Health in Belgium

1,153 indicators covering health for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Maternal mortality rate who mdb 0.0612 2021 down 32.1% 78th
Stomach cancer death rate 2.54 2021 down 28.1% 88th
Colon and rectum cancer death rate 8.76 2021 down 28.7% 62nd
Breast cancer death rate in women 14.82 2021 down 29.9% 48th
Cervical cancer death rate in women 1.61 2021 down 22.9% 82nd
Prostate cancer death rate in men 10.61 2021 down 23.6% 72nd
Death rate from cancer by sex 120.95 2021 down 24.3% 43rd
Cardiovascular disease death rate crude versus age standardized 76.83 2021 down 29.8% 97th
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% 59th
Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old 1.17 2021 down 34.4% 94th
Death rate from cardiovascular diseases age group who mdb 1.63 2021 up 39.3% 94th
Maternal and infant mortality β€” Perinatal mortality 6.4 Deaths per 1 000 births 2023 up 3.2% 11th
Pharmacists 15,040 2023 up 13.3% 35th
Tuberculosis death rate age standardized 0.2057 2021 down 3.2% 166th
Age-standardized suicide rates 14.3 2021 down 15.2% 29th
Number of deaths in children aged <5 years, by cause 82.61 2021 up 3.7% 131st
Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a 21.46 2021 down 7.8% 169th
Total NCD Deaths 84,993 2021 down 6.8% 66th
Probability (%) of dying between age 30 and exact age 70 from any of 9.2% 2021 down 27.0% 172nd
Life expectancy at age 60 24.02 2021 up 2.7% 20th
Age-standardized NCD mortality rate 283.81 2021 down 20.6% 173rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.4237 2021 down 5.4% 97th
Life expectancy at birth 81.51 2021 up 1.7% 20th
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years) 60.08 2021 down 25.3% 166th
Previously treated cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 83.0% 2024 up 13.7% 104th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 17.99 2021 up 2.6% 23rd
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n 0.0031 2021 down 6.5% 161st
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n 0.0031 2021 down 6.4% 161st
lx - number of people left alive at age x 100,000 2021 unchanged 1st
nLx - person-years lived between ages x and x+n 99,720 2021 up 0.0% 24th
Tx - person-years lived above age x 8.15 million 2021 up 1.7% 20th
ex - expectation of life at age x 81.51 2021 up 1.7% 20th
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth 69.79 2021 up 1.4% 21st
ndx - number of people dying between ages x and x+n 311.06 2021 down 6.4% 161st
Cardiovascular death rate vs gdp per capita 75.38 2021 down 32.3% 183rd
Suicide rate vs income inequality 14.36 2021 down 14.1% 33rd
Life expectancy at birth who gho 81.51 2021 up 1.7% 20th
Deaths from falls 1,727 2021 up 24.0% 44th
Death rate from falls 14.88 2021 up 17.0% 18th
Death rate from natural disasters 0.37 2021 up 640.0% 13th
Deaths from natural disasters 43.09 2021 up 765.3% 21st
Number of deaths who 112,228 2021 up 6.3% 80th
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who 0.9665 2021 up 0.3% 53rd
Deaths from fires and burns who 72.77 2021 down 12.9% 108th
Death rate from fires and burns who 0.63 2021 down 17.1% 145th
Deaths from diarrheal diseases who 463.62 2021 up 17.7% 86th
Death rate from diarrheal diseases who 3.99 2021 up 10.8% 85th
Number of deaths from malaria ghe 0 2021 β€” 70th
Death rate from malaria ghe 0 2021 β€” 66th
Number of deaths from tuberculosis ghe 49.28 2021 down 7.6% 128th
Death rate from tuberculosis ghe 0.42 2021 down 14.3% 160th
Deaths from cardiovascular disease ghe 25,490 2021 down 20.0% 77th
Death rate from cardiovascular disease ghe 219.52 2021 down 24.5% 79th
Deaths from strokes ghe 6,536 2021 down 15.5% 88th
Death rate from strokes who 19.29 2021 down 26.6% 176th
Deaths from diabetes ghe 1,190 2021 down 10.7% 113th
Death rate from diabetes ghe 10.25 2021 down 15.7% 173rd
Deaths from alzheimers other dementias 7,545 2021 up 22.3% 27th
Death rate from alzheimers other dementias ghe 64.98 2021 up 15.4% 21st
Deaths from parkinsons disease ghe 1,370 2021 up 42.2% 29th