SOMALIA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,697	7	7,233	+ 10,464
Stroke	2	11,856	6	8,595	+ 3,261
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,194	16	2,888	+ 7,306
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,147	1	21,712	- 15,565
Prostate Cancer	5	5,509	52	285	+ 5,224
Kidney Disease	6	4,560	21	2,051	+ 2,509
Endocrine Disorders	7	3,179	44	406	+ 2,773
Hypertension	8	3,065	18	2,643	+ 421
Breast Cancer	9	2,831	26	1,232	+ 1,599
Other Injuries	10	2,435	14	3,602	- 1,166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,263	38	546	+ 1,716
Skin Disease	12	2,054	58	151	+ 1,902
Lung Disease	13	1,777	19	2,442	- 665
Lung Cancers	14	1,706	54	233	+ 1,473
Uterin Cancer	15	1,373	64	78	+ 1,295
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,270	62	108	+ 1,162
Birth Trauma	17	1,222	5	9,573	- 8,351
Liver Disease	18	1,210	13	3,917	- 2,707
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,178	32	647	+ 531
Cervical Cancer	20	1,159	28	883	+ 276
Lymphomas	21	1,134	34	605	+ 529
Road Traffic Accidents	22	1,013	11	4,231	- 3,218
Stomach Cancer	23	923	49	310	+ 613
Violence	24	839	29	828	+ 11
Liver Cancer	25	796	53	256	+ 540
Congenital Anomalies	26	766	15	3,410	- 2,644
Low Birth Weight	27	766	8	6,250	- 5,484
Oral Cancer	28	752	46	328	+ 424
Other Neoplasms	29	739	70	12	+ 726
Oesophagus Cancer	30	676	40	516	+ 159
Alcohol	31	664	59	151	+ 513
Anemia	32	629	83	0	+ 629
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	533	36	559	- 26
Falls	34	522	37	548	- 26
Ovary Cancer	35	498	50	295	+ 204
Inflammatory/Heart	36	490	39	521	- 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	483	84	0	+ 483
Leukemia	38	464	35	562	- 98
Drownings	39	461	25	1,272	- 810
Malnutrition	40	406	10	4,825	- 4,418
Bladder Cancer	41	406	61	149	+ 256
HIV/AIDS	42	380	33	610	- 230
Asthma	43	336	23	1,878	- 1,542
Parkinson's Disease	44	311	56	184	+ 127
Epilepsy	45	238	43	419	- 180
Fires	46	210	30	810	- 600
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	198	41	446	- 248
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	181	2	15,363	- 15,182
Drug Use	49	142	65	54	+ 88
Osteoarthritis	50	119	85	0	+ 119
Tuberculosis	51	110	4	10,261	- 10,152
Suicide	52	83	27	1,219	- 1,136
Appendicitis	53	70	55	188	- 117
Skin Cancers	54	70	57	164	- 93
Maternal Conditions	55	61	12	4,127	- 4,066
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	50	66	35	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	57	47	47	326	- 279
Hepatitis B	58	35	48	315	- 280
Syphilis	59	33	45	378	- 345
Poisonings	60	10	31	758	- 748
War	61	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Pertussis	62	0	20	2,054	- 2,054
Dengue	63	0	73	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	69	30	- 29
Trichuriasis	65	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	72	5	- 5
Meningitis	68	0	9	5,381	- 5,381
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	34	- 34
Encephalitis	70	0	63	91	- 91
Malaria	71	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	51	290	- 290
Diphtheria	76	0	60	150	- 150
Tetanus	77	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	32	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	71	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.