EQU. GUINEA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,995	2	913	+ 2,083
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,119	9	349	+ 1,771
Measles	3	1,597	15	181	+ 1,416
Tuberculosis	4	1,416	10	321	+ 1,095
Birth Trauma	5	1,321	5	441	+ 880
Stroke	6	1,186	6	437	+ 749
Coronary Heart Disease	7	998	7	419	+ 579
Low Birth Weight	8	862	4	457	+ 405
Meningitis	9	742	19	127	+ 615
Malnutrition	10	666	31	48	+ 618
Road Traffic Accidents	11	584	8	368	+ 215
Maternal Conditions	12	569	17	139	+ 431
Liver Disease	13	540	13	199	+ 341
Other Injuries	14	497	23	105	+ 392
Congenital Anomalies	15	470	12	249	+ 221
Diabetes Mellitus	16	398	11	299	+ 99
Tetanus	17	365	42	23	+ 342
Hypertension	18	365	16	165	+ 200
Lung Disease	19	337	20	120	+ 216
Pertussis	20	283	21	109	+ 174
Kidney Disease	21	283	14	198	+ 85
Malaria	22	268	3	668	- 400
Asthma	23	259	26	65	+ 194
War	24	182	71	0	+ 182
Drownings	25	175	36	39	+ 136
Breast Cancer	26	170	24	84	+ 86
Suicide	27	168	22	107	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	28	122	28	56	+ 66
Violence	29	114	33	45	+ 70
Fires	30	112	39	30	+ 82
Poisonings	31	105	44	21	+ 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	89	29	55	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	33	84	1	1,838	- 1,754
Lymphomas	34	83	45	19	+ 64
Leukemia	35	77	61	4	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	77	43	22	+ 55
Falls	37	76	32	46	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	75	40	29	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	39	72	27	63	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	40	71	54	12	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	62	50	14	+ 47
Schistosomiasis	42	60	60	4	+ 56
Epilepsy	43	58	38	32	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	44	56	25	73	- 17
Syphilis	45	52	18	134	- 82
Oral Cancer	46	45	37	35	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	47	45	66	2	+ 43
Hepatitis B	48	43	65	3	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	49	43	49	16	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	50	41	52	13	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	51	40	78	0	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	52	39	35	43	- 3
Liver Cancer	53	35	34	43	- 8
Lung Cancers	54	32	41	27	+ 5
Appendicitis	55	26	59	6	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	56	25	46	18	+ 8
Skin Cancers	57	23	48	16	+ 6
Skin Disease	58	21	51	13	+ 8
Alcohol	59	21	53	12	+ 9
Diphtheria	60	21	64	3	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	61	21	56	9	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	62	15	55	11	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	13	57	8	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	64	11	58	8	+ 3
Drug Use	65	8	30	50	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	62	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	5	69	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	4	72	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	4	70	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	70	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	72	1	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Somalia

Equ. Guinea

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.