SRI LANKA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,584	1	26,304	- 13,720
Stroke	2	11,461	6	6,805	+ 4,656
Kidney Disease	3	4,787	5	6,858	- 2,071
Lung Disease	4	4,785	3	9,456	- 4,672
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,711	4	6,939	- 2,228
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,617	8	5,117	- 500
Hypertension	7	4,495	20	1,055	+ 3,440
Stomach Cancer	8	4,276	16	1,321	+ 2,955
Lung Cancers	9	4,066	12	1,775	+ 2,291
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,741	2	12,460	- 8,719
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,560	24	911	+ 2,648
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,329	9	4,200	- 871
Liver Disease	13	3,118	17	1,303	+ 1,815
Prostate Cancer	14	2,868	30	507	+ 2,361
Suicide	15	2,003	10	2,977	- 975
Breast Cancer	16	1,989	15	1,383	+ 606
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,845	43	214	+ 1,632
Lymphomas	18	1,642	21	1,027	+ 614
Liver Cancer	19	1,613	19	1,090	+ 522
Other Neoplasms	20	1,599	50	86	+ 1,513
Other Injuries	21	1,543	14	1,529	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,515	32	462	+ 1,053
Falls	23	1,065	23	964	+ 101
Leukemia	24	1,036	18	1,155	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,010	22	989	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	26	931	45	168	+ 763
Cervical Cancer	27	918	26	762	+ 156
Skin Disease	28	899	36	293	+ 606
Violence	29	876	31	499	+ 377
Oesophagus Cancer	30	850	13	1,544	- 694
Inflammatory/Heart	31	835	35	425	+ 410
Bladder Cancer	32	755	34	432	+ 323
HIV/AIDS	33	635	55	39	+ 596
Skin Cancers	34	619	52	58	+ 561
Ovary Cancer	35	606	37	281	+ 325
Low Birth Weight	36	515	29	536	- 21
Malnutrition	37	495	54	43	+ 451
Tuberculosis	38	483	25	769	- 286
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	394	28	605	- 211
Oral Cancer	40	361	11	2,893	- 2,532
Fires	41	348	41	239	+ 109
Asthma	42	347	7	6,471	- 6,124
Epilepsy	43	347	39	269	+ 77
Drownings	44	333	27	731	- 397
Uterin Cancer	45	324	42	218	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	263	56	38	+ 225
Alcohol	47	244	51	82	+ 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	220	60	11	+ 209
Anemia	49	212	33	445	- 234
Drug Use	50	175	40	257	- 82
Osteoarthritis	51	155	67	3	+ 151
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	123	53	49	+ 74
Meningitis	53	112	46	146	- 34
Birth Trauma	54	103	44	193	- 90
Chagas disease	55	93	83	0	+ 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	86	70	2	+ 85
Poisonings	57	80	49	93	- 13
Schizophrenia	58	45	65	5	+ 40
Appendicitis	59	43	64	5	+ 38
Hepatitis B	60	35	62	6	+ 29
Hepatitis C	61	31	75	0	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	62	31	69	2	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	63	28	48	96	- 68
War	64	16	38	280	- 264
Oral conditions	65	6	68	3	+ 3
Syphilis	66	6	58	15	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	5	66	5	+ 1
Pertussis	68	3	59	15	- 11
Tetanus	69	2	57	27	- 25
Encephalitis	70	2	61	10	- 8
Otitis Media	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	47	131	- 131
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Chile

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.