BELGIUM VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	13,424	3	7,408	+ 6,016
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,602	1	15,281	- 4,679
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,954	20	1,269	+ 8,684
Kidney Disease	4	5,681	8	2,952	+ 2,729
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,681	6	5,677	- 996
Prostate Cancer	6	4,011	13	1,824	+ 2,187
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,888	29	666	+ 3,222
Lung Disease	8	3,766	5	6,438	- 2,672
Hypertension	9	3,740	27	740	+ 3,000
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,392	2	9,416	- 6,024
Violence	11	2,637	44	149	+ 2,488
Liver Disease	12	2,484	17	1,433	+ 1,051
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,245	23	1,060	+ 1,185
Breast Cancer	14	1,814	9	2,587	- 772
Stomach Cancer	15	1,562	26	863	+ 698
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,504	7	3,329	- 1,824
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,438	18	1,432	+ 6
Lung Cancers	18	1,332	4	6,777	- 5,444
Low Birth Weight	19	1,225	50	70	+ 1,156
Skin Disease	20	1,152	35	380	+ 772
Other Injuries	21	1,051	11	2,006	- 955
Suicide	22	1,026	10	2,111	- 1,085
Parkinson's Disease	23	989	19	1,378	- 389
Lymphomas	24	933	16	1,552	- 620
Cervical Cancer	25	845	41	243	+ 603
Falls	26	750	15	1,756	- 1,005
Asthma	27	683	46	128	+ 556
Drownings	28	665	47	79	+ 586
Alcohol	29	659	32	500	+ 159
Congenital Anomalies	30	577	40	282	+ 295
Pancreas Cancer	31	574	14	1,809	- 1,235
Epilepsy	32	507	36	348	+ 159
Malnutrition	33	469	38	291	+ 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	383	42	213	+ 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	326	33	418	- 91
Leukemia	36	315	21	1,199	- 884
Liver Cancer	37	288	24	976	- 688
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	281	37	293	- 12
Fires	39	236	48	75	+ 161
Oesophagus Cancer	40	224	25	898	- 675
Ovary Cancer	41	223	30	653	- 430
Birth Trauma	42	220	53	47	+ 174
Oral Cancer	43	219	28	675	- 455
Tuberculosis	44	208	54	46	+ 162
Uterin Cancer	45	145	34	384	- 239
Drug Use	46	137	39	287	- 151
Maternal Conditions	47	132	64	6	+ 126
Other Neoplasms	48	129	12	1,828	- 1,698
Meningitis	49	104	58	28	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	93	49	73	+ 21
Appendicitis	51	80	62	17	+ 63
Encephalitis	52	78	66	1	+ 77
Dengue	53	42	83	0	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	54	32	45	147	- 115
Poisonings	55	19	55	41	- 23
Tetanus	56	15	78	0	+ 15
Syphilis	57	13	70	0	+ 13
War	58	12	67	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	59	9	59	22	- 13
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	17	- 12
Schistosomiasis	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Pertussis	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	53	- 53
Otitis Media	66	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	31	522	- 522
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	43	199	- 199
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	22	1,078	- 1,078
Schizophrenia	73	0	56	40	- 40
Oral conditions	74	0	61	19	- 19
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	60	20	- 20
Measles	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	57	36	- 36
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Saint Lucia

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.