SOMALIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,657	7	7,233	- 1,575
Stroke	2	3,388	6	8,595	- 5,207
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,000	11	4,231	- 2,231
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,962	16	2,888	- 926
Hypertension	5	1,784	18	2,643	- 859
Kidney Disease	6	1,740	21	2,051	- 311
Lung Cancers	7	1,233	54	233	+ 1,000
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,092	1	21,712	- 20,620
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,088	15	3,410	- 2,322
Low Birth Weight	10	998	8	6,250	- 5,252
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	823	32	647	+ 176
Breast Cancer	12	799	26	1,232	- 432
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	718	38	546	+ 172
Liver Disease	14	575	13	3,917	- 3,342
Lung Disease	15	517	19	2,442	- 1,925
Leukemia	16	431	35	562	- 131
Stomach Cancer	17	425	49	310	+ 116
Lymphomas	18	377	34	605	- 228
Other Injuries	19	342	14	3,602	- 3,259
Birth Trauma	20	316	5	9,573	- 9,258
Violence	21	313	29	828	- 515
Pancreas Cancer	22	286	62	108	+ 178
Bladder Cancer	23	248	61	149	+ 98
Falls	24	222	37	548	- 326
Liver Cancer	25	216	53	256	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	26	210	44	406	- 196
Parkinson's Disease	27	197	56	184	+ 13
Suicide	28	192	27	1,219	- 1,027
Fires	29	178	30	810	- 632
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	177	2	15,363	- 15,185
Oral Cancer	31	166	46	328	- 162
Ovary Cancer	32	162	50	295	- 133
Prostate Cancer	33	153	52	285	- 132
Drug Use	34	134	65	54	+ 79
Asthma	35	133	23	1,878	- 1,745
Drownings	36	125	25	1,272	- 1,147
Meningitis	37	91	9	5,381	- 5,290
Inflammatory/Heart	38	87	39	521	- 434
Uterin Cancer	39	87	64	78	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	78	36	559	- 481
Cervical Cancer	41	74	28	883	- 809
Oesophagus Cancer	42	74	40	516	- 443
Pertussis	43	64	20	2,054	- 1,990
Maternal Conditions	44	61	12	4,127	- 4,065
Syphilis	45	60	45	378	- 317
Epilepsy	46	57	43	419	- 362
Poisonings	47	54	31	758	- 704
Skin Disease	48	49	58	151	- 102
Skin Cancers	49	44	57	164	- 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	26	41	446	- 420
Malnutrition	51	17	10	4,825	- 4,807
Encephalitis	52	16	63	91	- 75
Tuberculosis	53	14	4	10,261	- 10,247
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	71	8	+ 6
Alcohol	55	12	59	151	- 139
Tetanus	56	12	17	2,648	- 2,636
Other Neoplasms	57	11	70	12	- 2
Appendicitis	58	9	55	188	- 179
War	59	7	24	1,318	- 1,311
Hepatitis B	60	5	48	315	- 310
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	66	35	- 31
Schistosomiasis	62	3	42	435	- 432
HIV/AIDS	63	2	33	610	- 607
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	34	- 33
Measles	65	1	3	11,576	- 11,575
Leishmaniasis	66	0	51	290	- 289
Diphtheria	67	0	60	150	- 149
Ascariasis	68	0	69	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	69	0	47	326	- 326
Chlamydia	70	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 32
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	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.