SOMALIA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,417	7	7,233	+ 5,184
Stroke	2	7,295	6	8,595	- 1,300
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	5,384	2	15,363	- 9,978
Low Birth Weight	4	4,816	8	6,250	- 1,434
Lung Disease	5	4,486	19	2,442	+ 2,044
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,306	1	21,712	- 17,405
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,294	16	2,888	+ 406
Birth Trauma	8	3,072	5	9,573	- 6,501
Kidney Disease	9	2,930	21	2,051	+ 879
Liver Disease	10	2,828	13	3,917	- 1,088
Tuberculosis	11	2,172	4	10,261	- 8,090
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,453	11	4,231	- 2,778
Other Injuries	13	1,393	14	3,602	- 2,208
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,358	15	3,410	- 2,052
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,342	41	446	+ 896
Hypertension	16	1,182	18	2,643	- 1,461
Asthma	17	1,070	23	1,878	- 808
Suicide	18	997	27	1,219	- 222
Meningitis	19	930	9	5,381	- 4,451
Breast Cancer	20	929	26	1,232	- 303
Oral Cancer	21	886	46	328	+ 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	785	32	647	+ 138
Violence	23	667	29	828	- 162
Maternal Conditions	24	639	12	4,127	- 3,487
Endocrine Disorders	25	590	44	406	+ 184
Lung Cancers	26	500	54	233	+ 267
Malnutrition	27	457	10	4,825	- 4,368
Falls	28	446	37	548	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	29	406	40	516	- 111
Tetanus	30	389	17	2,648	- 2,259
Lymphomas	31	362	34	605	- 242
HIV/AIDS	32	351	33	610	- 259
Encephalitis	33	343	63	91	+ 252
Pertussis	34	328	20	2,054	- 1,726
Parkinson's Disease	35	317	56	184	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	281	36	559	- 278
Drownings	37	277	25	1,272	- 994
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	272	38	546	- 274
Leukemia	39	271	35	562	- 290
Epilepsy	40	251	43	419	- 167
Liver Cancer	41	228	53	256	- 27
Fires	42	222	30	810	- 588
Stomach Cancer	43	209	49	310	- 101
Cervical Cancer	44	207	28	883	- 676
Prostate Cancer	45	184	52	285	- 101
Ovary Cancer	46	182	50	295	- 113
Poisonings	47	174	31	758	- 584
Bladder Cancer	48	141	61	149	- 9
Measles	49	133	3	11,576	- 11,443
Alcohol	50	130	59	151	- 21
Appendicitis	51	128	55	188	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	52	120	39	521	- 402
Hepatitis B	53	117	48	315	- 198
Skin Cancers	54	79	57	164	- 84
Dengue	55	74	73	1	+ 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	72	66	35	+ 36
Syphilis	57	66	45	378	- 311
Hepatitis C	58	63	67	34	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	59	61	64	78	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	60	55	62	108	- 52
Drug Use	61	43	65	54	- 12
War	62	31	24	1,318	- 1,287
Malaria	63	30	22	1,942	- 1,912
Other Neoplasms	64	21	70	12	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	65	21	71	8	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	66	15	47	326	- 311
Skin Disease	67	7	58	151	- 144
Ascariasis	68	4	69	30	- 26
Diphtheria	69	4	60	150	- 146
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	68	32	- 30
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Pakistan

Somalia

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.