SRI LANKA VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,702	1	26,304	- 1,602
Stroke	2	22,030	6	6,805	+ 15,224
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	13,211	8	5,117	+ 8,094
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,399	2	12,460	- 3,061
HIV/AIDS	5	5,060	55	39	+ 5,021
Kidney Disease	6	5,051	5	6,858	- 1,807
Hypertension	7	4,922	20	1,055	+ 3,867
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,750	28	605	+ 4,145
Low Birth Weight	9	4,705	29	536	+ 4,169
Liver Disease	10	4,535	17	1,303	+ 3,232
Lung Disease	11	4,366	3	9,456	- 5,091
Violence	12	4,357	31	499	+ 3,858
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3,955	9	4,200	- 245
Birth Trauma	14	3,928	44	193	+ 3,735
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,402	22	989	+ 2,413
Other Injuries	16	2,803	14	1,529	+ 1,273
Prostate Cancer	17	2,537	30	507	+ 2,030
Maternal Conditions	18	2,523	48	96	+ 2,426
Drownings	19	2,443	27	731	+ 1,713
Asthma	20	2,071	7	6,471	- 4,400
Suicide	21	2,030	10	2,977	- 948
Tuberculosis	22	1,884	25	769	+ 1,115
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,786	4	6,939	- 5,153
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,779	32	462	+ 1,317
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,760	35	425	+ 1,335
Stomach Cancer	26	1,614	16	1,321	+ 293
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	1,523	53	49	+ 1,473
Meningitis	28	1,458	46	146	+ 1,312
Malnutrition	29	1,341	54	43	+ 1,297
Breast Cancer	30	1,318	15	1,383	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,317	56	38	+ 1,279
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,272	24	911	+ 361
Liver Cancer	33	1,239	19	1,090	+ 149
Cervical Cancer	34	1,071	26	762	+ 309
Falls	35	1,027	23	964	+ 63
Lung Cancers	36	919	12	1,775	- 856
Fires	37	879	41	239	+ 640
Pertussis	38	835	59	15	+ 820
Alcohol	39	800	51	82	+ 717
Skin Disease	40	794	36	293	+ 502
Epilepsy	41	764	39	269	+ 495
Parkinson's Disease	42	616	45	168	+ 448
Leukemia	43	562	18	1,155	- 593
Pancreas Cancer	44	502	43	214	+ 288
Oral Cancer	45	488	11	2,893	- 2,405
Syphilis	46	470	58	15	+ 455
Lymphomas	47	440	21	1,027	- 587
Appendicitis	48	321	64	5	+ 316
Oesophagus Cancer	49	290	13	1,544	- 1,254
Poisonings	50	289	49	93	+ 195
Ovary Cancer	51	287	37	281	+ 6
Drug Use	52	262	40	257	+ 4
Tetanus	53	222	57	27	+ 194
Encephalitis	54	220	61	10	+ 210
Bladder Cancer	55	172	34	432	- 260
Skin Cancers	56	105	52	58	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	57	78	42	218	- 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	70	60	11	+ 59
Malaria	59	67	80	0	+ 67
Other Neoplasms	60	57	50	86	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	53	69	2	+ 51
Hepatitis B	62	49	62	6	+ 43
Upper Respiratory	63	35	66	5	+ 31
Dengue	64	31	47	131	- 100
Hepatitis C	65	14	75	0	+ 14
War	66	10	38	280	- 270
Ascariasis	67	10	72	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	68	8	84	0	+ 8
Diphtheria	69	6	74	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Leprosy	71	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	33	445	- 445
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Haiti

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.