SOMALIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	14,589	6	8,595	+ 5,993
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,522	7	7,233	+ 4,289
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,818	16	2,888	+ 7,930
Kidney Disease	4	6,174	21	2,051	+ 4,123
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,088	1	21,712	- 16,624
Prostate Cancer	6	4,359	52	285	+ 4,074
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,226	11	4,231	- 6
Lung Disease	8	4,093	19	2,442	+ 1,650
Hypertension	9	4,064	18	2,643	+ 1,421
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,686	32	647	+ 3,039
Violence	11	2,866	29	828	+ 2,038
Liver Disease	12	2,699	13	3,917	- 1,218
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,440	39	521	+ 1,919
Breast Cancer	14	1,972	26	1,232	+ 740
Stomach Cancer	15	1,697	49	310	+ 1,387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,635	38	546	+ 1,088
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,563	44	406	+ 1,157
Lung Cancers	18	1,448	54	233	+ 1,215
Low Birth Weight	19	1,332	8	6,250	- 4,919
Skin Disease	20	1,252	58	151	+ 1,101
Other Injuries	21	1,143	14	3,602	- 2,459
Suicide	22	1,115	27	1,219	- 104
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,074	56	184	+ 891
Lymphomas	24	1,014	34	605	+ 409
Cervical Cancer	25	919	28	883	+ 36
Falls	26	815	37	548	+ 268
Asthma	27	743	23	1,878	- 1,135
Drownings	28	722	25	1,272	- 549
Alcohol	29	716	59	151	+ 565
Congenital Anomalies	30	627	15	3,410	- 2,783
Pancreas Cancer	31	624	62	108	+ 517
Epilepsy	32	551	43	419	+ 133
Malnutrition	33	510	10	4,825	- 4,315
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	416	36	559	- 143
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	355	2	15,363	- 15,008
Leukemia	36	343	35	562	- 219
Liver Cancer	37	313	53	256	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	305	41	446	- 141
Fires	39	257	30	810	- 554
Oesophagus Cancer	40	243	40	516	- 273
Ovary Cancer	41	242	50	295	- 53
Birth Trauma	42	240	5	9,573	- 9,334
Oral Cancer	43	238	46	328	- 90
Tuberculosis	44	226	4	10,261	- 10,035
Uterin Cancer	45	158	64	78	+ 80
Drug Use	46	148	65	54	+ 94
Maternal Conditions	47	143	12	4,127	- 3,984
Other Neoplasms	48	141	70	12	+ 128
Meningitis	49	113	9	5,381	- 5,268
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	101	66	35	+ 66
Appendicitis	51	87	55	188	- 101
Encephalitis	52	85	63	91	- 5
Dengue	53	46	73	1	+ 45
Multiple Sclerosis	54	34	71	8	+ 27
Poisonings	55	20	31	758	- 738
Tetanus	56	17	17	2,648	- 2,632
Syphilis	57	15	45	378	- 363
War	58	13	24	1,318	- 1,305
Upper Respiratory	59	10	47	326	- 316
Hepatitis B	60	5	48	315	- 310
Schistosomiasis	61	4	42	435	- 431
Chlamydia	62	3	72	5	- 1
Pertussis	63	2	20	2,054	- 2,052
Ascariasis	64	1	69	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	65	0	67	34	- 34
Otitis Media	66	0	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	67	0	60	150	- 150
Skin Cancers	68	0	57	164	- 164
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	61	149	- 149
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	82	0	51	290	- 290
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	33	610	- 610
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Saint Lucia

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.