SOMALIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,479	7	7,233	+ 3,246
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,581	32	647	+ 6,933
Stroke	3	5,024	6	8,595	- 3,572
Lung Cancers	4	4,264	54	233	+ 4,031
Lung Disease	5	4,127	19	2,442	+ 1,685
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,019	38	546	+ 2,473
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,174	16	2,888	- 714
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,162	1	21,712	- 19,550
Prostate Cancer	9	1,831	52	285	+ 1,546
Breast Cancer	10	1,656	26	1,232	+ 424
Suicide	11	1,532	27	1,219	+ 313
Kidney Disease	12	1,527	21	2,051	- 524
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,516	62	108	+ 1,408
Falls	14	1,515	37	548	+ 967
Lymphomas	15	1,478	34	605	+ 873
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,132	44	406	+ 726
Skin Cancers	17	1,127	57	164	+ 964
Leukemia	18	1,034	35	562	+ 472
Parkinson's Disease	19	990	56	184	+ 806
Liver Cancer	20	990	53	256	+ 734
Drug Use	21	867	65	54	+ 813
Other Injuries	22	799	14	3,602	- 2,803
Hypertension	23	793	18	2,643	- 1,850
Inflammatory/Heart	24	764	39	521	+ 243
Oesophagus Cancer	25	726	40	516	+ 210
Liver Disease	26	691	13	3,917	- 3,225
Stomach Cancer	27	626	49	310	+ 317
Other Neoplasms	28	609	70	12	+ 597
Road Traffic Accidents	29	605	11	4,231	- 3,626
Bladder Cancer	30	577	61	149	+ 428
Ovary Cancer	31	488	50	295	+ 193
Oral Cancer	32	473	46	328	+ 145
Congenital Anomalies	33	346	15	3,410	- 3,065
Skin Disease	34	289	58	151	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	35	255	64	78	+ 177
Asthma	36	221	23	1,878	- 1,657
Alcohol	37	185	59	151	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	184	41	446	- 262
Cervical Cancer	39	166	28	883	- 717
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	144	2	15,363	- 15,219
Epilepsy	41	138	43	419	- 280
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	134	36	559	- 425
Low Birth Weight	43	121	8	6,250	- 6,130
Violence	44	118	29	828	- 710
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	111	66	35	+ 76
Multiple Sclerosis	46	91	71	8	+ 83
Drownings	47	86	25	1,272	- 1,185
Hepatitis C	48	84	67	34	+ 50
Anemia	49	76	83	0	+ 76
Birth Trauma	50	68	5	9,573	- 9,505
Malnutrition	51	57	10	4,825	- 4,768
Osteoarthritis	52	55	85	0	+ 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	35	84	0	+ 35
Schizophrenia	54	31	81	0	+ 31
Fires	55	27	30	810	- 784
Tuberculosis	56	26	4	10,261	- 10,236
HIV/AIDS	57	24	33	610	- 586
Hepatitis B	58	20	48	315	- 295
Oral conditions	59	19	86	0	+ 19
Meningitis	60	18	9	5,381	- 5,363
Poisonings	61	17	31	758	- 741
Appendicitis	62	13	55	188	- 175
Maternal Conditions	63	10	12	4,127	- 4,117
Upper Respiratory	64	8	47	326	- 317
War	65	4	24	1,318	- 1,314
Otitis Media	66	3	68	32	- 29
Syphilis	67	1	45	378	- 376
Encephalitis	68	1	63	91	- 89
Pertussis	69	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Tetanus	70	1	17	2,648	- 2,648
Diphtheria	71	0	60	150	- 149
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	30	- 30
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	72	5	- 5
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	51	290	- 290
Malaria	82	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Australia

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.