CENTRAL AFRICA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,425	1	5,231	+ 4,194
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	6,669	3	4,684	+ 1,985
Measles	3	5,025	11	1,625	+ 3,400
Tuberculosis	4	4,455	2	4,704	- 249
Birth Trauma	5	4,156	9	2,192	+ 1,964
Stroke	6	3,731	5	3,284	+ 448
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,140	7	2,900	+ 240
Low Birth Weight	8	2,713	8	2,228	+ 486
Meningitis	9	2,336	16	1,015	+ 1,321
Malnutrition	10	2,094	22	691	+ 1,404
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,837	10	1,790	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	12	1,791	13	1,174	+ 617
Liver Disease	13	1,700	14	1,153	+ 547
Other Injuries	14	1,564	23	621	+ 943
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,480	19	776	+ 705
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,254	15	1,141	+ 112
Tetanus	17	1,150	29	280	+ 869
Hypertension	18	1,148	12	1,252	- 105
Lung Disease	19	1,060	18	956	+ 104
Pertussis	20	892	31	265	+ 627
Kidney Disease	21	890	21	710	+ 180
Malaria	22	843	6	3,279	- 2,436
Asthma	23	815	20	761	+ 55
War	24	572	28	314	+ 259
Drownings	25	552	34	202	+ 350
Breast Cancer	26	535	26	344	+ 190
Suicide	27	529	24	585	- 56
Cervical Cancer	28	383	32	230	+ 153
Violence	29	360	17	1,009	- 649
Fires	30	352	39	142	+ 210
Poisonings	31	329	40	134	+ 195
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	281	33	204	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	33	265	4	3,753	- 3,488
Lymphomas	34	262	42	119	+ 143
Leukemia	35	244	47	88	+ 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	243	27	317	- 74
Falls	37	238	36	181	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	237	45	116	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	39	226	30	270	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	40	224	53	48	+ 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	194	35	194	- 0
Schistosomiasis	42	189	37	169	+ 20
Epilepsy	43	182	43	119	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	44	176	25	423	- 247
Syphilis	45	164	41	120	+ 44
Oral Cancer	46	142	46	91	+ 51
Upper Respiratory	47	141	63	24	+ 117
Hepatitis B	48	137	61	33	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	49	134	49	65	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	50	128	50	64	+ 64
Leishmaniasis	51	126	56	46	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	52	124	38	156	- 33
Liver Cancer	53	111	44	117	- 6
Lung Cancers	54	101	55	47	+ 54
Appendicitis	55	82	51	62	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	56	80	48	67	+ 13
Skin Cancers	57	71	58	43	+ 28
Skin Disease	58	66	54	48	+ 17
Alcohol	59	66	52	62	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	65	67	11	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	61	65	64	23	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	62	47	60	37	+ 10
Encephalitis	63	39	62	28	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	64	34	65	20	+ 14
Drug Use	65	24	57	44	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	15	66	15	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	15	69	6	+ 9
Otitis Media	68	14	68	6	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	13	71	5	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	70	5	70	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	71	3	72	4	- 0
Chlamydia	72	2	73	2	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Somalia

Central Africa

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.