SRI LANKA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,647	1	26,304	+ 16,343
Diabetes Mellitus	2	27,086	2	12,460	+ 14,626
Stroke	3	26,289	6	6,805	+ 19,483
Kidney Disease	4	12,412	5	6,858	+ 5,554
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,428	8	5,117	+ 6,311
Lung Disease	6	9,098	3	9,456	- 358
Suicide	7	7,087	10	2,977	+ 4,110
Hypertension	8	5,985	20	1,055	+ 4,929
Liver Disease	9	5,233	17	1,303	+ 3,930
Lung Cancers	10	5,062	12	1,775	+ 3,287
Drownings	11	3,801	27	731	+ 3,071
Breast Cancer	12	3,748	15	1,383	+ 2,365
Asthma	13	3,511	7	6,471	- 2,960
Low Birth Weight	14	3,303	29	536	+ 2,767
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,028	53	49	+ 2,979
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,963	28	605	+ 2,359
Other Injuries	17	2,937	14	1,529	+ 1,408
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,930	22	989	+ 1,941
Tuberculosis	19	2,762	25	769	+ 1,992
Stomach Cancer	20	2,591	16	1,321	+ 1,270
Birth Trauma	21	2,388	44	193	+ 2,195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,861	24	911	+ 949
Cervical Cancer	23	1,837	26	762	+ 1,075
Liver Cancer	24	1,801	19	1,090	+ 710
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,460	56	38	+ 1,422
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,439	4	6,939	- 5,500
Falls	27	1,358	23	964	+ 393
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,330	35	425	+ 905
Prostate Cancer	29	1,216	30	507	+ 709
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,171	32	462	+ 708
Violence	31	1,163	31	499	+ 664
Leukemia	32	1,108	18	1,155	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,030	45	168	+ 863
Maternal Conditions	34	809	48	96	+ 713
Pancreas Cancer	35	800	43	214	+ 587
Lymphomas	36	794	21	1,027	- 233
Pertussis	37	778	59	15	+ 763
Oral Cancer	38	745	11	2,893	- 2,148
Meningitis	39	704	46	146	+ 558
Syphilis	40	667	58	15	+ 652
Uterin Cancer	41	632	42	218	+ 414
Skin Disease	42	605	36	293	+ 312
Epilepsy	43	602	39	269	+ 333
Malnutrition	44	586	54	43	+ 543
Ovary Cancer	45	509	37	281	+ 228
Alcohol	46	502	51	82	+ 420
Oesophagus Cancer	47	482	13	1,544	- 1,063
Fires	48	444	41	239	+ 206
Bladder Cancer	49	345	34	432	- 87
Poisonings	50	225	49	93	+ 131
Skin Cancers	51	201	52	58	+ 142
Drug Use	52	136	40	257	- 121
Encephalitis	53	131	61	10	+ 121
Appendicitis	54	98	64	5	+ 92
Other Neoplasms	55	82	50	86	- 4
Measles	56	77	77	0	+ 77
Hepatitis B	57	66	62	6	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	58	40	9	4,200	- 4,160
Tetanus	59	37	57	27	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	32	60	11	+ 21
Dengue	61	31	47	131	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	69	2	+ 28
Hepatitis C	63	8	75	0	+ 8
Diphtheria	64	8	74	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	65	7	72	0	+ 7
War	66	3	38	280	- 277
Chlamydia	67	3	84	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	5	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	55	39	- 39
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	65	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Micronesia

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.