
Fires	39	187	22	620	- 433
Oesophagus Cancer	40	177	25	493	- 316
Ovary Cancer	41	177	27	429	- 252
Birth Trauma	42	175	52	25	+ 150
Oral Cancer	43	174	18	901	- 727
Tuberculosis	44	165	37	269	- 104
Uterin Cancer	45	115	28	391	- 276
Drug Use	46	108	29	389	- 280
Maternal Conditions	47	104	60	2	+ 102
Other Neoplasms	48	103	48	52	+ 50
Meningitis	49	83	50	36	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	74	55	15	+ 59
Appendicitis	51	63	54	20	+ 44
Encephalitis	52	62	46	93	- 31
Dengue	53	33	71	0	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	54	25	49	42	- 17
Poisonings	55	15	33	311	- 297
Tetanus	56	12	64	0	+ 12
Syphilis	57	11	63	1	+ 10
War	58	9	59	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	59	7	58	5	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	56	14	- 10
Schistosomiasis	61	3	74	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	62	3	61	1	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	36	272	- 272
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	35	295	- 295
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	42	167	- 167
Trichuriasis	85	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	69	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Saint Lucia

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.