SOMALIA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,042	7	7,233	+ 6,809
Lung Disease	2	8,127	19	2,442	+ 5,684
Stroke	3	6,439	6	8,595	- 2,156
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,192	2	15,363	- 9,170
Tuberculosis	5	4,027	4	10,261	- 6,235
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,625	1	21,712	- 18,087
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,508	16	2,888	- 380
Liver Disease	8	2,481	13	3,917	- 1,436
Low Birth Weight	9	2,205	8	6,250	- 4,045
Falls	10	2,085	37	548	+ 1,538
Kidney Disease	11	2,059	21	2,051	+ 8
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,964	11	4,231	- 2,267
Asthma	13	1,811	23	1,878	- 67
Suicide	14	1,601	27	1,219	+ 382
Other Injuries	15	1,382	14	3,602	- 2,220
Oral Cancer	16	1,240	46	328	+ 912
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,169	32	647	+ 522
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	1,165	41	446	+ 719
Hypertension	19	998	18	2,643	- 1,645
Birth Trauma	20	950	5	9,573	- 8,624
Lung Cancers	21	815	54	233	+ 583
Breast Cancer	22	765	26	1,232	- 466
Congenital Anomalies	23	765	15	3,410	- 2,645
Stomach Cancer	24	749	49	310	+ 439
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	715	38	546	+ 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	629	36	559	+ 70
Violence	27	478	29	828	- 350
Drownings	28	451	25	1,272	- 821
Encephalitis	29	444	63	91	+ 353
Cervical Cancer	30	419	28	883	- 464
HIV/AIDS	31	410	33	610	- 200
Parkinson's Disease	32	401	56	184	+ 217
Lymphomas	33	371	34	605	- 234
Oesophagus Cancer	34	359	40	516	- 157
Leukemia	35	308	35	562	- 253
Meningitis	36	308	9	5,381	- 5,073
Pancreas Cancer	37	303	62	108	+ 196
Prostate Cancer	38	286	52	285	+ 1
Liver Cancer	39	281	53	256	+ 25
Epilepsy	40	280	43	419	- 139
Maternal Conditions	41	239	12	4,127	- 3,887
Fires	42	215	30	810	- 595
Alcohol	43	213	59	151	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	44	203	50	295	- 92
Skin Disease	45	165	58	151	+ 14
Dengue	46	162	73	1	+ 161
Endocrine Disorders	47	141	44	406	- 265
Bladder Cancer	48	130	61	149	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	49	117	39	521	- 404
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	110	66	35	+ 75
Measles	51	110	3	11,576	- 11,465
Drug Use	52	109	65	54	+ 54
Appendicitis	53	104	55	188	- 84
Pertussis	54	93	20	2,054	- 1,961
Malnutrition	55	80	10	4,825	- 4,745
Hepatitis B	56	76	48	315	- 239
Malaria	57	71	22	1,942	- 1,871
Tetanus	58	66	17	2,648	- 2,583
Uterin Cancer	59	63	64	78	- 15
Skin Cancers	60	47	57	164	- 117
Poisonings	61	33	31	758	- 725
Other Neoplasms	62	27	70	12	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	63	22	71	8	+ 14
Syphilis	64	19	45	378	- 359
Hepatitis C	65	13	67	34	- 22
Leishmaniasis	66	9	51	290	- 281
War	67	8	24	1,318	- 1,310
Upper Respiratory	68	5	47	326	- 320
Chlamydia	69	3	72	5	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	30	- 28
Otitis Media	71	1	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	72	1	60	150	- 149
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	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.