CHILE VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,334	1	10,685	+ 11,649
Diabetes Mellitus	2	10,580	10	3,177	+ 7,403
Lung Disease	3	8,029	4	4,062	+ 3,967
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	5,891	5	4,000	+ 1,891
Kidney Disease	5	5,823	3	4,065	+ 1,758
Stroke	6	5,778	2	9,731	- 3,953
Asthma	7	5,494	42	295	+ 5,200
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,344	6	3,920	+ 425
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,566	12	2,826	+ 739
Suicide	10	2,528	15	1,700	+ 828
Oral Cancer	11	2,457	40	307	+ 2,150
Lung Cancers	12	1,507	9	3,452	- 1,945
Oesophagus Cancer	13	1,311	30	722	+ 589
Other Injuries	14	1,299	21	1,310	- 12
Breast Cancer	15	1,174	16	1,689	- 514
Stomach Cancer	16	1,122	8	3,631	- 2,509
Liver Disease	17	1,106	13	2,647	- 1,541
Leukemia	18	981	24	879	+ 101
Liver Cancer	19	926	19	1,369	- 443
Hypertension	20	896	7	3,817	- 2,921
Lymphomas	21	872	18	1,394	- 522
Congenital Anomalies	22	840	25	858	- 18
Falls	23	819	23	904	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	774	11	3,022	- 2,248
Tuberculosis	25	653	38	410	+ 243
Cervical Cancer	26	647	27	780	- 132
Drownings	27	620	44	283	+ 337
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	513	39	334	+ 179
Low Birth Weight	29	455	36	437	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	30	430	14	2,435	- 2,005
Violence	31	424	29	744	- 320
Endocrine Disorders	32	393	22	1,286	- 894
Anemia	33	378	49	180	+ 198
Bladder Cancer	34	367	32	641	- 275
Inflammatory/Heart	35	361	31	709	- 348
Skin Disease	36	248	28	763	- 515
Ovary Cancer	37	239	35	514	- 276
War	38	238	64	14	+ 224
Epilepsy	39	229	43	294	- 66
Drug Use	40	218	50	149	+ 70
Fires	41	203	41	295	- 93
Uterin Cancer	42	185	45	275	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	43	181	17	1,567	- 1,386
Birth Trauma	44	164	54	87	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	45	142	26	790	- 648
Meningitis	46	124	53	95	+ 29
Dengue	47	111	73	0	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	48	82	63	24	+ 58
Poisonings	49	79	57	68	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	50	73	20	1,358	- 1,285
Alcohol	51	70	47	207	- 137
Skin Cancers	52	49	34	526	- 476
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	42	52	104	- 62
Malnutrition	54	37	37	420	- 383
HIV/AIDS	55	33	33	539	- 506
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	32	46	223	- 191
Tetanus	57	23	69	2	+ 22
Syphilis	58	13	66	5	+ 8
Pertussis	59	12	68	3	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	48	187	- 177
Encephalitis	61	9	70	2	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	5	60	30	- 25
Leprosy	63	5	76	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	64	4	59	37	- 32
Schizophrenia	65	4	58	38	- 34
Upper Respiratory	66	4	67	4	- 0
Osteoarthritis	67	3	51	131	- 128
Oral conditions	68	3	65	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	62	27	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	56	73	- 72
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	61	27	- 27
Otitis Media	76	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	55	79	- 79
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Sri Lanka

Chile

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.