ICELAND VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	607	6	82	+ 525
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	430	55	1	+ 429
Measles	3	324	67	0	+ 324
Tuberculosis	4	287	82	0	+ 287
Birth Trauma	5	268	46	2	+ 265
Stroke	6	240	3	141	+ 100
Coronary Heart Disease	7	202	1	403	- 201
Low Birth Weight	8	175	43	3	+ 172
Meningitis	9	150	50	1	+ 149
Malnutrition	10	135	57	1	+ 134
Road Traffic Accidents	11	118	35	7	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	12	115	60	0	+ 115
Liver Disease	13	110	31	9	+ 100
Other Injuries	14	101	11	50	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	15	95	34	7	+ 88
Diabetes Mellitus	16	81	16	30	+ 51
Tetanus	17	74	68	0	+ 74
Hypertension	18	74	17	24	+ 50
Lung Disease	19	68	5	129	- 60
Pertussis	20	57	62	0	+ 57
Kidney Disease	21	57	15	33	+ 24
Malaria	22	54	73	0	+ 54
Asthma	23	53	48	2	+ 51
War	24	37	61	0	+ 37
Drownings	25	36	56	1	+ 35
Breast Cancer	26	34	9	53	- 19
Suicide	27	34	13	40	- 6
Cervical Cancer	28	25	32	9	+ 16
Violence	29	23	39	4	+ 19
Fires	30	23	58	1	+ 22
Poisonings	31	21	42	3	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	18	2	295	- 277
HIV/AIDS	33	17	59	0	+ 17
Lymphomas	34	17	14	37	- 20
Leukemia	35	16	22	19	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	16	41	3	+ 12
Falls	37	15	18	24	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	15	7	73	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	39	15	26	16	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	40	14	19	23	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	54	1	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	42	12	75	0	+ 12
Epilepsy	43	12	37	5	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	44	11	27	16	- 4
Syphilis	45	11	80	0	+ 11
Oral Cancer	46	9	33	9	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	47	9	51	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	48	9	63	0	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	49	9	23	18	- 9
Ovary Cancer	50	8	25	16	- 8
Leishmaniasis	51	8	77	0	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	52	8	8	61	- 53
Liver Cancer	53	7	20	22	- 15
Lung Cancers	54	7	4	134	- 128
Appendicitis	55	5	86	0	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	56	5	10	53	- 48
Skin Cancers	57	5	29	13	- 8
Skin Disease	58	4	45	3	+ 2
Alcohol	59	4	28	14	- 10
Diphtheria	60	4	66	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	61	4	21	20	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	62	3	12	43	- 40
Encephalitis	63	3	78	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	64	2	36	7	- 5
Drug Use	65	2	24	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	38	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	1	52	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	70	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	71	0	44	3	- 3
Chlamydia	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

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Iceland

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.