BELGIUM VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,239	1	15,281	- 4,042
Stroke	2	5,057	3	7,408	- 2,351
War	3	4,813	67	1	+ 4,812
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,464	6	5,677	- 1,213
Low Birth Weight	5	3,283	50	70	+ 3,213
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,190	29	666	+ 2,524
Birth Trauma	7	2,213	53	47	+ 2,167
Hypertension	8	1,973	27	740	+ 1,233
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,629	33	418	+ 1,212
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,599	40	282	+ 1,317
Lung Disease	11	1,191	5	6,438	- 5,247
Measles	12	1,125	79	0	+ 1,125
Liver Disease	13	1,077	17	1,433	- 355
Violence	14	1,058	44	149	+ 909
Kidney Disease	15	998	8	2,952	- 1,954
Other Injuries	16	829	11	2,006	- 1,177
Asthma	17	785	46	128	+ 657
Tuberculosis	18	708	54	46	+ 662
Diabetes Mellitus	19	669	20	1,269	- 601
Malaria	20	641	75	0	+ 641
Suicide	21	633	10	2,111	- 1,478
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	524	2	9,416	- 8,892
Pertussis	23	462	68	1	+ 461
Falls	24	436	15	1,756	- 1,320
Drownings	25	426	47	79	+ 347
Breast Cancer	26	422	9	2,587	- 2,164
Malnutrition	27	394	38	291	+ 104
Meningitis	28	380	58	28	+ 351
Fires	29	369	48	75	+ 294
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	340	7	3,329	- 2,988
Stomach Cancer	31	336	26	863	- 527
Maternal Conditions	32	332	64	6	+ 326
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	311	42	213	+ 98
Leukemia	34	289	21	1,199	- 910
Oesophagus Cancer	35	285	25	898	- 613
Endocrine Disorders	36	275	18	1,432	- 1,157
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	263	37	293	- 29
Drug Use	38	228	39	287	- 59
Liver Cancer	39	227	24	976	- 749
Inflammatory/Heart	40	218	23	1,060	- 843
Lung Cancers	41	212	4	6,777	- 6,565
Oral Cancer	42	204	28	675	- 471
Epilepsy	43	201	36	348	- 147
Poisonings	44	198	55	41	+ 157
Lymphomas	45	161	16	1,552	- 1,391
HIV/AIDS	46	148	57	36	+ 111
Tetanus	47	147	78	0	+ 147
Encephalitis	48	137	66	1	+ 136
Parkinson's Disease	49	135	19	1,378	- 1,243
Hepatitis B	50	112	63	17	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	51	105	14	1,809	- 1,704
Ovary Cancer	52	70	30	653	- 582
Syphilis	53	65	70	0	+ 65
Appendicitis	54	60	62	17	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	55	60	22	1,078	- 1,019
Schistosomiasis	56	46	76	0	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	57	44	41	243	- 198
Skin Cancers	58	37	31	522	- 485
Alcohol	59	29	32	500	- 470
Dengue	60	27	83	0	+ 27
Skin Disease	61	16	35	380	- 363
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	45	147	- 131
Prostate Cancer	63	15	13	1,824	- 1,810
Other Neoplasms	64	8	12	1,828	- 1,820
Ascariasis	65	6	82	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	49	73	- 67
Diphtheria	67	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	3	52	53	- 50
Uterin Cancer	69	2	34	384	- 382
Upper Respiratory	70	2	59	22	- 20
Leishmaniasis	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Yemen

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.