BELARUS VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,386	1	53,186	- 42,800
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,508	3	3,530	+ 4,978
Stroke	3	5,829	2	16,393	- 10,565
Lung Cancers	4	4,447	4	2,950	+ 1,498
Lung Disease	5	3,803	7	2,208	+ 1,595
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,408	5	2,886	+ 521
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,757	15	1,086	+ 1,670
Kidney Disease	8	1,954	26	480	+ 1,474
Hypertension	9	1,832	31	367	+ 1,464
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,562	30	373	+ 1,190
Breast Cancer	11	1,420	12	1,230	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,357	13	1,171	+ 186
Prostate Cancer	13	1,290	17	936	+ 354
Stomach Cancer	14	1,165	10	1,690	- 525
Other Injuries	15	1,113	14	1,099	+ 14
Lymphomas	16	1,072	20	672	+ 400
Bladder Cancer	17	1,049	35	295	+ 754
Liver Cancer	18	1,025	32	363	+ 662
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,002	11	1,361	- 359
Parkinson's Disease	20	993	21	621	+ 372
Endocrine Disorders	21	977	43	141	+ 836
Other Neoplasms	22	954	48	52	+ 902
Liver Disease	23	850	8	2,078	- 1,228
Leukemia	24	758	23	554	+ 204
Suicide	25	725	9	2,004	- 1,279
Falls	26	652	16	952	- 299
Oral Cancer	27	519	18	901	- 382
Ovary Cancer	28	407	27	429	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	29	404	25	493	- 89
Skin Disease	30	370	51	31	+ 339
Road Traffic Accidents	31	368	19	722	- 354
Skin Cancers	32	362	36	272	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	324	39	239	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	34	324	28	391	- 67
Asthma	35	228	44	122	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	214	57	13	+ 201
Anemia	37	184	83	0	+ 184
Congenital Anomalies	38	173	41	202	- 29
Cervical Cancer	39	172	34	303	- 131
Epilepsy	40	166	45	116	+ 50
Drug Use	41	156	29	389	- 233
Hepatitis C	42	131	62	1	+ 130
HIV/AIDS	43	108	42	167	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	95	40	235	- 140
Drownings	45	90	24	543	- 454
Alcohol	46	67	6	2,761	- 2,694
Malnutrition	47	61	53	22	+ 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	59	55	15	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	49	58	49	42	+ 16
Tuberculosis	50	54	37	269	- 214
Violence	51	53	38	255	- 203
Low Birth Weight	52	51	47	64	- 14
Osteoarthritis	53	43	84	0	+ 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	41	85	0	+ 41
Fires	55	37	22	620	- 583
Schizophrenia	56	36	80	0	+ 36
Poisonings	57	34	33	311	- 277
Hepatitis B	58	33	56	14	+ 19
Meningitis	59	26	50	36	- 11
Birth Trauma	60	23	52	25	- 2
Appendicitis	61	16	54	20	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	9	58	5	+ 4
Oral conditions	63	9	86	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	64	3	60	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	2	63	1	+ 1
War	68	1	59	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	46	93	- 92
Chagas disease	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	65	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	61	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Spain

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.