GEORGIA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,174	9	886	+ 7,289
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	5,784	50	19	+ 5,765
Measles	3	4,358	68	0	+ 4,358
Tuberculosis	4	3,863	32	153	+ 3,711
Birth Trauma	5	3,604	46	39	+ 3,565
Stroke	6	3,236	2	11,969	- 8,733
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,723	1	16,014	- 13,291
Low Birth Weight	8	2,353	37	114	+ 2,239
Meningitis	9	2,026	47	25	+ 2,001
Malnutrition	10	1,816	59	5	+ 1,812
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,593	13	496	+ 1,097
Maternal Conditions	12	1,554	53	13	+ 1,541
Liver Disease	13	1,475	4	1,871	- 396
Other Injuries	14	1,356	20	346	+ 1,010
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,284	28	174	+ 1,110
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,087	6	1,621	- 534
Tetanus	17	997	62	0	+ 997
Hypertension	18	995	3	4,387	- 3,392
Lung Disease	19	920	7	1,158	- 239
Pertussis	20	773	67	0	+ 773
Kidney Disease	21	772	10	826	- 54
Malaria	22	731	71	0	+ 731
Asthma	23	707	35	136	+ 571
War	24	496	61	0	+ 496
Drownings	25	479	39	95	+ 384
Breast Cancer	26	464	11	613	- 149
Suicide	27	459	18	367	+ 92
Cervical Cancer	28	332	27	187	+ 145
Violence	29	312	40	90	+ 221
Fires	30	305	34	140	+ 165
Poisonings	31	285	49	23	+ 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	244	5	1,826	- 1,583
HIV/AIDS	33	230	42	89	+ 141
Lymphomas	34	228	25	208	+ 19
Leukemia	35	211	30	171	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	210	24	226	- 16
Falls	37	206	16	420	- 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	206	14	444	- 238
Inflammatory/Heart	39	196	21	346	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	40	194	43	75	+ 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	168	15	426	- 258
Schistosomiasis	42	164	73	0	+ 164
Epilepsy	43	158	44	51	+ 107
Endocrine Disorders	44	153	38	109	+ 44
Syphilis	45	142	63	0	+ 142
Oral Cancer	46	123	31	167	- 43
Upper Respiratory	47	123	60	1	+ 122
Hepatitis B	48	118	58	7	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	49	117	12	533	- 417
Ovary Cancer	50	111	29	174	- 63
Leishmaniasis	51	109	56	8	+ 101
Prostate Cancer	52	107	22	290	- 183
Liver Cancer	53	96	17	385	- 288
Lung Cancers	54	88	8	1,152	- 1,064
Appendicitis	55	71	55	10	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	56	69	19	354	- 285
Skin Cancers	57	62	33	149	- 87
Skin Disease	58	57	51	17	+ 40
Alcohol	59	57	45	49	+ 8
Diphtheria	60	56	70	0	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	61	56	26	205	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	62	40	23	227	- 187
Encephalitis	63	34	48	24	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	64	29	36	115	- 86
Drug Use	65	20	41	90	- 69
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	13	57	8	+ 6
Hepatitis C	67	13	64	0	+ 13
Otitis Media	68	12	66	0	+ 12
Ascariasis	69	11	69	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	70	5	52	15	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	71	3	54	12	- 9
Chlamydia	72	2	65	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.