SRI LANKA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,696	1	26,304	- 8,608
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	12,801	4	6,939	+ 5,863
Stroke	3	8,484	6	6,805	+ 1,679
Lung Cancers	4	7,201	12	1,775	+ 5,426
Lung Disease	5	6,970	3	9,456	- 2,486
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,099	24	911	+ 4,187
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,672	2	12,460	- 8,789
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,651	8	5,117	- 1,466
Prostate Cancer	9	3,093	30	507	+ 2,586
Breast Cancer	10	2,797	15	1,383	+ 1,414
Suicide	11	2,587	10	2,977	- 391
Kidney Disease	12	2,578	5	6,858	- 4,280
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,560	43	214	+ 2,347
Falls	14	2,559	23	964	+ 1,595
Lymphomas	15	2,495	21	1,027	+ 1,468
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,912	32	462	+ 1,450
Skin Cancers	17	1,904	52	58	+ 1,846
Leukemia	18	1,746	18	1,155	+ 591
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,672	45	168	+ 1,504
Liver Cancer	20	1,672	19	1,090	+ 582
Drug Use	21	1,464	40	257	+ 1,207
Other Injuries	22	1,349	14	1,529	- 181
Hypertension	23	1,340	20	1,055	+ 284
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,290	35	425	+ 865
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,227	13	1,544	- 318
Liver Disease	26	1,167	17	1,303	- 136
Stomach Cancer	27	1,058	16	1,321	- 263
Other Neoplasms	28	1,028	50	86	+ 943
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,022	9	4,200	- 3,177
Bladder Cancer	30	975	34	432	+ 543
Ovary Cancer	31	823	37	281	+ 542
Oral Cancer	32	798	11	2,893	- 2,095
Congenital Anomalies	33	584	22	989	- 406
Skin Disease	34	488	36	293	+ 195
Uterin Cancer	35	430	42	218	+ 213
Asthma	36	374	7	6,471	- 6,097
Alcohol	37	312	51	82	+ 230
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	311	53	49	+ 262
Cervical Cancer	39	281	26	762	- 482
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	243	28	605	- 362
Epilepsy	41	234	39	269	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	227	56	38	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	43	204	29	536	- 332
Violence	44	200	31	499	- 299
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	188	60	11	+ 177
Multiple Sclerosis	46	154	69	2	+ 152
Drownings	47	145	27	731	- 585
Hepatitis C	48	142	75	0	+ 142
Anemia	49	129	33	445	- 316
Birth Trauma	50	115	44	193	- 78
Malnutrition	51	96	54	43	+ 52
Osteoarthritis	52	94	67	3	+ 90
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	58	70	2	+ 57
Schizophrenia	54	52	65	5	+ 47
Fires	55	45	41	239	- 194
Tuberculosis	56	43	25	769	- 726
HIV/AIDS	57	41	55	39	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	34	62	6	+ 28
Oral conditions	59	33	68	3	+ 30
Meningitis	60	31	46	146	- 116
Poisonings	61	29	49	93	- 65
Appendicitis	62	22	64	5	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	63	17	48	96	- 79
Upper Respiratory	64	14	66	5	+ 9
War	65	6	38	280	- 273
Otitis Media	66	5	76	0	+ 5
Syphilis	67	2	58	15	- 12
Encephalitis	68	2	61	10	- 8
Pertussis	69	1	59	15	- 13
Tetanus	70	1	57	27	- 26
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	47	131	- 131
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	63	6	- 6
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Australia

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.