SOMALIA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,465	7	7,233	+ 10,232
Stroke	2	12,000	6	8,595	+ 3,405
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,639	1	21,712	- 15,072
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,769	16	2,888	+ 2,881
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,909	2	15,363	- 11,454
Lung Disease	6	3,737	19	2,442	+ 1,294
Malaria	7	2,606	22	1,942	+ 664
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,982	11	4,231	- 2,249
Suicide	9	1,760	27	1,219	+ 541
Liver Disease	10	1,591	13	3,917	- 2,326
Drownings	11	1,439	25	1,272	+ 168
Asthma	12	1,405	23	1,878	- 473
Hypertension	13	1,362	18	2,643	- 1,281
Low Birth Weight	14	1,156	8	6,250	- 5,094
Kidney Disease	15	1,139	21	2,051	- 912
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,129	15	3,410	- 2,281
Other Injuries	17	1,072	14	3,602	- 2,529
Liver Cancer	18	1,071	53	256	+ 816
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	1,053	41	446	+ 607
Falls	20	979	37	548	+ 431
Birth Trauma	21	920	5	9,573	- 8,654
Maternal Conditions	22	821	12	4,127	- 3,306
Tuberculosis	23	800	4	10,261	- 9,461
Dengue	24	742	73	1	+ 742
Cervical Cancer	25	742	28	883	- 141
Breast Cancer	26	606	26	1,232	- 626
Lung Cancers	27	599	54	233	+ 366
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	570	32	647	- 77
Syphilis	29	500	45	378	+ 122
Violence	30	467	29	828	- 361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	413	38	546	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	397	36	559	- 162
Ovary Cancer	33	383	50	295	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	34	374	56	184	+ 190
Leukemia	35	364	35	562	- 197
Malnutrition	36	341	10	4,825	- 4,484
Inflammatory/Heart	37	312	39	521	- 209
Poisonings	38	275	31	758	- 483
Endocrine Disorders	39	265	44	406	- 141
Fires	40	256	30	810	- 554
Prostate Cancer	41	232	52	285	- 53
Lymphomas	42	230	34	605	- 375
Meningitis	43	226	9	5,381	- 5,156
Stomach Cancer	44	210	49	310	- 100
Epilepsy	45	190	43	419	- 229
Skin Disease	46	181	58	151	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	47	154	64	78	+ 76
Alcohol	48	154	59	151	+ 3
Oral Cancer	49	135	46	328	- 192
Pertussis	50	133	20	2,054	- 1,921
Pancreas Cancer	51	77	62	108	- 31
Bladder Cancer	52	76	61	149	- 73
Hepatitis B	53	56	48	315	- 258
Encephalitis	54	29	63	91	- 62
Appendicitis	55	26	55	188	- 162
Other Neoplasms	56	21	70	12	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	57	19	40	516	- 497
Drug Use	58	15	65	54	- 39
Tetanus	59	11	17	2,648	- 2,637
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	66	35	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	71	8	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	7	67	34	- 27
Ascariasis	63	2	69	30	- 27
Upper Respiratory	64	2	47	326	- 324
War	65	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Chlamydia	66	1	72	5	- 4
Diphtheria	67	1	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	68	0	68	32	- 31
Skin Cancers	69	0	57	164	- 164
Schizophrenia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	33	610	- 610
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Solomon Isl.

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.