SOMALIA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,573	7	7,233	+ 4,341
Diabetes Mellitus	2	8,574	16	2,888	+ 5,686
Kidney Disease	3	4,443	21	2,051	+ 2,392
Stroke	4	3,962	6	8,595	- 4,634
Violence	5	3,231	29	828	+ 2,403
Liver Disease	6	2,971	13	3,917	- 946
Lung Disease	7	2,900	19	2,442	+ 457
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,471	1	21,712	- 19,241
Hypertension	9	1,773	18	2,643	- 870
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,623	11	4,231	- 2,608
Other Injuries	11	1,212	14	3,602	- 2,389
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,126	44	406	+ 720
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,041	15	3,410	- 2,369
Malnutrition	14	752	10	4,825	- 4,073
Prostate Cancer	15	746	52	285	+ 461
Breast Cancer	16	735	26	1,232	- 497
Lung Cancers	17	732	54	233	+ 499
Low Birth Weight	18	713	8	6,250	- 5,537
Stomach Cancer	19	691	49	310	+ 381
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	684	38	546	+ 138
Liver Cancer	21	679	53	256	+ 423
Suicide	22	674	27	1,219	- 545
Other Neoplasms	23	618	70	12	+ 605
Lymphomas	24	494	34	605	- 111
Leukemia	25	481	35	562	- 81
Cervical Cancer	26	477	28	883	- 406
Pancreas Cancer	27	449	62	108	+ 341
HIV/AIDS	28	411	33	610	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	346	2	15,363	- 15,017
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	343	32	647	- 304
Skin Disease	31	302	58	151	+ 150
Alcohol	32	293	59	151	+ 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	272	36	559	- 287
Ovary Cancer	34	264	50	295	- 31
Falls	35	262	37	548	- 286
Birth Trauma	36	254	5	9,573	- 9,319
Anemia	37	217	83	0	+ 217
Tuberculosis	38	193	4	10,261	- 10,068
Epilepsy	39	190	43	419	- 228
Skin Cancers	40	190	57	164	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	41	186	39	521	- 335
Drownings	42	179	25	1,272	- 1,092
Parkinson's Disease	43	156	56	184	- 28
Drug Use	44	146	65	54	+ 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	141	66	35	+ 106
Oral Cancer	46	135	46	328	- 193
Asthma	47	134	23	1,878	- 1,745
Bladder Cancer	48	127	61	149	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	49	125	40	516	- 392
Uterin Cancer	50	90	64	78	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	89	84	0	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	86	41	446	- 360
Appendicitis	53	77	55	188	- 111
Maternal Conditions	54	75	12	4,127	- 4,052
Hepatitis C	55	62	67	34	+ 28
Fires	56	60	30	810	- 750
Poisonings	57	53	31	758	- 705
Meningitis	58	36	9	5,381	- 5,346
Osteoarthritis	59	30	85	0	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	29	71	8	+ 22
Hepatitis B	61	21	48	315	- 294
Encephalitis	62	14	63	91	- 77
Schizophrenia	63	13	81	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	64	13	47	326	- 313
Oral conditions	65	12	86	0	+ 12
War	66	11	24	1,318	- 1,307
Dengue	67	3	73	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	3	68	32	- 29
Chagas disease	69	2	79	0	+ 2
Pertussis	70	2	20	2,054	- 2,052
Tetanus	71	1	17	2,648	- 2,647
Ascariasis	72	0	69	30	- 29
Syphilis	73	0	45	378	- 377
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	290	- 290
Chlamydia	77	0	72	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	80	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	84	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	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.