SRI LANKA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,483	6	6,805	+ 10,678
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,142	1	26,304	- 12,162
Lung Disease	3	5,955	3	9,456	- 3,501
Tuberculosis	4	4,844	25	769	+ 4,075
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,706	28	605	+ 4,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,855	8	5,117	- 1,262
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,776	2	12,460	- 8,684
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,261	9	4,200	- 939
Liver Disease	9	2,740	17	1,303	+ 1,437
Oesophagus Cancer	10	2,544	13	1,544	+ 1,000
Low Birth Weight	11	2,275	29	536	+ 1,739
Oral Cancer	12	2,021	11	2,893	- 872
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,954	4	6,939	- 4,985
Hypertension	14	1,925	20	1,055	+ 870
Birth Trauma	15	1,745	44	193	+ 1,552
Lung Cancers	16	1,586	12	1,775	- 188
Kidney Disease	17	1,413	5	6,858	- 5,445
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,318	22	989	+ 329
Measles	19	1,175	77	0	+ 1,175
Asthma	20	1,159	7	6,471	- 5,312
Other Injuries	21	994	14	1,529	- 535
Drownings	22	924	27	731	+ 194
Breast Cancer	23	887	15	1,383	- 496
Stomach Cancer	24	886	16	1,321	- 435
Suicide	25	782	10	2,977	- 2,196
Cervical Cancer	26	669	26	762	- 94
Violence	27	602	31	499	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	591	24	911	- 321
Maternal Conditions	29	511	48	96	+ 415
Parkinson's Disease	30	493	45	168	+ 325
Falls	31	434	23	964	- 530
Drug Use	32	387	40	257	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	381	53	49	+ 331
Liver Cancer	34	376	19	1,090	- 715
Lymphomas	35	348	21	1,027	- 680
Malnutrition	36	315	54	43	+ 272
Ovary Cancer	37	291	37	281	+ 10
Meningitis	38	274	46	146	+ 128
Pertussis	39	262	59	15	+ 248
Leukemia	40	247	18	1,155	- 908
Prostate Cancer	41	217	30	507	- 290
Inflammatory/Heart	42	193	35	425	- 231
Pancreas Cancer	43	184	43	214	- 29
Epilepsy	44	176	39	269	- 93
Endocrine Disorders	45	174	32	462	- 288
Fires	46	166	41	239	- 73
Appendicitis	47	164	64	5	+ 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	163	56	38	+ 125
Syphilis	49	160	58	15	+ 145
Skin Disease	50	147	36	293	- 145
Hepatitis B	51	146	62	6	+ 140
Bladder Cancer	52	129	34	432	- 303
Skin Cancers	53	111	52	58	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	106	60	11	+ 95
HIV/AIDS	55	73	55	39	+ 34
Poisonings	56	70	49	93	- 23
Tetanus	57	59	57	27	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	58	53	42	218	- 165
Encephalitis	59	48	61	10	+ 38
Alcohol	60	34	51	82	- 48
Other Neoplasms	61	32	50	86	- 54
Hepatitis C	62	27	75	0	+ 27
War	63	26	38	280	- 253
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	69	2	+ 21
Dengue	65	21	47	131	- 110
Upper Respiratory	66	13	66	5	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	67	7	73	0	+ 7
Malaria	68	6	80	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	69	4	72	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	3	84	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	73	0	63	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Schizophrenia	82	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	68	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	67	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Bangladesh

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.