SRI LANKA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,190	1	26,304	+ 38,885
Stroke	2	33,240	6	6,805	+ 26,435
Lung Cancers	3	15,054	12	1,775	+ 13,279
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	11,595	24	911	+ 10,684
Lung Disease	5	11,181	3	9,456	+ 1,724
Diabetes Mellitus	6	10,397	2	12,460	- 2,063
Kidney Disease	7	7,375	5	6,858	+ 516
Hypertension	8	5,837	20	1,055	+ 4,782
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	5,648	4	6,939	- 1,290
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	5,410	8	5,117	+ 293
Breast Cancer	11	5,395	15	1,383	+ 4,012
Falls	12	5,162	23	964	+ 4,198
Liver Disease	13	4,897	17	1,303	+ 3,594
Prostate Cancer	14	4,513	30	507	+ 4,006
Stomach Cancer	15	4,166	16	1,321	+ 2,845
Pancreas Cancer	16	3,995	43	214	+ 3,782
Suicide	17	3,581	10	2,977	+ 604
Lymphomas	18	2,947	21	1,027	+ 1,920
Liver Cancer	19	2,655	19	1,090	+ 1,565
Bladder Cancer	20	2,644	34	432	+ 2,212
Inflammatory/Heart	21	2,419	35	425	+ 1,994
Leukemia	22	2,306	18	1,155	+ 1,151
Other Injuries	23	2,266	14	1,529	+ 736
Parkinson's Disease	24	2,241	45	168	+ 2,073
Oral Cancer	25	1,790	11	2,893	- 1,104
Skin Cancers	26	1,758	52	58	+ 1,699
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,738	9	4,200	- 2,461
Ovary Cancer	28	1,633	37	281	+ 1,352
Other Neoplasms	29	1,500	50	86	+ 1,414
Alcohol	30	1,159	51	82	+ 1,077
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,095	56	38	+ 1,057
Uterin Cancer	32	1,056	42	218	+ 838
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,003	13	1,544	- 542
Cervical Cancer	34	824	26	762	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	724	53	49	+ 674
Epilepsy	36	500	39	269	+ 231
Congenital Anomalies	37	500	22	989	- 490
Drownings	38	454	27	731	- 276
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	434	28	605	- 170
Schizophrenia	40	419	65	5	+ 414
Asthma	41	390	7	6,471	- 6,081
Endocrine Disorders	42	384	32	462	- 79
Drug Use	43	373	40	257	+ 116
Tuberculosis	44	326	25	769	- 444
Multiple Sclerosis	45	291	69	2	+ 288
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	249	60	11	+ 238
Hepatitis C	47	237	75	0	+ 237
Violence	48	236	31	499	- 263
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	226	70	2	+ 225
Fires	50	181	41	239	- 58
Hepatitis B	51	91	62	6	+ 85
Meningitis	52	86	46	146	- 60
Anemia	53	84	33	445	- 362
Poisonings	54	84	49	93	- 10
Birth Trauma	55	59	44	193	- 134
Low Birth Weight	56	53	29	536	- 483
Appendicitis	57	46	64	5	+ 40
Skin Disease	58	41	36	293	- 252
HIV/AIDS	59	40	55	39	+ 1
Otitis Media	60	18	76	0	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	61	12	48	96	- 84
Iodine Deficiency	62	11	78	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	63	9	66	5	+ 4
Oral conditions	64	9	68	3	+ 6
Encephalitis	65	4	61	10	- 7
Leishmaniasis	66	3	73	0	+ 3
War	67	2	38	280	- 277
Tetanus	68	2	57	27	- 26
Pertussis	69	1	59	15	- 14
Malnutrition	70	1	54	43	- 43
Syphilis	71	0	58	15	- 15
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	63	6	- 6
Dengue	80	0	47	131	- 131
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	67	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Croatia

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.