BURUNDI VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,262	6	3,718	+ 12,544
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,703	16	1,383	+ 6,320
Lung Disease	3	5,846	17	1,349	+ 4,497
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	4,290	27	426	+ 3,863
Kidney Disease	5	4,240	21	1,001	+ 3,239
Stroke	6	4,207	4	4,323	- 116
Asthma	7	4,000	22	836	+ 3,164
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,163	1	7,810	- 4,647
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,596	5	4,089	- 1,493
Suicide	10	1,841	24	720	+ 1,121
Oral Cancer	11	1,789	39	285	+ 1,504
Lung Cancers	12	1,097	56	76	+ 1,021
Oesophagus Cancer	13	955	26	455	+ 500
Other Injuries	14	945	15	1,413	- 467
Breast Cancer	15	855	35	355	+ 500
Stomach Cancer	16	817	44	180	+ 637
Liver Disease	17	805	13	1,767	- 962
Leukemia	18	714	47	135	+ 579
Liver Cancer	19	674	29	389	+ 285
Hypertension	20	652	20	1,113	- 461
Lymphomas	21	635	31	379	+ 256
Congenital Anomalies	22	612	12	1,788	- 1,176
Falls	23	596	30	385	+ 211
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	563	37	324	+ 239
Tuberculosis	25	476	10	2,385	- 1,909
Cervical Cancer	26	471	14	1,474	- 1,003
Drownings	27	452	25	598	- 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	374	2	6,046	- 5,673
Low Birth Weight	29	331	8	3,171	- 2,840
Prostate Cancer	30	313	33	374	- 60
Violence	31	309	23	760	- 451
Endocrine Disorders	32	286	40	275	+ 11
Anemia	33	275	85	0	+ 275
Bladder Cancer	34	267	50	109	+ 158
Inflammatory/Heart	35	263	38	311	- 48
Skin Disease	36	181	54	91	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	37	174	51	106	+ 67
War	38	173	53	96	+ 77
Epilepsy	39	167	41	234	- 68
Drug Use	40	159	60	52	+ 107
Fires	41	148	28	425	- 278
Uterin Cancer	42	135	57	67	+ 68
Pancreas Cancer	43	132	58	66	+ 66
Birth Trauma	44	119	7	3,183	- 3,064
Parkinson's Disease	45	104	52	103	+ 0
Meningitis	46	90	19	1,322	- 1,232
Dengue	47	81	72	0	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	48	59	18	1,332	- 1,273
Poisonings	49	58	34	369	- 311
Other Neoplasms	50	53	67	10	+ 43
Alcohol	51	51	55	76	- 25
Skin Cancers	52	36	48	121	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	31	43	181	- 150
Malnutrition	54	27	9	2,500	- 2,473
HIV/AIDS	55	24	11	1,814	- 1,790
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	24	36	340	- 316
Tetanus	57	17	45	178	- 161
Syphilis	58	9	59	60	- 51
Pertussis	59	9	32	378	- 369
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	65	17	- 10
Encephalitis	61	6	61	46	- 40
Hepatitis B	62	4	62	44	- 41
Leprosy	63	3	75	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	49	109	- 106
Schizophrenia	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	46	136	- 134
Osteoarthritis	67	2	81	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	69	5	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	17	- 17
Otitis Media	76	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	77	0	63	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Schistosomiasis	81	0	42	211	- 211
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Sri Lanka

Burundi

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.