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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola 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 Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia 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 Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Belgium and Somalia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO 2014 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Belgium BELGIUM   Somalia SOMALIA
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
    1960
    67.5
    73.4
    70.4
    14
    12
    11
     
    34.7
    37.7
    36.2
    163
    158
    163
    1970
    68.0
    74.5
    71.2
    20
    15
    17
     
    38.7
    41.8
    40.2
    162
    159
    162
    1980
    69.9
    76.7
    73.2
    23
    15
    20
     
    41.0
    44.2
    42.6
    171
    169
    169
    1990
    72.7
    79.4
    76.0
    20
    12
    15
     
    40.0
    43.3
    41.6
    180
    179
    179
    2000
    74.6
    80.8
    77.6
    26
    17
    24
     
    44.0
    46.2
    45.1
    173
    176
    174
    2010
    77.3
    82.5
    80.0
    23
    24
    23
     
    50.8
    54.1
    52.4
    176
    173
    174
    2015
    78.6
    83.5
    81.1
    23
    22
    23
     
    53.5
    56.6
    55.0
    175
    175
    175
     
     
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Belgium BELGIUM   Somalia SOMALIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      Male Female M F   Male Female M F
    At Birth
    78.6
    83.5
    23
    22
     
    53.5
    56.6
    175
    175
    Age 5
    78.9
    83.8
    22
    23
     
    62.3
    64.9
    168
    170
    Age 10
    79.0
    83.8
    22
    23
     
    63.5
    66.2
    168
    170
    Age 15
    79.0
    83.8
    22
    23
     
    64.3
    67.0
    168
    170
    Age 20
    79.1
    83.9
    22
    23
     
    65.2
    67.8
    168
    169
    Age 25
    79.3
    84.0
    21
    24
     
    66.3
    68.6
    164
    167
    Age 30
    79.5
    84.0
    21
    24
     
    67.5
    69.6
    162
    168
    Age 35
    79.7
    84.1
    21
    24
     
    68.8
    70.7
    159
    168
    Age 40
    79.9
    84.3
    22
    24
     
    70.1
    71.9
    159
    167
    Age 45
    80.2
    84.5
    22
    22
     
    71.4
    73.1
    156
    168
    Age 50
    80.6
    84.8
    24
    21
     
    72.8
    74.2
    150
    168
    Age 55
    81.2
    85.2
    24
    19
     
    74.3
    75.4
    145
    167
    Age 60
    82.1
    85.8
    24
    17
     
    75.8
    76.8
    142
    166
    Age 65
    83.2
    86.5
    24
    15
     
    77.7
    78.4
    141
    166
    Age 70
    84.6
    87.4
    23
    14
     
    79.9
    80.4
    140
    164
    Age 75
    86.2
    88.5
    23
    16
     
    82.5
    82.9
    138
    156
    Age 80
    88.2
    89.9
    33
    25
     
    85.6
    85.9
    130
    151
    Age 85
    90.7
    91.9
    45
    36
     
    89.1
    89.3
    123
    146
    Age 90
    93.9
    94.6
    65
    52
     
    93.1
    93.2
    116
    140
    Age 95
    97.7
    98.0
    80
    69
     
    97.3
    97.4
    109
    129
    Age 100
    102.1
    102.1
    76
    81
     
    101.9
    102.0
    94
    99
     
     
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Belgium BELGIUM   Somalia SOMALIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    49.87
    155
     
    50.08
    154
    2. Lung Cancers
    35.67
    11
     
    2.70
    138
    3. Stroke
    30.11
    157
     
    96.19
    79
    4. Alzheimers/Dementia
    27.23
    10
     
    1.84
    125
    5. Breast Cancer
    24.94
    13
     
    22.07
    29
    6. Lung Disease
    21.14
    70
     
    17.01
    100
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    18.69
    121
     
    188.73
    11
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.32
    29
     
    6.47
    100
    9. Prostate Cancer
    15.79
    95
     
    17.67
    74
    10. Suicide
    14.64
    35
     
    11.83
    53
    11. Other Injuries
    9.71
    100
     
    26.32
    23
    12. Liver Disease
    8.09
    127
     
    17.89
    75
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    8.03
    153
     
    27.17
    85
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    7.68
    37
     
    1.95
    120
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    7.37
    142
     
    21.65
    58
    16. Kidney Disease
    6.67
    138
     
    21.28
    26
    17. Lymphomas
    6.62
    35
     
    6.02
    52
    18. Falls
    6.47
    74
     
    9.48
    45
    19. Ovary Cancer
    6.37
    33
     
    6.40
    32
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    5.77
    89
     
    14.55
    26
    21. Leukemia
    5.66
    14
     
    4.82
    39
    22. Bladder Cancer
    4.38
    26
     
    1.41
    117
    23. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.31
    49
     
    10.56
    14
    24. Liver Cancer
    4.26
    111
     
    3.63
    133
    25. Other Neoplasms
    4.21
    33
     
    7.19
    8
    26. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.20
    129
     
    12.51
    32
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    4.15
    11
     
    1.54
    100
    28. Stomach Cancer
    4.08
    119
     
    6.41
    70
    29. Hypertension
    3.78
    165
     
    11.85
    122
    30. Oral Cancer
    3.62
    70
     
    4.70
    48
    31. Alcohol
    3.40
    33
     
    0.09
    142
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    3.34
    155
     
    11.66
    19
    33. Skin Cancers
    3.09
    21
     
    1.28
    112
    34. Uterin Cancer
    3.05
    43
     
    1.90
    90
    35. Cervical Cancer
    2.84
    136
     
    21.01
    26
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.66
    122
     
    148.26
    4
    37. Drug Use
    1.64
    63
     
    3.71
    22
    38. Epilepsy
    1.62
    101
     
    10.81
    21
    39. Low Birth Weight
    1.58
    155
     
    30.96
    8
    40. Violence
    1.48
    138
     
    9.11
    57
    41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.18
    138
     
    3.56
    66
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.12
    131
     
    9.57
    22
    43. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.12
    6
     
    0.18
    106
    44. Skin Disease
    1.04
    108
     
    9.13
    11
    45. Poisonings
    0.85
    109
     
    9.59
    3
    46. Fires
    0.81
    129
     
    16.67
    5
    47. Drownings
    0.71
    155
     
    13.09
    4
    48. Asthma
    0.69
    155
     
    9.13
    52
    49. Birth Trauma
    0.67
    145
     
    32.70
    2
    50. Malnutrition
    0.65
    114
     
    83.15
    5
     
     
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
     
      Belgium BELGIUM   Somalia SOMALIA
      Deaths %   Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    11,463
    13.89
     
    2,071
    1.61
    2. Stroke
    7,358
    8.92
     
    3,746
    2.92
    3. Alzheimers/Dementia
    7,197
    8.72
     
    82
    0.06
    4. Lung Cancers
    7,163
    8.68
     
    125
    0.10
    5. Lung Disease
    5,002
    6.06
     
    777
    0.61
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    4,659
    5.65
     
    18,701
    14.56
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3,626
    4.39
     
    308
    0.24
    8. Breast Cancer
    2,711
    3.29
     
    608
    0.47
    9. Other Injuries
    2,120
    2.57
     
    2,455
    1.91
    10. Suicide
    1,966
    2.38
     
    815
    0.63
    11. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,927
    2.34
     
    1,136
    0.88
    12. Kidney Disease
    1,697
    2.06
     
    1,238
    0.96
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    1,674
    2.03
     
    89
    0.07
    14. Prostate Cancer
    1,644
    1.99
     
    277
    0.22
    15. Lymphomas
    1,481
    1.79
     
    331
    0.26
    16. Falls
    1,416
    1.72
     
    636
    0.50
    17. Liver Disease
    1,349
    1.63
     
    931
    0.73
    18. Leukemia
    1,192
    1.45
     
    300
    0.23
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    1,185
    1.44
     
    1,177
    0.92
    20. Parkinson's Disease
    1,090
    1.32
     
    56
    0.04
    21. Bladder Cancer
    1,045
    1.27
     
    59
    0.05
    22. Other Neoplasms
    1,010
    1.22
     
    357
    0.28
    23. Inflammatory/Heart
    978
    1.19
     
    595
    0.46
    24. Hypertension
    944
    1.14
     
    472
    0.37
    25. Liver Cancer
    922
    1.12
     
    177
    0.14
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    887
    1.07
     
    1,820
    1.42
    27. Stomach Cancer
    853
    1.03
     
    277
    0.22
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    843
    1.02
     
    458
    0.36
    29. Ovary Cancer
    706
    0.86
     
    169
    0.13
    30. Oral Cancer
    634
    0.77
     
    225
    0.17
    31. Skin Cancers
    582
    0.71
     
    56
    0.04
    32. Alcohol
    504
    0.61
     
    4
    0.00
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    422
    0.51
     
    15,559
    12.11
    34. Uterin Cancer
    396
    0.48
     
    43
    0.03
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    325
    0.39
     
    2,233
    1.74
    36. Epilepsy
    294
    0.36
     
    1,020
    0.79
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    276
    0.33
     
    175
    0.14
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    271
    0.33
     
    513
    0.40
    39. Cervical Cancer
    263
    0.32
     
    542
    0.42
    40. Skin Disease
    253
    0.31
     
    517
    0.40
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    197
    0.24
     
    11
    0.01
    42. Drug Use
    190
    0.23
     
    294
    0.23
    43. Violence
    178
    0.22
     
    833
    0.65
    44. Malnutrition
    166
    0.20
     
    7,001
    5.45
    45. Asthma
    142
    0.17
     
    458
    0.36
    46. Depression
    132
    0.16
     
    0
    0.00
    47. Anemia
    127
    0.15
     
    380
    0.30
    48. Fires
    127
    0.15
     
    1,825
    1.42
    49. Poisonings
    126
    0.15
     
    1,023
    0.80
    50. Low Birth Weight
    116
    0.14
     
    6,663
    5.19
     
     
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Belgium BELGIUM   Somalia SOMALIA
      Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    35.67
    11
     
    2.70
    138
    2. Breast Cancer
    24.94
    13
     
    22.07
    29
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.32
    29
     
    6.47
    100
    4. Prostate Cancer
    15.79
    95
     
    17.67
    74
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.68
    37
     
    1.95
    120
    6. Lymphomas
    6.62
    35
     
    6.02
    52
    7. Ovary Cancer
    6.37
    33
     
    6.40
    32
    8. Leukemia
    5.66
    14
     
    4.82
    39
    9. Bladder Cancer
    4.38
    26
     
    1.41
    117
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.31
    49
     
    10.56
    14
    11. Liver Cancer
    4.26
    111
     
    3.63
    133
    12. Stomach Cancer
    4.08
    119
     
    6.41
    70
    13. Oral Cancer
    3.62
    70
     
    4.70
    48
    14. Skin Cancers
    3.09
    21
     
    1.28
    112
    15. Uterin Cancer
    3.05
    43
     
    1.90
    90
    16. Cervical Cancer
    2.84
    136
     
    21.01
    26
     
     
     
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.
    Data Source: Published By WHO 2014
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Cook Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.