SRI LANKA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,544	1	26,304	- 6,760
Diabetes Mellitus	2	14,478	2	12,460	+ 2,018
Kidney Disease	3	7,503	5	6,858	+ 645
Stroke	4	6,690	6	6,805	- 115
Violence	5	5,456	31	499	+ 4,957
Liver Disease	6	5,017	17	1,303	+ 3,714
Lung Disease	7	4,897	3	9,456	- 4,560
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,173	8	5,117	- 944
Hypertension	9	2,994	20	1,055	+ 1,939
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,741	9	4,200	- 1,459
Other Injuries	11	2,047	14	1,529	+ 518
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,902	32	462	+ 1,439
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,758	22	989	+ 769
Malnutrition	14	1,270	54	43	+ 1,226
Prostate Cancer	15	1,260	30	507	+ 753
Breast Cancer	16	1,241	15	1,383	- 142
Lung Cancers	17	1,236	12	1,775	- 539
Low Birth Weight	18	1,204	29	536	+ 668
Stomach Cancer	19	1,167	16	1,321	- 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,155	24	911	+ 244
Liver Cancer	21	1,146	19	1,090	+ 56
Suicide	22	1,139	10	2,977	- 1,839
Other Neoplasms	23	1,043	50	86	+ 958
Lymphomas	24	834	21	1,027	- 193
Leukemia	25	812	18	1,155	- 343
Cervical Cancer	26	805	26	762	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	27	758	43	214	+ 545
HIV/AIDS	28	694	55	39	+ 655
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	584	28	605	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	580	4	6,939	- 6,359
Skin Disease	31	509	36	293	+ 217
Alcohol	32	495	51	82	+ 413
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	460	56	38	+ 422
Ovary Cancer	34	445	37	281	+ 164
Falls	35	442	23	964	- 522
Birth Trauma	36	429	44	193	+ 236
Anemia	37	367	33	445	- 78
Tuberculosis	38	327	25	769	- 443
Epilepsy	39	321	39	269	+ 52
Skin Cancers	40	321	52	58	+ 263
Inflammatory/Heart	41	314	35	425	- 111
Drownings	42	302	27	731	- 428
Parkinson's Disease	43	264	45	168	+ 96
Drug Use	44	247	40	257	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	238	60	11	+ 227
Oral Cancer	46	228	11	2,893	- 2,665
Asthma	47	226	7	6,471	- 6,245
Bladder Cancer	48	214	34	432	- 218
Oesophagus Cancer	49	210	13	1,544	- 1,334
Uterin Cancer	50	152	42	218	- 66
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	150	70	2	+ 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	144	53	49	+ 95
Appendicitis	53	130	64	5	+ 125
Maternal Conditions	54	126	48	96	+ 30
Hepatitis C	55	105	75	0	+ 105
Fires	56	102	41	239	- 137
Poisonings	57	89	49	93	- 4
Meningitis	58	60	46	146	- 86
Osteoarthritis	59	51	67	3	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	60	50	69	2	+ 47
Hepatitis B	61	35	62	6	+ 29
Encephalitis	62	24	61	10	+ 13
Schizophrenia	63	21	65	5	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	64	21	66	5	+ 17
Oral conditions	65	21	68	3	+ 18
War	66	19	38	280	- 261
Dengue	67	5	47	131	- 126
Otitis Media	68	5	76	0	+ 5
Chagas disease	69	4	83	0	+ 4
Pertussis	70	4	59	15	- 11
Tetanus	71	2	57	27	- 26
Ascariasis	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	73	1	58	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	63	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Mexico

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.