BELARUS VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	14,288	2	16,393	- 2,106
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,260	1	53,186	- 44,926
Lung Disease	3	3,223	7	2,208	+ 1,015
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,042	30	373	+ 2,669
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,648	19	722	+ 1,926
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,633	3	3,530	- 897
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,501	15	1,086	+ 1,414
Kidney Disease	8	2,269	26	480	+ 1,789
Liver Cancer	9	2,246	32	363	+ 1,882
Liver Disease	10	2,147	8	2,078	+ 69
Lung Cancers	11	1,913	4	2,950	- 1,037
Hypertension	12	1,786	31	367	+ 1,419
Falls	13	1,386	16	952	+ 434
Stomach Cancer	14	1,360	10	1,690	- 330
Tuberculosis	15	849	37	269	+ 580
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	742	5	2,886	- 2,144
Asthma	17	732	44	122	+ 610
Suicide	18	651	9	2,004	- 1,353
Low Birth Weight	19	641	47	64	+ 576
Oral Cancer	20	637	18	901	- 264
Congenital Anomalies	21	635	41	202	+ 433
Breast Cancer	22	556	12	1,230	- 675
Other Injuries	23	498	14	1,099	- 601
Inflammatory/Heart	24	481	11	1,361	- 879
Parkinson's Disease	25	480	21	621	- 142
Drownings	26	458	24	543	- 85
HIV/AIDS	27	449	42	167	+ 282
Leukemia	28	440	23	554	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	394	57	13	+ 382
Lymphomas	30	266	20	672	- 405
Cervical Cancer	31	215	34	303	- 88
Birth Trauma	32	210	52	25	+ 185
Oesophagus Cancer	33	203	25	493	- 289
Endocrine Disorders	34	187	43	141	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	35	172	17	936	- 764
Violence	36	160	38	255	- 95
Measles	37	160	68	0	+ 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	153	39	239	- 86
Encephalitis	39	140	46	93	+ 47
Skin Disease	40	136	51	31	+ 105
Drug Use	41	123	29	389	- 266
Uterin Cancer	42	104	28	391	- 286
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	86	40	235	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	44	84	13	1,171	- 1,087
Bladder Cancer	45	81	35	295	- 215
Alcohol	46	78	6	2,761	- 2,683
Ovary Cancer	47	78	27	429	- 351
Poisonings	48	75	33	311	- 237
Maternal Conditions	49	69	60	2	+ 67
Pertussis	50	63	65	0	+ 63
Meningitis	51	56	50	36	+ 20
Fires	52	53	22	620	- 567
Epilepsy	53	52	45	116	- 64
Skin Cancers	54	42	36	272	- 230
Hepatitis B	55	34	56	14	+ 20
Syphilis	56	29	63	1	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	57	29	48	52	- 23
Tetanus	58	26	64	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	20	55	15	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	18	54	20	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	49	42	- 30
Dengue	62	11	71	0	+ 11
Malnutrition	63	11	53	22	- 11
Hepatitis C	64	7	62	1	+ 6
War	65	3	59	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	3	58	5	- 2
Malaria	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Viet Nam

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.