COMOROS VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,208	4	349	+ 859
Stroke	2	830	3	356	+ 474
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	459	1	594	- 135
Diabetes Mellitus	4	399	9	136	+ 263
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	270	2	363	- 93
Lung Disease	6	258	17	83	+ 175
Malaria	7	180	29	29	+ 151
Road Traffic Accidents	8	137	6	226	- 89
Suicide	9	122	24	46	+ 76
Liver Disease	10	110	8	160	- 50
Drownings	11	100	25	35	+ 65
Asthma	12	97	21	49	+ 48
Hypertension	13	94	12	115	- 21
Low Birth Weight	14	80	5	328	- 248
Kidney Disease	15	79	14	101	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	16	78	10	131	- 53
Other Injuries	17	74	16	90	- 16
Liver Cancer	18	74	28	29	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	73	47	10	+ 63
Falls	20	68	32	26	+ 41
Birth Trauma	21	64	7	211	- 147
Maternal Conditions	22	57	22	47	+ 10
Tuberculosis	23	55	19	79	- 24
Dengue	24	51	68	0	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	25	51	13	104	- 53
Breast Cancer	26	42	33	23	+ 19
Lung Cancers	27	41	60	1	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	39	23	46	- 7
Syphilis	29	35	38	19	+ 15
Violence	30	32	20	63	- 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	29	39	19	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	27	34	21	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	33	26	56	3	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	34	26	44	11	+ 14
Leukemia	35	25	57	3	+ 22
Malnutrition	36	24	15	96	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	37	22	31	26	- 5
Poisonings	38	19	35	20	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	39	18	36	19	- 1
Fires	40	18	30	27	- 9
Prostate Cancer	41	16	27	33	- 17
Lymphomas	42	16	37	19	- 3
Meningitis	43	16	11	115	- 100
Stomach Cancer	44	15	45	11	+ 3
Epilepsy	45	13	40	17	- 4
Skin Disease	46	13	48	9	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	47	11	55	3	+ 8
Alcohol	48	11	51	6	+ 5
Oral Cancer	49	9	41	15	- 6
Pertussis	50	9	18	80	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	51	5	82	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	52	5	46	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	4	52	5	- 1
Encephalitis	54	2	54	4	- 2
Appendicitis	55	2	50	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	56	1	59	1	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	26	34	- 32
Drug Use	58	1	49	7	- 6
Tetanus	59	1	43	12	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	63	0	63	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	53	4	- 4
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	42	12	- 12
Schizophrenia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Solomon Isl.

Comoros

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.