SOMALIA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,518	7	7,233	- 1,715
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,341	16	2,888	- 547
Stroke	3	1,301	6	8,595	- 7,295
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,050	11	4,231	- 3,181
Liver Disease	5	1,033	13	3,917	- 2,884
Kidney Disease	6	914	21	2,051	- 1,137
Suicide	7	843	27	1,219	- 376
Falls	8	656	37	548	+ 108
Other Injuries	9	586	14	3,602	- 3,016
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	550	1	21,712	- 21,162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	423	38	546	- 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	382	32	647	- 266
Lung Cancers	13	371	54	233	+ 138
Congenital Anomalies	14	357	15	3,410	- 3,053
Lung Disease	15	349	19	2,442	- 2,093
Leukemia	16	292	35	562	- 270
Breast Cancer	17	269	26	1,232	- 963
Lymphomas	18	247	34	605	- 358
Drownings	19	230	25	1,272	- 1,041
Low Birth Weight	20	229	8	6,250	- 6,022
Liver Cancer	21	227	53	256	- 29
Fires	22	217	30	810	- 594
Stomach Cancer	23	214	49	310	- 96
Endocrine Disorders	24	199	44	406	- 207
Inflammatory/Heart	25	165	39	521	- 356
Parkinson's Disease	26	143	56	184	- 41
Bladder Cancer	27	138	61	149	- 12
Hypertension	28	134	18	2,643	- 2,509
Oral Cancer	29	128	46	328	- 200
Pancreas Cancer	30	127	62	108	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	31	90	52	285	- 195
Ovary Cancer	32	87	50	295	- 208
Skin Disease	33	81	58	151	- 70
Violence	34	72	29	828	- 757
Epilepsy	35	68	43	419	- 350
Cervical Cancer	36	65	28	883	- 818
Oesophagus Cancer	37	64	40	516	- 452
Birth Trauma	38	64	5	9,573	- 9,509
Drug Use	39	62	65	54	+ 8
Asthma	40	52	23	1,878	- 1,826
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	51	2	15,363	- 15,312
Poisonings	42	45	31	758	- 713
Skin Cancers	43	41	57	164	- 122
Tuberculosis	44	41	4	10,261	- 10,220
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	40	41	446	- 406
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	37	36	559	- 522
Meningitis	47	36	9	5,381	- 5,345
Alcohol	48	36	59	151	- 115
Uterin Cancer	49	32	64	78	- 45
Encephalitis	50	26	63	91	- 65
Other Neoplasms	51	14	70	12	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	52	13	12	4,127	- 4,114
Syphilis	53	12	45	378	- 365
Pertussis	54	12	20	2,054	- 2,042
Multiple Sclerosis	55	10	71	8	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	10	48	315	- 305
Appendicitis	57	6	55	188	- 182
Malnutrition	58	4	10	4,825	- 4,820
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	66	35	- 33
Tetanus	60	2	17	2,648	- 2,647
War	61	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Dengue	62	0	73	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	67	34	- 34
Ascariasis	64	0	69	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	65	0	47	326	- 326
Diphtheria	66	0	60	150	- 149
Measles	67	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Chlamydia	68	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	33	610	- 610
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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

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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.