SRI LANKA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,125	1	26,304	- 17,179
Stroke	2	4,379	6	6,805	- 2,426
Kidney Disease	3	2,859	5	6,858	- 3,999
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,644	2	12,460	- 9,816
Hypertension	5	2,047	20	1,055	+ 992
Lung Disease	6	1,998	3	9,456	- 7,458
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,907	9	4,200	- 2,293
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,546	8	5,117	- 3,571
Suicide	9	1,376	10	2,977	- 1,601
Other Injuries	10	1,144	14	1,529	- 386
Falls	11	1,121	23	964	+ 157
Asthma	12	1,005	7	6,471	- 5,466
Drug Use	13	945	40	257	+ 687
Liver Disease	14	914	17	1,303	- 389
Congenital Anomalies	15	808	22	989	- 182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	677	24	911	- 234
Breast Cancer	17	578	15	1,383	- 805
Endocrine Disorders	18	569	32	462	+ 106
Low Birth Weight	19	427	29	536	- 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	426	4	6,939	- 6,513
Lung Cancers	21	405	12	1,775	- 1,369
Fires	22	391	41	239	+ 152
Drownings	23	369	27	731	- 361
Leukemia	24	338	18	1,155	- 817
Epilepsy	25	306	39	269	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	26	296	43	214	+ 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	277	53	49	+ 227
Inflammatory/Heart	28	262	35	425	- 163
Lymphomas	29	255	21	1,027	- 772
Stomach Cancer	30	245	16	1,321	- 1,076
Parkinson's Disease	31	218	45	168	+ 50
Liver Cancer	32	210	19	1,090	- 880
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	202	28	605	- 403
Skin Cancers	34	170	52	58	+ 112
Violence	35	154	31	499	- 345
Tuberculosis	36	144	25	769	- 625
Birth Trauma	37	140	44	193	- 53
Ovary Cancer	38	138	37	281	- 143
Bladder Cancer	39	131	34	432	- 301
Alcohol	40	130	51	82	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	41	125	26	762	- 637
Meningitis	42	114	46	146	- 32
Prostate Cancer	43	111	30	507	- 396
Hepatitis B	44	103	62	6	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	100	56	38	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	46	97	42	218	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	47	81	13	1,544	- 1,463
Poisonings	48	78	49	93	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	49	78	69	2	+ 75
HIV/AIDS	50	75	55	39	+ 35
Tetanus	51	72	57	27	+ 45
Oral Cancer	52	69	11	2,893	- 2,824
War	53	65	38	280	- 215
Encephalitis	54	61	61	10	+ 51
Appendicitis	55	29	64	5	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	56	29	50	86	- 57
Skin Disease	57	27	36	293	- 265
Pertussis	58	26	59	15	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	59	12	48	96	- 85
Malnutrition	60	6	54	43	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	60	11	- 5
Syphilis	62	6	58	15	- 9
Hepatitis C	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	63	6	- 6
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	47	131	- 131
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	65	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	33	445	- 445
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Arab Emirates

Sri Lanka

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.