ESTONIA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,991	6	349	+ 1,642
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,409	53	8	+ 1,401
Measles	3	1,062	84	0	+ 1,062
Tuberculosis	4	941	47	16	+ 925
Birth Trauma	5	878	57	5	+ 873
Stroke	6	788	3	1,116	- 328
Coronary Heart Disease	7	663	1	3,009	- 2,346
Low Birth Weight	8	573	55	7	+ 566
Meningitis	9	493	54	7	+ 486
Malnutrition	10	442	79	0	+ 442
Road Traffic Accidents	11	388	35	59	+ 329
Maternal Conditions	12	378	61	1	+ 377
Liver Disease	13	359	7	328	+ 31
Other Injuries	14	330	20	141	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	15	313	43	25	+ 288
Diabetes Mellitus	16	265	19	146	+ 119
Tetanus	17	243	81	0	+ 243
Hypertension	18	242	2	2,700	- 2,458
Lung Disease	19	224	13	229	- 5
Pertussis	20	188	83	0	+ 188
Kidney Disease	21	188	17	176	+ 12
Malaria	22	178	73	0	+ 178
Asthma	23	172	44	24	+ 148
War	24	121	64	0	+ 121
Drownings	25	117	40	30	+ 87
Breast Cancer	26	113	11	260	- 147
Suicide	27	112	16	197	- 86
Cervical Cancer	28	81	32	68	+ 13
Violence	29	76	42	28	+ 47
Fires	30	74	38	41	+ 33
Poisonings	31	70	52	8	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	59	12	229	- 170
HIV/AIDS	33	56	39	40	+ 16
Lymphomas	34	55	15	213	- 157
Leukemia	35	51	22	126	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	51	36	55	- 4
Falls	37	50	24	119	- 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	50	5	527	- 477
Inflammatory/Heart	39	48	14	217	- 169
Oesophagus Cancer	40	47	27	99	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	41	45	22	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	42	40	72	0	+ 40
Epilepsy	43	38	37	45	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	44	37	33	66	- 29
Syphilis	45	35	62	1	+ 34
Oral Cancer	46	30	25	110	- 80
Upper Respiratory	47	30	66	0	+ 30
Hepatitis B	48	29	65	0	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	49	28	9	290	- 261
Ovary Cancer	50	27	28	87	- 60
Leishmaniasis	51	27	69	0	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	52	26	8	298	- 272
Liver Cancer	53	23	26	107	- 84
Lung Cancers	54	21	4	657	- 636
Appendicitis	55	17	59	2	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	56	17	29	82	- 65
Skin Cancers	57	15	30	79	- 64
Skin Disease	58	14	41	29	- 15
Alcohol	59	14	18	148	- 135
Diphtheria	60	14	82	0	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	61	14	21	126	- 112
Pancreas Cancer	62	10	10	268	- 259
Encephalitis	63	8	63	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	64	7	34	60	- 53
Drug Use	65	5	31	75	- 70
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	46	17	- 14
Hepatitis C	67	3	58	4	- 1
Otitis Media	68	3	67	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	3	74	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	70	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	48	16	- 16
Chlamydia	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.