SRI LANKA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,885	1	26,304	+ 3,581
Stroke	2	20,022	6	6,805	+ 13,217
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,214	2	12,460	+ 4,754
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,380	8	5,117	+ 5,263
Prostate Cancer	5	9,303	30	507	+ 8,796
Kidney Disease	6	7,700	5	6,858	+ 842
Endocrine Disorders	7	5,369	32	462	+ 4,906
Hypertension	8	5,175	20	1,055	+ 4,120
Breast Cancer	9	4,781	15	1,383	+ 3,398
Other Injuries	10	4,113	14	1,529	+ 2,583
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,821	24	911	+ 2,910
Skin Disease	12	3,468	36	293	+ 3,175
Lung Disease	13	3,001	3	9,456	- 6,455
Lung Cancers	14	2,881	12	1,775	+ 1,106
Uterin Cancer	15	2,319	42	218	+ 2,101
Pancreas Cancer	16	2,144	43	214	+ 1,931
Birth Trauma	17	2,064	44	193	+ 1,872
Liver Disease	18	2,043	17	1,303	+ 740
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,990	4	6,939	- 4,949
Cervical Cancer	20	1,956	26	762	+ 1,194
Lymphomas	21	1,914	21	1,027	+ 887
Road Traffic Accidents	22	1,711	9	4,200	- 2,489
Stomach Cancer	23	1,558	16	1,321	+ 238
Violence	24	1,417	31	499	+ 918
Liver Cancer	25	1,343	19	1,090	+ 253
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,294	22	989	+ 305
Low Birth Weight	27	1,294	29	536	+ 757
Oral Cancer	28	1,270	11	2,893	- 1,624
Other Neoplasms	29	1,248	50	86	+ 1,162
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,141	13	1,544	- 403
Alcohol	31	1,121	51	82	+ 1,039
Anemia	32	1,062	33	445	+ 616
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	900	56	38	+ 862
Falls	34	881	23	964	- 83
Ovary Cancer	35	842	37	281	+ 561
Inflammatory/Heart	36	827	35	425	+ 402
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	815	70	2	+ 813
Leukemia	38	783	18	1,155	- 372
Drownings	39	779	27	731	+ 49
Malnutrition	40	686	54	43	+ 643
Bladder Cancer	41	685	34	432	+ 253
HIV/AIDS	42	641	55	39	+ 602
Asthma	43	567	7	6,471	- 5,903
Parkinson's Disease	44	525	45	168	+ 357
Epilepsy	45	402	39	269	+ 133
Fires	46	355	41	239	+ 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	334	53	49	+ 284
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	306	28	605	- 299
Drug Use	49	240	40	257	- 17
Osteoarthritis	50	200	67	3	+ 197
Tuberculosis	51	185	25	769	- 584
Suicide	52	141	10	2,977	- 2,837
Appendicitis	53	119	64	5	+ 113
Skin Cancers	54	119	52	58	+ 60
Maternal Conditions	55	103	48	96	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	84	60	11	+ 73
Upper Respiratory	57	79	66	5	+ 74
Hepatitis B	58	59	62	6	+ 53
Syphilis	59	55	58	15	+ 40
Poisonings	60	16	49	93	- 77
War	61	2	38	280	- 277
Pertussis	62	0	59	15	- 14
Dengue	63	0	47	131	- 131
Ascariasis	64	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	46	146	- 146
Hepatitis C	69	0	75	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	61	10	- 10
Malaria	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	57	27	- 27
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	63	6	- 6
Otitis Media	81	0	76	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	69	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	65	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Grenada

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.