ARAB EMIRATES VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,004	1	4,164	+ 7,840
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,687	4	1,207	+ 4,480
Lung Disease	3	4,316	6	912	+ 3,404
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,167	20	194	+ 2,972
Kidney Disease	5	3,130	3	1,305	+ 1,825
Stroke	6	3,106	2	1,998	+ 1,107
Asthma	7	2,953	12	458	+ 2,495
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,335	8	705	+ 1,630
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,917	7	870	+ 1,046
Suicide	10	1,359	9	628	+ 731
Oral Cancer	11	1,320	52	32	+ 1,289
Lung Cancers	12	810	21	185	+ 625
Oesophagus Cancer	13	705	47	37	+ 668
Other Injuries	14	698	10	522	+ 176
Breast Cancer	15	631	17	264	+ 367
Stomach Cancer	16	603	30	112	+ 491
Liver Disease	17	595	14	417	+ 178
Leukemia	18	527	24	154	+ 373
Liver Cancer	19	498	32	96	+ 402
Hypertension	20	482	5	934	- 453
Lymphomas	21	469	29	117	+ 352
Congenital Anomalies	22	451	15	369	+ 83
Falls	23	440	11	511	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	416	16	309	+ 107
Tuberculosis	25	351	36	66	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	26	348	41	57	+ 291
Drownings	27	333	23	169	+ 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	276	33	92	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	29	245	19	195	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	30	231	43	51	+ 181
Violence	31	228	35	70	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	32	211	18	260	- 49
Anemia	33	203	86	0	+ 203
Bladder Cancer	34	197	39	60	+ 137
Inflammatory/Heart	35	194	28	120	+ 74
Skin Disease	36	134	57	13	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	37	128	38	63	+ 65
War	38	128	53	29	+ 98
Epilepsy	39	123	25	140	- 17
Drug Use	40	117	13	431	- 314
Fires	41	109	22	178	- 69
Uterin Cancer	42	99	46	44	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	43	97	26	135	- 37
Birth Trauma	44	88	37	64	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	45	77	31	99	- 23
Meningitis	46	67	42	52	+ 15
Dengue	47	60	71	0	+ 60
Maternal Conditions	48	44	59	5	+ 39
Poisonings	49	43	48	36	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	50	39	56	13	+ 26
Alcohol	51	38	40	59	- 22
Skin Cancers	52	27	34	77	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	23	27	126	- 104
Malnutrition	54	20	60	3	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	55	18	50	34	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	17	45	45	- 28
Tetanus	57	13	51	33	- 20
Syphilis	58	7	62	3	+ 4
Pertussis	59	7	58	12	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	61	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	61	5	54	28	- 23
Hepatitis B	62	3	44	47	- 44
Leprosy	63	3	69	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	2	55	13	- 11
Schizophrenia	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	49	35	- 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Sri Lanka

Arab Emirates

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.