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Belgium Population Pyramid
 


Belgium
BELGIUM LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
14
12
11
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
74.6
80.8
77.6
26
17
24
2010
76.2
82.7
79.4
24
16
23
 
 
Belgium
BELGIUM LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
76.2
82.7
24
16
Age 5
77.6
83.1
28
23
Age 10
77.7
83.1
28
24
Age 15
77.7
83.1
28
24
Age 20
77.8
83.2
28
24
Age 25
78.1
83.3
28
23
Age 30
78.3
83.4
28
23
Age 35
78.5
83.5
29
23
Age 40
78.8
83.7
30
22
Age 45
79.1
83.9
31
22
Age 50
79.6
84.2
32
21
Age 55
80.3
84.7
32
20
Age 60
81.2
85.3
32
18
Age 65
82.3
86.0
34
18
Age 70
83.8
86.8
34
21
Age 75
85.5
88.0
38
24
Age 80
87.7
89.6
44
28
Age 85
90.6
91.8
45
33
Age 90
93.9
94.6
47
42
Age 95
97.7
98.1
58
44
Age 100
102.0
102.2
58
48
 
 
Belgium
BELGIUM TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
13,930
18.29
2 Stroke
7,713
10.13
3 Lung Cancers
6,329
8.31
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
4,766
6.26
5 Lung Disease
4,635
6.08
6 Alzheimers/Dementia
4,315
5.66
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,237
4.25
8 Breast Cancer
2,449
3.22
9 Suicide
2,014
2.64
10 Prostate Cancer
1,697
2.23
11 Diabetes Mellitus
1,683
2.21
12 Other Injuries
1,433
1.88
13 Pancreas Cancer
1,424
1.87
14 Kidney Disease
1,294
1.70
15 Lymphomas
1,205
1.58
16 Liver Disease
1,130
1.48
17 Falls
1,118
1.47
18 Road Traffic Accidents
1,097
1.44
19 Endocrine Disorders
1,075
1.41
20 Leukemia
950
1.25
21 Hypertension
943
1.24
22 Other Neoplasms
938
1.23
23 Bladder Cancer
920
1.21
24 Stomach Cancer
906
1.19
25 Inflammatory/Heart
895
1.17
  Deaths %
26 Oesophagus Cancer
707
0.93
27 Parkinson Disease
694
0.91
28 Liver Cancer
671
0.88
29 Ovary Cancer
652
0.86
30 Oral Cancer
589
0.77
31 Skin Cancers
404
0.53
32 Skin Disease
366
0.48
33 Alcohol
312
0.41
34 Diarrhoeal diseases
310
0.41
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
295
0.39
36 Uterin Cancer
287
0.38
37 Rheumatic Heart Disease
268
0.35
38 Epilepsy
267
0.35
39 Cervical Cancer
260
0.34
40 Congenital Anomalies
231
0.30
41 Violence
195
0.26
42 Poisonings
176
0.23
43 Asthma
167
0.22
44 Malnutrition
139
0.18
45 Multiple Sclerosis
122
0.16
46 Anaemia
111
0.15
47 Tuberculosis
86
0.11
48 Hepatitis C
83
0.11
49 Drownings
77
0.10
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.10
 
 
Belgium
BELGIUM TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
57.97
166
2 Lung Cancers
32.70
13
3 Stroke
29.74
176
4 Breast Cancer
23.87
19
5 Lung Disease
18.93
110
6 Influenza & Pneumonia
17.06
145
7 Suicide
15.70
27
8 Alzheimers/Dementia
14.63
19
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.54
40
10 Road Traffic Accidents
9.98
141
11 Liver Disease
7.14
125
12 Diabetes Mellitus
6.91
176
13 Pancreas Cancer
6.75
40
14 Prostate Cancer
6.68
90
15 Other Injuries
6.53
158
16 Lymphomas
5.69
79
17 Falls
5.05
62
18 Endocrine Disorders
4.78
114
19 Kidney Disease
4.73
170
20 Leukemia
4.69
51
21 Stomach Cancer
4.16
146
22 Bladder Cancer
4.05
35
23 Other Neoplasms
3.86
62
24 Oesophagus Cancer
3.83
70
25 Inflammatory/Heart
3.71
128
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Oral Cancer
3.49
76
27 Hypertension
3.44
187
28 Liver Cancer
3.34
154
29 Ovary Cancer
3.18
46
30 Congenital Anomalies
2.79
180
31 Parkinson Disease
2.49
32
32 Skin Cancers
2.21
43
33 Alcohol
2.09
40
34 Violence
1.79
137
35 Epilepsy
1.57
105
36 Poisonings
1.50
120
37 Cervical Cancer
1.47
157
38 Uterin Cancer
1.26
80
39 Skin Disease
1.23
114
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.17
160
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.15
135
42 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.02
127
43 Low Birth Weight
0.91
180
44 Asthma
0.88
168
45 Multiple Sclerosis
0.72
25
46 Drownings
0.65
179
47 Birth Trauma
0.51
175
48 Drug Use
0.47
80
49 Malnutrition
0.47
127
50 Meningitis
0.47
146
 
 
Belgium
BELGIUM CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
32.70
13
2 Breast Cancer
23.87
19
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.54
40
4 Pancreas Cancer
6.75
40
5 Prostate Cancer
6.68
90
6 Lymphomas
5.69
79
7 Leukemia
4.69
51
8 Stomach Cancer
4.16
146
9 Bladder Cancer
4.05
35
  Rate World Rank
10 Other Neoplasms
3.86
62
11 Oesophagus Cancer
3.83
70
12 Oral Cancer
3.49
76
13 Liver Cancer
3.34
154
14 Ovary Cancer
3.18
46
15 Skin Cancers
2.21
43
16 Cervical Cancer
1.47
157
17 Uterin Cancer
1.26
80
 
 
Belgium
BELGIUM HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
10.7
38
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
30.1
24.1
80
38
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
19.3
13.7
56
134
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
243
32

 
Belgium
BELGIUM DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
10,414,336
76
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
Population 0-14
16.1 %
164
Population 15-64
66.3 %
79
Population 65 +
17.6 %
12
Birth Rate / 1000
10.15
166
Death Rate / 1000
10.44
56
Fertulity Rate
1.65
155
Infant Mortality
4.44
172
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.71
137
Net Migrattion
1.22
39
Population Growth
0.09
163
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.5
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
79.4
23
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$37,500
19
 
 
 

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