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Belgium
COUNTRY #1
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BELGIUM VS VANUATU

Compare Belgium and Vanuatu health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Vanuatu
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
  
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
64.5
70.0
169
158
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
64.6
70.1
169
162
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
64.8
70.3
169
163
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
65.2
70.5
169
163
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
65.8
70.8
169
165
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
66.6
71.2
168
167
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
67.5
71.6
168
167
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
68.5
72.2
168
168
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
69.7
73.0
168
172
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
71.2
74.0
168
174
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
72.9
75.2
168
175
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
74.8
76.7
168
176
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
77.2
78.5
166
176
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
79.8
80.5
163
174
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
82.6
83.0
163
173
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
85.6
85.9
160
168
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.0
89.2
165
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
299.44
7
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
8.83
109
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
17.62
90
4. Stroke
21.11
166
190.53
6
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
78.03
7
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
13.78
124
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
59.97
58
8. Suicide
13.93
35
20.97
13
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
14.31
108
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
4.85
152
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
43.29
16
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
27.40
64
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
0.65
176
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
12.56
41
15. Falls
5.68
89
7.87
55
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
1.32
178
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.48
89
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
17.40
84
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.60
126
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
4.71
68
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.06
66
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
81.66
15
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
14.32
16
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
9.71
3
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.00
183
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
1.17
144
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
5.91
68
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
2.91
160
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
0.61
180
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
1.85
65
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
9.24
16
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.75
125
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
11.35
72
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
0.00
183
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
0.24
179
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
31.50
40
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
2.01
68
38. Violence
1.19
147
2.69
117
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
46.26
39
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
4.13
20
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
16.53
4
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
6.17
75
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
6.59
44
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.14
125
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
12.20
7
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
2.94
84
47. Drownings
0.52
168
12.56
4
48. Fires
0.46
146
1.74
82
49. Asthma
0.46
166
29.89
7
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
179
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
454
22.70
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
18
0.90
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
288
14.40
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
15
0.75
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
108
5.40
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
124
6.20
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
8
0.40
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
70
3.50
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
13
0.65
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
54
2.70
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
30
1.50
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
1
0.05
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
9
0.45
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
1
0.05
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
13
0.65
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
3
0.15
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
51
2.55
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
9
0.45
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
12
0.60
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
127
6.35
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
9
0.45
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
2
0.10
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
11
0.55
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
27
1.35
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
0
0.00
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
6
0.30
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
47
2.35
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
1
0.05
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
45
2.25
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
4
0.20
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
0
0.00
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
4
0.20
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
80
4.00
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
2
0.10
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
7
0.35
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
5
0.25
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
35
1.75
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
10
0.50
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
0
0.00
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
48
2.40
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
13
0.65
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
18
0.90
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
7
0.35
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
0
0.00
46. Asthma
128
0.14
45
2.25
47. Drownings
79
0.09
35
1.75
48. Fires
75
0.08
4
0.20
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
0
0.00
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
43
2.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
8.83
109
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
13.78
124
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
14.31
108
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
4.85
152
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
0.65
176
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
1.32
178
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.60
126
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.06
66
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
14.32
16
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.00
183
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
1.17
144
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
2.91
160
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
0.61
180
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.75
125
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
11.35
72
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
0.00
183
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.