SRI LANKA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,482	1	26,304	- 2,822
Stroke	2	10,101	6	6,805	+ 3,296
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,409	9	4,200	+ 3,209
Kidney Disease	4	5,444	5	6,858	- 1,414
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,688	8	5,117	- 1,428
Falls	6	3,212	23	964	+ 2,248
Liver Disease	7	2,966	17	1,303	+ 1,663
Other Injuries	8	2,409	14	1,529	+ 879
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,340	2	12,460	- 10,120
Lung Disease	10	1,710	3	9,456	- 7,747
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,469	4	6,939	- 5,470
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,388	22	989	+ 399
Suicide	13	1,231	10	2,977	- 1,747
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	981	24	911	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	15	871	32	462	+ 408
Inflammatory/Heart	16	807	35	425	+ 382
Asthma	17	702	7	6,471	- 5,769
Low Birth Weight	18	595	29	536	+ 59
Leukemia	19	556	18	1,155	- 599
Breast Cancer	20	546	15	1,383	- 837
Liver Cancer	21	508	19	1,090	- 582
Hypertension	22	502	20	1,055	- 554
Fires	23	497	41	239	+ 258
Drownings	24	494	27	731	- 236
Parkinson's Disease	25	467	45	168	+ 299
Lung Cancers	26	466	12	1,775	- 1,309
Tuberculosis	27	452	25	769	- 317
Lymphomas	28	431	21	1,027	- 597
Epilepsy	29	418	39	269	+ 148
Violence	30	388	31	499	- 111
Pancreas Cancer	31	316	43	214	+ 103
Skin Disease	32	311	36	293	+ 18
Drug Use	33	295	40	257	+ 38
Oral Cancer	34	279	11	2,893	- 2,614
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	275	28	605	- 330
Stomach Cancer	36	234	16	1,321	- 1,087
Birth Trauma	37	206	44	193	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	38	194	42	218	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	168	53	49	+ 119
Poisonings	40	168	49	93	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	166	56	38	+ 128
Ovary Cancer	42	149	37	281	- 132
Encephalitis	43	141	61	10	+ 131
Oesophagus Cancer	44	138	13	1,544	- 1,406
Meningitis	45	136	46	146	- 10
Bladder Cancer	46	129	34	432	- 303
HIV/AIDS	47	115	55	39	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	48	104	48	96	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	49	94	26	762	- 668
Prostate Cancer	50	89	30	507	- 418
Alcohol	51	77	51	82	- 5
Malnutrition	52	48	54	43	+ 4
Hepatitis B	53	34	62	6	+ 28
Pertussis	54	34	59	15	+ 19
Skin Cancers	55	33	52	58	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	56	29	69	2	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	57	24	50	86	- 62
Appendicitis	58	21	64	5	+ 15
Syphilis	59	20	58	15	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	15	81	0	+ 15
Tetanus	61	9	57	27	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	60	11	- 6
Dengue	63	5	47	131	- 126
Hepatitis C	64	5	75	0	+ 5
War	65	2	38	280	- 278
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	63	6	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	65	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

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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.