SRI LANKA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	86,983	1	26,304	+ 60,679
Stroke	2	60,210	6	6,805	+ 53,405
Hypertension	3	13,333	20	1,055	+ 12,278
Lung Cancers	4	12,250	12	1,775	+ 10,475
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,334	8	5,117	+ 6,217
Liver Disease	6	10,804	17	1,303	+ 9,502
Lung Disease	7	8,914	3	9,456	- 542
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	8,279	24	911	+ 7,368
Kidney Disease	9	6,268	5	6,858	- 590
Inflammatory/Heart	10	5,370	35	425	+ 4,945
Breast Cancer	11	4,664	15	1,383	+ 3,281
Stomach Cancer	12	4,187	16	1,321	+ 2,867
Liver Cancer	13	3,771	19	1,090	+ 2,681
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,555	43	214	+ 3,341
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	3,439	4	6,939	- 3,500
Prostate Cancer	16	2,966	30	507	+ 2,459
Oral Cancer	17	2,774	11	2,893	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	18	2,702	2	12,460	- 9,759
Other Injuries	19	2,591	14	1,529	+ 1,062
Road Traffic Accidents	20	2,413	9	4,200	- 1,787
Suicide	21	2,285	10	2,977	- 692
Cervical Cancer	22	2,265	26	762	+ 1,503
Bladder Cancer	23	2,077	34	432	+ 1,646
Falls	24	1,822	23	964	+ 858
Lymphomas	25	1,677	21	1,027	+ 650
Leukemia	26	1,626	18	1,155	+ 471
Ovary Cancer	27	1,343	37	281	+ 1,062
Tuberculosis	28	1,230	25	769	+ 461
Skin Cancers	29	1,215	52	58	+ 1,157
Oesophagus Cancer	30	914	13	1,544	- 630
Parkinson's Disease	31	897	45	168	+ 730
Drownings	32	722	27	731	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	643	56	38	+ 605
Uterin Cancer	34	633	42	218	+ 415
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	533	53	49	+ 484
Fires	36	510	41	239	+ 272
Alcohol	37	496	51	82	+ 413
Congenital Anomalies	38	444	22	989	- 545
Poisonings	39	444	49	93	+ 350
Drug Use	40	419	40	257	+ 162
Low Birth Weight	41	384	29	536	- 152
Epilepsy	42	381	39	269	+ 111
Other Neoplasms	43	350	50	86	+ 264
Violence	44	309	31	499	- 190
Asthma	45	273	7	6,471	- 6,198
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	271	28	605	- 334
HIV/AIDS	47	265	55	39	+ 226
Endocrine Disorders	48	233	32	462	- 229
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	174	70	2	+ 172
Malnutrition	50	172	54	43	+ 128
Schizophrenia	51	125	65	5	+ 119
Hepatitis C	52	119	75	0	+ 119
Skin Disease	53	118	36	293	- 175
Meningitis	54	93	46	146	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	55	80	69	2	+ 78
Anemia	56	71	33	445	- 374
Birth Trauma	57	46	44	193	- 146
Maternal Conditions	58	43	48	96	- 53
Hepatitis B	59	37	62	6	+ 31
Appendicitis	60	25	64	5	+ 20
Measles	61	9	77	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	62	7	61	10	- 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	66	5	- 1
Oral conditions	64	3	68	3	- 0
War	65	3	38	280	- 277
Syphilis	66	2	58	15	- 13
Tetanus	67	2	57	27	- 26
Otitis Media	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	69	0	59	15	- 14
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	47	131	- 131
Ascariasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	60	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	86	0	67	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Romania

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.