BELGIUM VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,547	1	15,281	+ 1,266
Stroke	2	7,110	3	7,408	- 298
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,596	6	5,677	- 2,081
Liver Disease	4	2,376	17	1,433	+ 944
Hypertension	5	1,983	27	740	+ 1,243
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,863	20	1,269	+ 594
Low Birth Weight	7	1,800	50	70	+ 1,731
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,683	29	666	+ 1,017
Birth Trauma	9	1,464	53	47	+ 1,417
Lung Disease	10	1,357	5	6,438	- 5,081
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,249	40	282	+ 967
Stomach Cancer	12	868	26	863	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	846	33	418	+ 428
Tuberculosis	14	844	54	46	+ 799
Drownings	15	668	47	79	+ 590
Oesophagus Cancer	16	625	25	898	- 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	597	2	9,416	- 8,819
Epilepsy	18	491	36	348	+ 144
Kidney Disease	19	471	8	2,952	- 2,481
Suicide	20	460	10	2,111	- 1,651
Falls	21	426	15	1,756	- 1,330
Meningitis	22	392	58	28	+ 363
Fires	23	366	48	75	+ 291
Lung Cancers	24	352	4	6,777	- 6,425
HIV/AIDS	25	336	57	36	+ 300
Pertussis	26	334	68	1	+ 333
Other Injuries	27	331	11	2,006	- 1,675
Asthma	28	318	46	128	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	29	293	19	1,378	- 1,085
Liver Cancer	30	272	24	976	- 703
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	256	37	293	- 37
Lymphomas	32	256	16	1,552	- 1,296
Breast Cancer	33	248	9	2,587	- 2,339
Endocrine Disorders	34	235	18	1,432	- 1,197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	232	7	3,329	- 3,096
Violence	36	196	44	149	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	186	42	213	- 27
Alcohol	38	146	32	500	- 353
Cervical Cancer	39	132	41	243	- 111
Uterin Cancer	40	128	34	384	- 256
Oral Cancer	41	124	28	675	- 551
Leukemia	42	122	21	1,199	- 1,078
Pancreas Cancer	43	112	14	1,809	- 1,698
Inflammatory/Heart	44	90	23	1,060	- 970
Maternal Conditions	45	72	64	6	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	46	68	30	653	- 584
Upper Respiratory	47	63	59	22	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	48	59	22	1,078	- 1,019
Hepatitis B	49	46	63	17	+ 30
Poisonings	50	45	55	41	+ 3
Skin Cancers	51	42	31	522	- 480
Prostate Cancer	52	38	13	1,824	- 1,787
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	32	49	73	- 41
Encephalitis	54	32	66	1	+ 30
Drug Use	55	25	39	287	- 263
Syphilis	56	23	70	0	+ 23
Tetanus	57	23	78	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	58	20	62	17	+ 4
Skin Disease	59	11	35	380	- 369
Hepatitis C	60	9	52	53	- 44
Other Neoplasms	61	8	12	1,828	- 1,819
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	45	147	- 139
Leishmaniasis	63	4	73	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	64	3	38	291	- 288
Chlamydia	65	2	71	0	+ 2
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	40	- 40
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	60	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Tajikistan

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.