CONGO VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,296	4	2,494	+ 4,802
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,456	10	1,050	+ 2,407
Lung Disease	3	2,623	17	541	+ 2,082
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,925	25	230	+ 1,694
Kidney Disease	5	1,902	15	613	+ 1,289
Stroke	6	1,888	5	2,267	- 379
Asthma	7	1,795	23	291	+ 1,504
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,419	3	2,576	- 1,157
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,165	7	1,598	- 433
Suicide	10	826	19	349	+ 477
Oral Cancer	11	803	54	33	+ 770
Lung Cancers	12	492	47	54	+ 439
Oesophagus Cancer	13	428	57	19	+ 409
Other Injuries	14	424	20	333	+ 91
Breast Cancer	15	384	32	159	+ 225
Stomach Cancer	16	366	39	88	+ 278
Liver Disease	17	361	13	931	- 569
Leukemia	18	320	46	57	+ 263
Liver Cancer	19	302	30	169	+ 133
Hypertension	20	293	12	933	- 640
Lymphomas	21	285	45	61	+ 224
Congenital Anomalies	22	274	14	729	- 455
Falls	23	267	33	149	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	253	38	89	+ 164
Tuberculosis	25	213	2	2,781	- 2,568
Cervical Cancer	26	211	29	196	+ 15
Drownings	27	203	36	104	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	168	8	1,304	- 1,136
Low Birth Weight	29	149	9	1,283	- 1,134
Prostate Cancer	30	141	28	198	- 57
Violence	31	138	18	539	- 400
Endocrine Disorders	32	128	27	208	- 80
Anemia	33	124	82	0	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	34	120	61	15	+ 105
Inflammatory/Heart	35	118	26	220	- 102
Skin Disease	36	81	50	46	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	37	78	48	49	+ 29
War	38	78	72	1	+ 77
Epilepsy	39	75	40	76	- 1
Drug Use	40	71	44	65	+ 6
Fires	41	66	37	90	- 24
Uterin Cancer	42	60	60	15	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	43	59	52	42	+ 17
Birth Trauma	44	53	11	997	- 944
Parkinson's Disease	45	47	42	69	- 22
Meningitis	46	41	22	299	- 259
Dengue	47	36	73	0	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	48	27	16	578	- 551
Poisonings	49	26	41	71	- 45
Other Neoplasms	50	24	63	8	+ 16
Alcohol	51	23	49	46	- 23
Skin Cancers	52	16	53	36	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	14	43	67	- 53
Malnutrition	54	12	24	272	- 260
HIV/AIDS	55	11	1	4,509	- 4,499
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	11	35	105	- 95
Tetanus	57	8	55	23	- 15
Syphilis	58	4	34	107	- 102
Pertussis	59	4	21	329	- 325
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	59	15	- 12
Encephalitis	61	3	56	20	- 17
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	14	- 13
Leprosy	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	1	58	18	- 17
Schizophrenia	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	7	- 5
Osteoarthritis	67	1	85	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	86	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	66	4	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	31	159	- 159
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	81	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Sri Lanka

Congo

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.