SOMALIA VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	COMOROS		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,596	1	21,712	- 13,115
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	5,253	2	15,363	- 10,109
Stroke	3	5,143	6	8,595	- 3,452
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,042	7	7,233	- 2,191
Low Birth Weight	5	4,748	8	6,250	- 1,502
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,270	11	4,231	- 961
Birth Trauma	7	3,049	5	9,573	- 6,525
Liver Disease	8	2,309	13	3,917	- 1,608
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,971	16	2,888	- 917
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,890	15	3,410	- 1,520
Meningitis	11	1,670	9	5,381	- 3,711
Hypertension	12	1,664	18	2,643	- 979
Cervical Cancer	13	1,511	28	883	+ 628
Kidney Disease	14	1,466	21	2,051	- 585
Malnutrition	15	1,387	10	4,825	- 3,438
Other Injuries	16	1,304	14	3,602	- 2,297
Lung Disease	17	1,207	19	2,442	- 1,235
Pertussis	18	1,157	20	2,054	- 897
Tuberculosis	19	1,140	4	10,261	- 9,121
Violence	20	914	29	828	+ 86
Asthma	21	707	23	1,878	- 1,171
Maternal Conditions	22	679	12	4,127	- 3,448
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	671	32	647	+ 24
Suicide	24	663	27	1,219	- 557
Drownings	25	502	25	1,272	- 769
Oesophagus Cancer	26	487	40	516	- 30
Prostate Cancer	27	475	52	285	+ 190
Liver Cancer	28	420	53	256	+ 165
Malaria	29	419	22	1,942	- 1,523
Fires	30	391	30	810	- 420
Inflammatory/Heart	31	380	39	521	- 141
Falls	32	379	37	548	- 169
Breast Cancer	33	326	26	1,232	- 905
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	304	36	559	- 255
Poisonings	35	290	31	758	- 468
Endocrine Disorders	36	282	44	406	- 124
Lymphomas	37	279	34	605	- 326
Syphilis	38	277	45	378	- 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	270	38	546	- 276
Epilepsy	40	250	43	419	- 168
Oral Cancer	41	224	46	328	- 104
Skin Cancers	42	180	57	164	+ 16
Tetanus	43	172	17	2,648	- 2,476
Parkinson's Disease	44	166	56	184	- 18
Stomach Cancer	45	163	49	310	- 147
Bladder Cancer	46	148	61	149	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	147	41	446	- 299
Skin Disease	48	133	58	151	- 18
Drug Use	49	96	65	54	+ 42
Appendicitis	50	85	55	188	- 103
Alcohol	51	84	59	151	- 67
Hepatitis B	52	74	48	315	- 240
Upper Respiratory	53	61	47	326	- 265
Encephalitis	54	60	63	91	- 31
Uterin Cancer	55	45	64	78	- 33
Ovary Cancer	56	45	50	295	- 250
Leukemia	57	44	35	562	- 517
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	66	35	- 11
Other Neoplasms	59	16	70	12	+ 4
Lung Cancers	60	15	54	233	- 218
Hepatitis C	61	14	67	34	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	71	8	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	5	69	30	- 24
Otitis Media	64	5	68	32	- 27
Diphtheria	65	4	60	150	- 146
Chlamydia	66	3	72	5	- 1
War	67	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Dengue	68	1	73	1	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
HIV/AIDS	76	0	33	610	- 610
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Depression	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	62	108	- 108
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Comoros

Somalia

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.