SRI LANKA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,313	1	26,304	- 5,991
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	17,090	4	6,939	+ 10,152
Stroke	3	11,688	6	6,805	+ 4,883
Lung Cancers	4	11,464	12	1,775	+ 9,689
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	7,026	24	911	+ 6,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,356	8	5,117	+ 1,240
Lung Disease	7	5,861	3	9,456	- 3,595
Breast Cancer	8	4,995	15	1,383	+ 3,612
Other Injuries	9	4,861	14	1,529	+ 3,332
Pancreas Cancer	10	3,974	43	214	+ 3,760
Kidney Disease	11	3,690	5	6,858	- 3,168
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,508	2	12,460	- 8,952
Prostate Cancer	13	3,496	30	507	+ 2,989
Lymphomas	14	3,237	21	1,027	+ 2,209
Liver Cancer	15	3,078	19	1,090	+ 1,987
Suicide	16	2,881	10	2,977	- 96
Other Neoplasms	17	2,820	50	86	+ 2,734
Falls	18	2,663	23	964	+ 1,699
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,600	32	462	+ 2,137
Parkinson's Disease	20	2,434	45	168	+ 2,266
Leukemia	21	2,397	18	1,155	+ 1,242
Liver Disease	22	2,373	17	1,303	+ 1,070
Hypertension	23	2,286	20	1,055	+ 1,230
Bladder Cancer	24	2,111	34	432	+ 1,679
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,950	35	425	+ 1,525
Stomach Cancer	26	1,778	16	1,321	+ 457
Oral Cancer	27	1,503	11	2,893	- 1,390
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,502	13	1,544	- 42
Malnutrition	29	1,354	54	43	+ 1,311
Ovary Cancer	30	1,274	37	281	+ 993
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,073	9	4,200	- 3,126
Skin Cancers	32	1,047	52	58	+ 988
Alcohol	33	1,025	51	82	+ 943
Uterin Cancer	34	875	42	218	+ 657
Congenital Anomalies	35	647	22	989	- 342
Drug Use	36	605	40	257	+ 348
Epilepsy	37	600	39	269	+ 330
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	581	28	605	- 24
Skin Disease	39	514	36	293	+ 221
Cervical Cancer	40	506	26	762	- 256
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	445	53	49	+ 396
Asthma	42	334	7	6,471	- 6,137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	317	56	38	+ 279
Anemia	44	313	33	445	- 133
Drownings	45	279	27	731	- 452
Multiple Sclerosis	46	242	69	2	+ 240
Low Birth Weight	47	209	29	536	- 327
Schizophrenia	48	208	65	5	+ 203
Violence	49	173	31	499	- 326
Tuberculosis	50	140	25	769	- 629
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	137	60	11	+ 126
Hepatitis C	52	134	75	0	+ 134
Fires	53	130	41	239	- 109
HIV/AIDS	54	116	55	39	+ 77
Birth Trauma	55	99	44	193	- 93
Osteoarthritis	56	79	67	3	+ 75
Poisonings	57	73	49	93	- 20
Meningitis	58	53	46	146	- 93
Hepatitis B	59	43	62	6	+ 38
Oral conditions	60	38	68	3	+ 35
Appendicitis	61	29	64	5	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	24	70	2	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	63	17	66	5	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	64	17	48	96	- 79
Otitis Media	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	66	3	61	10	- 8
War	67	2	38	280	- 278
Syphilis	68	1	58	15	- 14
Pertussis	69	1	59	15	- 14
Tetanus	70	1	57	27	- 27
Schistosomiasis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	47	131	- 131
Measles	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	83	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

France

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.