SOMALIA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,100	7	7,233	+ 7,867
Stroke	2	6,476	6	8,595	- 2,120
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,490	11	4,231	- 1,741
Hypertension	4	2,317	18	2,643	- 326
Kidney Disease	5	2,084	21	2,051	+ 33
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,018	1	21,712	- 19,694
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,560	32	647	+ 913
Low Birth Weight	8	1,506	8	6,250	- 4,744
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,295	16	2,888	- 1,593
Lung Disease	10	1,292	19	2,442	- 1,150
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,206	15	3,410	- 2,204
Lung Cancers	12	1,088	54	233	+ 855
Birth Trauma	13	1,052	5	9,573	- 8,521
Breast Cancer	14	959	26	1,232	- 272
Liver Disease	15	959	13	3,917	- 2,958
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	869	38	546	+ 323
Tuberculosis	17	786	4	10,261	- 9,475
Asthma	18	565	23	1,878	- 1,313
Stomach Cancer	19	563	49	310	+ 253
Lymphomas	20	507	34	605	- 97
Bladder Cancer	21	394	61	149	+ 245
Other Injuries	22	388	14	3,602	- 3,214
Falls	23	364	37	548	- 184
Parkinson's Disease	24	346	56	184	+ 162
Leukemia	25	320	35	562	- 241
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	307	2	15,363	- 15,055
Cervical Cancer	27	301	28	883	- 582
Suicide	28	297	27	1,219	- 922
Prostate Cancer	29	296	52	285	+ 11
Drug Use	30	272	65	54	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	31	269	62	108	+ 162
Endocrine Disorders	32	256	44	406	- 150
Maternal Conditions	33	254	12	4,127	- 3,873
Inflammatory/Heart	34	228	39	521	- 293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	200	36	559	- 359
Violence	36	197	29	828	- 631
Skin Cancers	37	197	57	164	+ 33
Oral Cancer	38	192	46	328	- 135
Fires	39	176	30	810	- 634
Ovary Cancer	40	169	50	295	- 126
Liver Cancer	41	152	53	256	- 103
Drownings	42	125	25	1,272	- 1,147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	100	41	446	- 346
Epilepsy	44	98	43	419	- 320
Meningitis	45	89	9	5,381	- 5,293
Oesophagus Cancer	46	87	40	516	- 430
Poisonings	47	79	31	758	- 679
HIV/AIDS	48	53	33	610	- 556
Pertussis	49	47	20	2,054	- 2,007
Hepatitis B	50	46	48	315	- 269
Encephalitis	51	40	63	91	- 51
Skin Disease	52	31	58	151	- 120
Malnutrition	53	23	10	4,825	- 4,802
Alcohol	54	22	59	151	- 129
Appendicitis	55	22	55	188	- 166
Uterin Cancer	56	21	64	78	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	57	20	71	8	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	58	16	70	12	+ 4
Measles	59	15	3	11,576	- 11,560
Tetanus	60	14	17	2,648	- 2,634
Syphilis	61	11	45	378	- 366
War	62	11	24	1,318	- 1,307
Schistosomiasis	63	6	42	435	- 429
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	66	35	- 29
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	34	- 33
Leishmaniasis	66	1	51	290	- 289
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	68	1	47	326	- 325
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 32
Malaria	72	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Algeria

Somalia

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.