YEMEN VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	53,607	4	11,978	+ 41,629
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	37,931	9	4,372	+ 33,560
Measles	3	28,581	12	3,019	+ 25,561
Tuberculosis	4	25,336	18	1,899	+ 23,436
Birth Trauma	5	23,637	7	5,939	+ 17,698
Stroke	6	21,223	2	13,570	+ 7,653
Coronary Heart Disease	7	17,858	1	30,158	- 12,300
Low Birth Weight	8	15,432	5	8,810	+ 6,622
Meningitis	9	13,286	28	1,018	+ 12,268
Malnutrition	10	11,912	27	1,058	+ 10,854
Road Traffic Accidents	11	10,447	6	8,561	+ 1,886
Maternal Conditions	12	10,189	32	890	+ 9,299
Liver Disease	13	9,671	13	2,891	+ 6,779
Other Injuries	14	8,893	16	2,225	+ 6,667
Congenital Anomalies	15	8,420	10	4,291	+ 4,129
Diabetes Mellitus	16	7,130	19	1,794	+ 5,336
Tetanus	17	6,538	47	395	+ 6,144
Hypertension	18	6,527	8	5,293	+ 1,233
Lung Disease	19	6,030	11	3,196	+ 2,834
Pertussis	20	5,072	23	1,239	+ 3,832
Kidney Disease	21	5,064	15	2,679	+ 2,385
Malaria	22	4,795	20	1,719	+ 3,076
Asthma	23	4,637	17	2,106	+ 2,531
War	24	3,255	3	12,915	- 9,660
Drownings	25	3,140	25	1,142	+ 1,997
Breast Cancer	26	3,041	26	1,134	+ 1,907
Suicide	27	3,010	21	1,699	+ 1,311
Cervical Cancer	28	2,180	57	119	+ 2,061
Violence	29	2,045	14	2,839	- 794
Fires	30	2,001	29	991	+ 1,010
Poisonings	31	1,872	44	532	+ 1,340
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	1,598	22	1,405	+ 193
HIV/AIDS	33	1,506	46	396	+ 1,110
Lymphomas	34	1,493	45	433	+ 1,060
Leukemia	35	1,386	34	776	+ 610
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,380	33	833	+ 547
Falls	37	1,352	24	1,170	+ 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	1,349	30	913	+ 436
Inflammatory/Heart	39	1,287	40	585	+ 702
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,275	35	765	+ 510
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,101	37	707	+ 394
Schistosomiasis	42	1,075	56	124	+ 951
Epilepsy	43	1,034	43	539	+ 495
Endocrine Disorders	44	1,003	36	738	+ 265
Syphilis	45	932	53	175	+ 757
Oral Cancer	46	810	42	547	+ 262
Upper Respiratory	47	804	70	5	+ 799
Hepatitis B	48	777	50	299	+ 478
Stomach Cancer	49	765	31	902	- 137
Ovary Cancer	50	728	52	188	+ 540
Leishmaniasis	51	715	71	2	+ 713
Prostate Cancer	52	704	63	39	+ 665
Liver Cancer	53	631	39	609	+ 22
Lung Cancers	54	575	41	569	+ 6
Appendicitis	55	464	54	162	+ 302
Parkinson's Disease	56	454	49	362	+ 92
Skin Cancers	57	404	58	100	+ 305
Skin Disease	58	373	61	44	+ 329
Alcohol	59	373	59	78	+ 295
Diphtheria	60	369	67	14	+ 356
Bladder Cancer	61	369	55	160	+ 208
Pancreas Cancer	62	266	51	283	- 17
Encephalitis	63	224	48	369	- 145
Uterin Cancer	64	192	69	5	+ 187
Drug Use	65	134	38	613	- 478
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	87	66	14	+ 73
Hepatitis C	67	85	68	8	+ 76
Otitis Media	68	78	73	0	+ 78
Ascariasis	69	73	65	17	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	70	30	64	21	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	71	19	62	42	- 22
Chlamydia	72	12	72	1	+ 11
Dengue	73	2	60	71	- 70
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Somalia

Yemen

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.