SOMALIA VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANGOLA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,712	1	21,712	- 13,000
Tuberculosis	2	5,945	4	10,261	- 4,316
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	5,334	2	15,363	- 10,028
Malaria	4	4,762	22	1,942	+ 2,820
Birth Trauma	5	4,543	5	9,573	- 5,031
HIV/AIDS	6	4,481	33	610	+ 3,871
Low Birth Weight	7	3,914	8	6,250	- 2,337
Stroke	8	3,739	6	8,595	- 4,856
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,506	7	7,233	- 3,727
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,910	11	4,231	- 1,321
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,590	15	3,410	- 820
Liver Disease	12	2,135	13	3,917	- 1,781
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,544	16	2,888	- 1,344
Pertussis	14	1,469	20	2,054	- 586
Hypertension	15	1,283	18	2,643	- 1,360
Meningitis	16	1,247	9	5,381	- 4,134
Malnutrition	17	1,228	10	4,825	- 3,597
Maternal Conditions	18	1,143	12	4,127	- 2,983
Violence	19	1,025	29	828	+ 196
Kidney Disease	20	961	21	2,051	- 1,090
Other Injuries	21	939	14	3,602	- 2,663
Lung Disease	22	856	19	2,442	- 1,586
Suicide	23	677	27	1,219	- 542
Cervical Cancer	24	676	28	883	- 207
Asthma	25	588	23	1,878	- 1,290
Drownings	26	560	25	1,272	- 712
Syphilis	27	460	45	378	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	28	457	39	521	- 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	419	32	647	- 228
Falls	30	401	37	548	- 146
Breast Cancer	31	399	26	1,232	- 832
Endocrine Disorders	32	392	44	406	- 15
Prostate Cancer	33	375	52	285	+ 90
Fires	34	293	30	810	- 517
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	238	36	559	- 321
Epilepsy	36	227	43	419	- 192
Poisonings	37	224	31	758	- 534
Lymphomas	38	213	34	605	- 392
Liver Cancer	39	203	53	256	- 53
Tetanus	40	178	17	2,648	- 2,470
Oral Cancer	41	177	46	328	- 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	167	38	546	- 379
Skin Cancers	43	163	57	164	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	153	41	446	- 293
Lung Cancers	45	140	54	233	- 93
Leukemia	46	126	35	562	- 435
Stomach Cancer	47	122	49	310	- 188
Oesophagus Cancer	48	108	40	516	- 408
Parkinson's Disease	49	102	56	184	- 81
Skin Disease	50	79	58	151	- 73
Alcohol	51	77	59	151	- 74
Schistosomiasis	52	76	42	435	- 360
Ovary Cancer	53	74	50	295	- 221
Appendicitis	54	72	55	188	- 115
Drug Use	55	72	65	54	+ 18
Encephalitis	56	67	63	91	- 24
Leishmaniasis	57	58	51	290	- 232
Bladder Cancer	58	57	61	149	- 93
Pancreas Cancer	59	50	62	108	- 58
Upper Respiratory	60	45	47	326	- 280
Hepatitis B	61	41	48	315	- 274
Diphtheria	62	39	60	150	- 111
Measles	63	33	3	11,576	- 11,542
Uterin Cancer	64	27	64	78	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	22	66	35	- 14
Ascariasis	66	14	69	30	- 15
Other Neoplasms	67	14	70	12	+ 2
War	68	8	24	1,318	- 1,310
Multiple Sclerosis	69	7	71	8	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	5	67	34	- 29
Trypanosomiasis	71	4	78	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	72	3	68	32	- 29
Chlamydia	73	2	72	5	- 3
Dengue	74	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Angola

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.