BELARUS VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,029	1	53,186	- 39,157
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,980	3	3,530	+ 4,449
Lung Disease	3	5,429	7	2,208	+ 3,221
Stroke	4	4,404	2	16,393	- 11,989
Lung Cancers	5	4,321	4	2,950	+ 1,372
Kidney Disease	6	2,386	26	480	+ 1,906
Drug Use	7	2,068	29	389	+ 1,679
Hypertension	8	1,833	31	367	+ 1,465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,718	5	2,886	- 1,168
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,707	30	373	+ 1,334
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,676	15	1,086	+ 589
Suicide	12	1,475	9	2,004	- 529
Breast Cancer	13	1,352	12	1,230	+ 122
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,305	43	141	+ 1,165
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,231	13	1,171	+ 60
Liver Disease	16	1,206	8	2,078	- 872
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,158	19	722	+ 436
Falls	18	1,123	16	952	+ 171
Lymphomas	19	1,119	20	672	+ 448
Prostate Cancer	20	989	17	936	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	21	958	21	621	+ 337
Inflammatory/Heart	22	904	11	1,361	- 457
Liver Cancer	23	752	32	363	+ 389
Leukemia	24	749	23	554	+ 195
Other Injuries	25	722	14	1,099	- 376
Bladder Cancer	26	545	35	295	+ 250
Violence	27	527	38	255	+ 272
Oesophagus Cancer	28	495	25	493	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	29	493	48	52	+ 441
Alcohol	30	407	6	2,761	- 2,354
Ovary Cancer	31	405	27	429	- 23
Skin Cancers	32	398	36	272	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	33	363	10	1,690	- 1,327
Congenital Anomalies	34	327	41	202	+ 125
Oral Cancer	35	321	18	901	- 580
Uterin Cancer	36	280	28	391	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	277	57	13	+ 264
Cervical Cancer	38	194	34	303	- 109
Low Birth Weight	39	192	47	64	+ 128
Malnutrition	40	188	53	22	+ 166
Hepatitis C	41	158	62	1	+ 157
HIV/AIDS	42	157	42	167	- 10
Skin Disease	43	150	51	31	+ 120
Multiple Sclerosis	44	141	49	42	+ 99
Drownings	45	113	24	543	- 430
Asthma	46	106	44	122	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	101	39	239	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	96	40	235	- 139
Fires	49	88	22	620	- 532
Epilepsy	50	88	45	116	- 28
Anemia	51	87	83	0	+ 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	68	55	15	+ 53
Poisonings	53	47	33	311	- 265
Birth Trauma	54	34	52	25	+ 9
War	55	33	59	3	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	56	22	60	2	+ 20
Schizophrenia	57	20	80	0	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	19	85	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	59	17	56	14	+ 3
Meningitis	60	17	50	36	- 20
Osteoarthritis	61	16	84	0	+ 16
Tuberculosis	62	15	37	269	- 253
Appendicitis	63	12	54	20	- 8
Oral conditions	64	8	86	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	6	58	5	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	63	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	46	93	- 92
Pertussis	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	64	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	61	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

United States

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.