SRI LANKA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,713	1	26,304	- 2,591
Lung Disease	2	13,724	3	9,456	+ 4,268
Stroke	3	10,874	6	6,805	+ 4,069
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	10,457	28	605	+ 9,852
Tuberculosis	5	6,800	25	769	+ 6,031
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,122	8	5,117	+ 1,005
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,235	2	12,460	- 8,225
Liver Disease	8	4,190	17	1,303	+ 2,887
Low Birth Weight	9	3,724	29	536	+ 3,188
Falls	10	3,522	23	964	+ 2,558
Kidney Disease	11	3,477	5	6,858	- 3,381
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,317	9	4,200	- 883
Asthma	13	3,058	7	6,471	- 3,413
Suicide	14	2,704	10	2,977	- 273
Other Injuries	15	2,333	14	1,529	+ 804
Oral Cancer	16	2,093	11	2,893	- 800
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,975	4	6,939	- 4,964
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	1,967	53	49	+ 1,917
Hypertension	19	1,686	20	1,055	+ 630
Birth Trauma	20	1,604	44	193	+ 1,411
Lung Cancers	21	1,377	12	1,775	- 398
Breast Cancer	22	1,292	15	1,383	- 91
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,291	22	989	+ 302
Stomach Cancer	24	1,265	16	1,321	- 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,207	24	911	+ 296
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,062	56	38	+ 1,024
Violence	27	808	31	499	+ 308
Drownings	28	761	27	731	+ 30
Encephalitis	29	750	61	10	+ 740
Cervical Cancer	30	707	26	762	- 55
HIV/AIDS	31	693	55	39	+ 653
Parkinson's Disease	32	677	45	168	+ 509
Lymphomas	33	626	21	1,027	- 401
Oesophagus Cancer	34	607	13	1,544	- 937
Leukemia	35	521	18	1,155	- 634
Meningitis	36	520	46	146	+ 374
Pancreas Cancer	37	512	43	214	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	38	483	30	507	- 24
Liver Cancer	39	474	19	1,090	- 617
Epilepsy	40	473	39	269	+ 203
Maternal Conditions	41	404	48	96	+ 308
Fires	42	363	41	239	+ 124
Alcohol	43	360	51	82	+ 278
Ovary Cancer	44	342	37	281	+ 61
Skin Disease	45	279	36	293	- 14
Dengue	46	274	47	131	+ 143
Endocrine Disorders	47	238	32	462	- 224
Bladder Cancer	48	220	34	432	- 212
Inflammatory/Heart	49	197	35	425	- 228
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	186	60	11	+ 175
Measles	51	186	77	0	+ 186
Drug Use	52	183	40	257	- 74
Appendicitis	53	175	64	5	+ 170
Pertussis	54	157	59	15	+ 143
Malnutrition	55	135	54	43	+ 91
Hepatitis B	56	128	62	6	+ 122
Malaria	57	120	80	0	+ 120
Tetanus	58	111	57	27	+ 83
Uterin Cancer	59	107	42	218	- 111
Skin Cancers	60	79	52	58	+ 21
Poisonings	61	55	49	93	- 38
Other Neoplasms	62	46	50	86	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	63	36	69	2	+ 34
Syphilis	64	31	58	15	+ 17
Hepatitis C	65	21	75	0	+ 21
Leishmaniasis	66	15	73	0	+ 15
War	67	14	38	280	- 266
Upper Respiratory	68	9	66	5	+ 5
Chlamydia	69	6	84	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	70	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	73	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	84	0	68	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	70	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

India

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.