SRI LANKA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,357	1	26,304	+ 8,053
Liver Disease	2	11,880	17	1,303	+ 10,577
Stroke	3	8,663	6	6,805	+ 1,858
Liver Cancer	4	4,844	19	1,090	+ 3,753
Hypertension	5	4,168	20	1,055	+ 3,113
Kidney Disease	6	4,167	5	6,858	- 2,691
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,089	8	5,117	- 1,028
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,780	2	12,460	- 8,680
Lung Disease	9	2,646	3	9,456	- 6,810
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,403	22	989	+ 1,414
Low Birth Weight	11	2,251	29	536	+ 1,715
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,004	9	4,200	- 2,196
Breast Cancer	13	1,814	15	1,383	+ 431
Lymphomas	14	1,490	21	1,027	+ 462
Asthma	15	1,404	7	6,471	- 5,067
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,378	4	6,939	- 5,560
Birth Trauma	17	1,207	44	193	+ 1,014
Lung Cancers	18	1,122	12	1,775	- 653
Bladder Cancer	19	1,014	34	432	+ 582
Violence	20	823	31	499	+ 324
Other Injuries	21	755	14	1,529	- 775
Leukemia	22	744	18	1,155	- 411
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	730	28	605	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	609	24	911	- 302
Suicide	25	597	10	2,977	- 2,380
Pancreas Cancer	26	574	43	214	+ 361
Inflammatory/Heart	27	492	35	425	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	28	472	45	168	+ 305
Endocrine Disorders	29	469	32	462	+ 6
Falls	30	399	23	964	- 565
Ovary Cancer	31	384	37	281	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	32	364	16	1,321	- 956
Fires	33	310	41	239	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	265	56	38	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	35	253	30	507	- 254
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	247	53	49	+ 197
Drownings	37	222	27	731	- 509
Encephalitis	38	207	61	10	+ 196
Skin Cancers	39	200	52	58	+ 142
Hepatitis B	40	195	62	6	+ 189
Oesophagus Cancer	41	188	13	1,544	- 1,356
Pertussis	42	179	59	15	+ 165
Meningitis	43	163	46	146	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	44	157	48	96	+ 61
Oral Cancer	45	157	11	2,893	- 2,737
Malnutrition	46	150	54	43	+ 106
War	47	141	38	280	- 139
Cervical Cancer	48	123	26	762	- 639
Tetanus	49	107	57	27	+ 79
Epilepsy	50	89	39	269	- 180
Tuberculosis	51	85	25	769	- 684
Uterin Cancer	52	83	42	218	- 134
HIV/AIDS	53	78	55	39	+ 39
Schistosomiasis	54	44	81	0	+ 44
Skin Disease	55	43	36	293	- 249
Multiple Sclerosis	56	42	69	2	+ 40
Poisonings	57	39	49	93	- 55
Syphilis	58	31	58	15	+ 17
Appendicitis	59	28	64	5	+ 23
Alcohol	60	28	51	82	- 54
Other Neoplasms	61	23	50	86	- 63
Drug Use	62	23	40	257	- 234
Hepatitis C	63	19	75	0	+ 19
Measles	64	9	77	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	60	11	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	3	73	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	5	- 4
Dengue	69	1	47	131	- 130
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	65	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	33	445	- 445
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Egypt

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.