BELGIUM VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,068	1	15,281	- 4,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,312	2	9,416	- 104
Stroke	3	6,368	3	7,408	- 1,039
Lung Cancers	4	6,246	4	6,777	- 531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	3,828	7	3,329	+ 500
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,463	6	5,677	- 2,214
Lung Disease	7	3,194	5	6,438	- 3,244
Breast Cancer	8	2,721	9	2,587	+ 135
Other Injuries	9	2,649	11	2,006	+ 642
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,165	14	1,809	+ 356
Kidney Disease	11	2,010	8	2,952	- 941
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,911	20	1,269	+ 642
Prostate Cancer	13	1,905	13	1,824	+ 80
Lymphomas	14	1,764	16	1,552	+ 211
Liver Cancer	15	1,677	24	976	+ 701
Suicide	16	1,570	10	2,111	- 541
Other Neoplasms	17	1,536	12	1,828	- 291
Falls	18	1,451	15	1,756	- 304
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,417	18	1,432	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,326	19	1,378	- 52
Leukemia	21	1,306	21	1,199	+ 107
Liver Disease	22	1,293	17	1,433	- 140
Hypertension	23	1,245	27	740	+ 506
Bladder Cancer	24	1,150	22	1,078	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,063	23	1,060	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	26	969	26	863	+ 106
Oral Cancer	27	819	28	675	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	28	819	25	898	- 80
Malnutrition	29	738	38	291	+ 447
Ovary Cancer	30	694	30	653	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	31	585	29	666	- 81
Skin Cancers	32	570	31	522	+ 48
Alcohol	33	559	32	500	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	34	477	34	384	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	35	352	40	282	+ 71
Drug Use	36	329	39	287	+ 42
Epilepsy	37	327	36	348	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	317	33	418	- 101
Skin Disease	39	280	35	380	- 100
Cervical Cancer	40	276	41	243	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	242	37	293	- 50
Asthma	42	182	46	128	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	173	42	213	- 40
Anemia	44	170	43	199	- 28
Drownings	45	152	47	79	+ 73
Multiple Sclerosis	46	132	45	147	- 15
Low Birth Weight	47	114	50	70	+ 44
Schizophrenia	48	113	56	40	+ 74
Violence	49	94	44	149	- 55
Tuberculosis	50	76	54	46	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	75	49	73	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	73	52	53	+ 20
Fires	53	71	48	75	- 4
HIV/AIDS	54	63	57	36	+ 27
Birth Trauma	55	54	53	47	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	56	43	51	59	- 16
Poisonings	57	40	55	41	- 1
Meningitis	58	29	58	28	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	24	63	17	+ 7
Oral conditions	60	21	61	19	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	16	62	17	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	13	60	20	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	9	59	22	- 13
Maternal Conditions	64	9	64	6	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	3	65	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	66	1	+ 0
War	67	1	67	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Pertussis	69	0	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

France

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.