TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,350	10	205	+ 2,145
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,663	45	18	+ 1,645
Measles	3	1,253	76	0	+ 1,253
Tuberculosis	4	1,111	43	22	+ 1,089
Birth Trauma	5	1,036	40	25	+ 1,011
Stroke	6	930	3	822	+ 108
Coronary Heart Disease	7	783	1	1,476	- 693
Low Birth Weight	8	677	23	83	+ 594
Meningitis	9	582	52	9	+ 573
Malnutrition	10	522	47	17	+ 506
Road Traffic Accidents	11	458	15	130	+ 328
Maternal Conditions	12	447	50	10	+ 436
Liver Disease	13	424	14	136	+ 288
Other Injuries	14	390	30	61	+ 329
Congenital Anomalies	15	369	22	93	+ 276
Diabetes Mellitus	16	313	2	1,275	- 963
Tetanus	17	287	65	0	+ 287
Hypertension	18	286	11	201	+ 85
Lung Disease	19	264	16	129	+ 135
Pertussis	20	222	67	0	+ 222
Kidney Disease	21	222	5	439	- 217
Malaria	22	210	72	0	+ 210
Asthma	23	203	35	40	+ 163
War	24	143	46	17	+ 126
Drownings	25	138	39	31	+ 107
Breast Cancer	26	133	7	258	- 125
Suicide	27	132	17	121	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	28	96	21	97	- 1
Violence	29	90	4	549	- 460
Fires	30	88	48	16	+ 71
Poisonings	31	82	59	1	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	70	9	215	- 145
HIV/AIDS	33	66	12	196	- 130
Lymphomas	34	65	20	111	- 46
Leukemia	35	61	29	62	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	61	31	52	+ 9
Falls	37	59	33	43	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	59	13	196	- 137
Inflammatory/Heart	39	56	25	72	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	40	56	41	24	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	48	49	11	+ 37
Schistosomiasis	42	47	71	0	+ 47
Epilepsy	43	45	37	32	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	44	44	18	119	- 75
Syphilis	45	41	61	0	+ 41
Oral Cancer	46	35	38	31	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	47	35	64	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	48	34	60	0	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	49	34	26	69	- 36
Ovary Cancer	50	32	24	80	- 48
Leishmaniasis	51	31	73	0	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	52	31	6	330	- 299
Liver Cancer	53	28	28	66	- 38
Lung Cancers	54	25	8	217	- 192
Appendicitis	55	20	56	4	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	56	20	32	51	- 31
Skin Cancers	57	18	57	4	+ 13
Skin Disease	58	16	36	39	- 22
Alcohol	59	16	42	23	- 7
Diphtheria	60	16	68	0	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	61	16	34	41	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	62	12	19	114	- 102
Encephalitis	63	10	54	6	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	64	8	27	68	- 59
Drug Use	65	6	44	19	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	53	8	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	4	62	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	3	69	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	3	66	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	70	1	51	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	58	2	- 1
Chlamydia	72	1	63	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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 TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.