SOMALIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,353	6	8,595	+ 1,757
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,374	7	7,233	+ 1,142
Lung Disease	3	3,526	19	2,442	+ 1,084
Tuberculosis	4	2,869	4	10,261	- 7,393
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,786	2	15,363	- 12,576
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,283	1	21,712	- 19,429
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,236	16	2,888	- 652
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,931	11	4,231	- 2,300
Liver Disease	9	1,622	13	3,917	- 2,294
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,507	40	516	+ 990
Low Birth Weight	11	1,347	8	6,250	- 4,903
Oral Cancer	12	1,197	46	328	+ 869
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,157	32	647	+ 510
Hypertension	14	1,140	18	2,643	- 1,503
Birth Trauma	15	1,033	5	9,573	- 8,540
Lung Cancers	16	939	54	233	+ 706
Kidney Disease	17	837	21	2,051	- 1,214
Congenital Anomalies	18	780	15	3,410	- 2,630
Measles	19	696	3	11,576	- 10,879
Asthma	20	686	23	1,878	- 1,192
Other Injuries	21	589	14	3,602	- 3,013
Drownings	22	547	25	1,272	- 724
Breast Cancer	23	525	26	1,232	- 706
Stomach Cancer	24	525	49	310	+ 215
Suicide	25	463	27	1,219	- 756
Cervical Cancer	26	396	28	883	- 487
Violence	27	357	29	828	- 472
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	350	38	546	- 196
Maternal Conditions	29	302	12	4,127	- 3,824
Parkinson's Disease	30	292	56	184	+ 108
Falls	31	257	37	548	- 291
Drug Use	32	229	65	54	+ 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	225	41	446	- 220
Liver Cancer	34	223	53	256	- 33
Lymphomas	35	206	34	605	- 399
Malnutrition	36	187	10	4,825	- 4,638
Ovary Cancer	37	172	50	295	- 123
Meningitis	38	162	9	5,381	- 5,219
Pertussis	39	155	20	2,054	- 1,899
Leukemia	40	146	35	562	- 415
Prostate Cancer	41	128	52	285	- 157
Inflammatory/Heart	42	115	39	521	- 407
Pancreas Cancer	43	109	62	108	+ 2
Epilepsy	44	104	43	419	- 314
Endocrine Disorders	45	103	44	406	- 303
Fires	46	98	30	810	- 712
Appendicitis	47	97	55	188	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	97	36	559	- 462
Syphilis	49	95	45	378	- 283
Skin Disease	50	87	58	151	- 64
Hepatitis B	51	86	48	315	- 228
Bladder Cancer	52	76	61	149	- 73
Skin Cancers	53	66	57	164	- 98
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	63	66	35	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	55	43	33	610	- 566
Poisonings	56	42	31	758	- 716
Tetanus	57	35	17	2,648	- 2,613
Uterin Cancer	58	31	64	78	- 47
Encephalitis	59	29	63	91	- 62
Alcohol	60	20	59	151	- 131
Other Neoplasms	61	19	70	12	+ 6
Hepatitis C	62	16	67	34	- 18
War	63	16	24	1,318	- 1,303
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	71	8	+ 6
Dengue	65	12	73	1	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	66	8	47	326	- 318
Leishmaniasis	67	4	51	290	- 285
Malaria	68	3	22	1,942	- 1,939
Ascariasis	69	2	69	30	- 27
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	68	32	- 30
Diphtheria	72	0	60	150	- 149
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.