SOMALIA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,303	7	7,233	+ 7,070
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,324	1	21,712	- 11,388
Stroke	3	8,163	6	8,595	- 433
Kidney Disease	4	4,334	21	2,051	+ 2,283
Hypertension	5	3,797	18	2,643	+ 1,154
Lung Disease	6	3,583	19	2,442	+ 1,141
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,550	16	2,888	+ 663
Tuberculosis	8	2,978	4	10,261	- 7,283
Violence	9	1,633	29	828	+ 804
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,433	11	4,231	- 2,798
Asthma	11	1,255	23	1,878	- 623
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,152	44	406	+ 745
Lung Cancers	13	1,133	54	233	+ 900
Low Birth Weight	14	1,116	8	6,250	- 5,134
Breast Cancer	15	1,079	26	1,232	- 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	887	38	546	+ 341
Congenital Anomalies	17	886	15	3,410	- 2,524
Birth Trauma	18	876	5	9,573	- 8,697
Liver Cancer	19	843	53	256	+ 588
Liver Disease	20	779	13	3,917	- 3,138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	756	36	559	+ 197
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	681	2	15,363	- 14,682
Other Neoplasms	23	566	70	12	+ 554
Malnutrition	24	474	10	4,825	- 4,350
Skin Disease	25	465	58	151	+ 314
Prostate Cancer	26	457	52	285	+ 172
Drownings	27	427	25	1,272	- 844
Falls	28	425	37	548	- 123
Leukemia	29	396	35	562	- 166
Inflammatory/Heart	30	390	39	521	- 131
Other Injuries	31	389	14	3,602	- 3,212
Anemia	32	378	83	0	+ 378
Cervical Cancer	33	338	28	883	- 544
Oral Cancer	34	321	46	328	- 7
Suicide	35	256	27	1,219	- 963
Lymphomas	36	251	34	605	- 354
Pancreas Cancer	37	233	62	108	+ 126
Maternal Conditions	38	225	12	4,127	- 3,902
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	221	32	647	- 426
Ovary Cancer	40	219	50	295	- 76
Stomach Cancer	41	206	49	310	- 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	199	41	446	- 247
Pertussis	43	194	20	2,054	- 1,860
Syphilis	44	127	45	378	- 250
Epilepsy	45	123	43	419	- 295
Dengue	46	117	73	1	+ 116
Meningitis	47	115	9	5,381	- 5,267
Measles	48	98	3	11,576	- 11,477
War	49	90	24	1,318	- 1,228
Uterin Cancer	50	84	64	78	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	83	84	0	+ 83
Drug Use	52	76	65	54	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	53	74	40	516	- 442
Fires	54	66	30	810	- 744
Parkinson's Disease	55	65	56	184	- 118
Hepatitis B	56	65	48	315	- 250
Osteoarthritis	57	63	85	0	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	58	63	61	149	- 87
Tetanus	59	57	17	2,648	- 2,591
Alcohol	60	44	59	151	- 107
Skin Cancers	61	41	57	164	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	36	66	35	+ 0
Appendicitis	63	30	55	188	- 157
Schistosomiasis	64	26	42	435	- 410
Poisonings	65	25	31	758	- 733
HIV/AIDS	66	22	33	610	- 587
Encephalitis	67	20	63	91	- 70
Schizophrenia	68	14	81	0	+ 14
Malaria	69	10	22	1,942	- 1,932
Upper Respiratory	70	4	47	326	- 321
Leprosy	71	4	77	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	72	3	71	8	- 4
Oral conditions	73	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	74	3	68	32	- 29
Diphtheria	75	2	60	150	- 148
Ascariasis	76	1	69	30	- 28
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	72	5	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	67	34	- 34
Leishmaniasis	82	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Philippines

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.