SRI LANKA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	24,637	6	6,805	+ 17,832
Coronary Heart Disease	2	19,457	1	26,304	- 6,847
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,268	2	12,460	+ 5,808
Kidney Disease	4	10,426	5	6,858	+ 3,567
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,592	8	5,117	+ 3,475
Prostate Cancer	6	7,361	30	507	+ 6,854
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,136	9	4,200	+ 2,936
Lung Disease	8	6,911	3	9,456	- 2,545
Hypertension	9	6,863	20	1,055	+ 5,808
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,225	4	6,939	- 714
Violence	11	4,840	31	499	+ 4,341
Liver Disease	12	4,558	17	1,303	+ 3,255
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,120	35	425	+ 3,695
Breast Cancer	14	3,330	15	1,383	+ 1,947
Stomach Cancer	15	2,866	16	1,321	+ 1,545
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,761	24	911	+ 1,849
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,639	32	462	+ 2,177
Lung Cancers	18	2,445	12	1,775	+ 671
Low Birth Weight	19	2,249	29	536	+ 1,712
Skin Disease	20	2,114	36	293	+ 1,821
Other Injuries	21	1,929	14	1,529	+ 400
Suicide	22	1,883	10	2,977	- 1,094
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,814	45	168	+ 1,647
Lymphomas	24	1,712	21	1,027	+ 685
Cervical Cancer	25	1,551	26	762	+ 789
Falls	26	1,377	23	964	+ 413
Asthma	27	1,254	7	6,471	- 5,217
Drownings	28	1,220	27	731	+ 489
Alcohol	29	1,209	51	82	+ 1,127
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,059	22	989	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,054	43	214	+ 841
Epilepsy	32	931	39	269	+ 662
Malnutrition	33	861	54	43	+ 818
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	702	56	38	+ 664
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	599	28	605	- 6
Leukemia	36	578	18	1,155	- 576
Liver Cancer	37	529	19	1,090	- 562
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	515	53	49	+ 465
Fires	39	433	41	239	+ 195
Oesophagus Cancer	40	411	13	1,544	- 1,134
Ovary Cancer	41	409	37	281	+ 128
Birth Trauma	42	405	44	193	+ 212
Oral Cancer	43	402	11	2,893	- 2,491
Tuberculosis	44	382	25	769	- 388
Uterin Cancer	45	266	42	218	+ 48
Drug Use	46	251	40	257	- 7
Maternal Conditions	47	241	48	96	+ 145
Other Neoplasms	48	238	50	86	+ 152
Meningitis	49	191	46	146	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	171	60	11	+ 160
Appendicitis	51	147	64	5	+ 142
Encephalitis	52	144	61	10	+ 134
Dengue	53	77	47	131	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	54	58	69	2	+ 56
Poisonings	55	34	49	93	- 59
Tetanus	56	28	57	27	+ 0
Syphilis	57	25	58	15	+ 10
War	58	22	38	280	- 258
Upper Respiratory	59	16	66	5	+ 12
Hepatitis B	60	8	62	6	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	61	7	81	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	62	6	84	0	+ 6
Pertussis	63	4	59	15	- 11
Ascariasis	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	52	58	- 58
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	33	445	- 445
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	34	432	- 432
Schizophrenia	73	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	74	0	68	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	75	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	70	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	63	6	- 6
HIV/AIDS	84	0	55	39	- 39
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Saint Lucia

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.