SOMALIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,452	7	7,233	+ 219
Stroke	2	6,787	6	8,595	- 1,809
Kidney Disease	3	2,835	21	2,051	+ 784
Lung Disease	4	2,833	19	2,442	+ 391
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,790	32	647	+ 2,142
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,734	1	21,712	- 18,978
Hypertension	7	2,662	18	2,643	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	8	2,532	49	310	+ 2,222
Lung Cancers	9	2,408	54	233	+ 2,175
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,215	16	2,888	- 672
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,108	38	546	+ 1,562
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,971	11	4,231	- 2,260
Liver Disease	13	1,846	13	3,917	- 2,070
Prostate Cancer	14	1,698	52	285	+ 1,413
Suicide	15	1,186	27	1,219	- 33
Breast Cancer	16	1,178	26	1,232	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,093	62	108	+ 985
Lymphomas	18	972	34	605	+ 367
Liver Cancer	19	955	53	256	+ 699
Other Neoplasms	20	947	70	12	+ 935
Other Injuries	21	914	14	3,602	- 2,688
Endocrine Disorders	22	897	44	406	+ 491
Falls	23	631	37	548	+ 83
Leukemia	24	613	35	562	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	25	598	15	3,410	- 2,812
Parkinson's Disease	26	551	56	184	+ 367
Cervical Cancer	27	544	28	883	- 339
Skin Disease	28	532	58	151	+ 381
Violence	29	519	29	828	- 310
Oesophagus Cancer	30	504	40	516	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	31	495	39	521	- 26
Bladder Cancer	32	447	61	149	+ 298
HIV/AIDS	33	376	33	610	- 234
Skin Cancers	34	367	57	164	+ 203
Ovary Cancer	35	359	50	295	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	36	305	8	6,250	- 5,945
Malnutrition	37	293	10	4,825	- 4,532
Tuberculosis	38	286	4	10,261	- 9,975
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	233	2	15,363	- 15,130
Oral Cancer	40	214	46	328	- 114
Fires	41	206	30	810	- 604
Asthma	42	205	23	1,878	- 1,673
Epilepsy	43	205	43	419	- 213
Drownings	44	197	25	1,272	- 1,074
Uterin Cancer	45	192	64	78	+ 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	156	36	559	- 403
Alcohol	47	144	59	151	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	130	66	35	+ 95
Anemia	49	125	83	0	+ 125
Drug Use	50	104	65	54	+ 49
Osteoarthritis	51	92	85	0	+ 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	73	41	446	- 373
Meningitis	53	66	9	5,381	- 5,315
Birth Trauma	54	61	5	9,573	- 9,512
Chagas disease	55	55	79	0	+ 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	51	84	0	+ 51
Poisonings	57	48	31	758	- 710
Schizophrenia	58	26	81	0	+ 26
Appendicitis	59	26	55	188	- 162
Hepatitis B	60	21	48	315	- 294
Hepatitis C	61	19	67	34	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	71	8	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	63	16	12	4,127	- 4,110
War	64	9	24	1,318	- 1,309
Oral conditions	65	4	86	0	+ 4
Syphilis	66	3	45	378	- 374
Upper Respiratory	67	3	47	326	- 323
Pertussis	68	2	20	2,054	- 2,052
Tetanus	69	1	17	2,648	- 2,647
Encephalitis	70	1	63	91	- 90
Otitis Media	71	1	68	32	- 30
Ascariasis	72	0	69	30	- 30
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	75	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	72	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	81	0	51	290	- 290
Malaria	82	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	435	- 435
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.