SOMALIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,581	1	21,712	- 15,131
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,871	2	15,363	- 10,492
Stroke	3	4,322	6	8,595	- 4,273
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,011	7	7,233	- 3,222
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,466	11	4,231	- 765
Birth Trauma	6	3,416	5	9,573	- 6,158
Low Birth Weight	7	3,077	8	6,250	- 3,173
Liver Disease	8	2,994	13	3,917	- 922
Tuberculosis	9	2,356	4	10,261	- 7,905
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,785	16	2,888	- 1,103
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,717	15	3,410	- 1,693
Hypertension	12	1,479	18	2,643	- 1,164
Kidney Disease	13	1,329	21	2,051	- 722
Meningitis	14	1,320	9	5,381	- 4,061
Lung Disease	15	1,303	19	2,442	- 1,139
Other Injuries	16	1,289	14	3,602	- 2,313
HIV/AIDS	17	1,260	33	610	+ 650
Maternal Conditions	18	976	12	4,127	- 3,151
Malnutrition	19	949	10	4,825	- 3,876
Breast Cancer	20	932	26	1,232	- 300
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	907	32	647	+ 259
Violence	22	887	29	828	+ 59
Pertussis	23	757	20	2,054	- 1,297
Measles	24	694	3	11,576	- 10,881
Suicide	25	662	27	1,219	- 557
Malaria	26	618	22	1,942	- 1,324
Cervical Cancer	27	551	28	883	- 332
Falls	28	495	37	548	- 53
Asthma	29	492	23	1,878	- 1,386
Leukemia	30	464	35	562	- 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	412	38	546	- 134
Poisonings	32	403	31	758	- 355
Lymphomas	33	394	34	605	- 210
Fires	34	357	30	810	- 453
Drownings	35	344	25	1,272	- 928
Ovary Cancer	36	266	50	295	- 29
Tetanus	37	242	17	2,648	- 2,406
Lung Cancers	38	242	54	233	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	39	238	39	521	- 283
Oesophagus Cancer	40	202	40	516	- 314
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	193	36	559	- 366
Liver Cancer	42	190	53	256	- 66
Syphilis	43	187	45	378	- 191
Epilepsy	44	178	43	419	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	45	178	44	406	- 228
Parkinson's Disease	46	173	56	184	- 11
Stomach Cancer	47	167	49	310	- 143
Oral Cancer	48	162	46	328	- 166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	147	41	446	- 299
Prostate Cancer	50	137	52	285	- 148
Bladder Cancer	51	119	61	149	- 31
Skin Cancers	52	111	57	164	- 53
Skin Disease	53	99	58	151	- 52
Schistosomiasis	54	92	42	435	- 343
Alcohol	55	82	59	151	- 69
Hepatitis B	56	81	48	315	- 233
Upper Respiratory	57	78	47	326	- 248
Appendicitis	58	74	55	188	- 113
Leishmaniasis	59	64	51	290	- 226
Drug Use	60	56	65	54	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	61	54	62	108	- 54
Uterin Cancer	62	46	64	78	- 32
Encephalitis	63	42	63	91	- 48
War	64	31	24	1,318	- 1,287
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	24	66	35	- 11
Other Neoplasms	66	16	70	12	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	16	60	150	- 134
Ascariasis	68	14	69	30	- 15
Hepatitis C	69	13	67	34	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	70	7	71	8	- 1
Otitis Media	71	4	68	32	- 27
Chlamydia	72	2	72	5	- 3
Dengue	73	2	73	1	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Ethiopia

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.