CROATIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,966	1	12,307	- 7,341
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,352	6	1,963	+ 390
Lung Disease	3	1,785	5	2,111	- 326
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,310	9	1,066	+ 244
Kidney Disease	5	1,295	7	1,392	- 97
Stroke	6	1,285	2	6,275	- 4,991
Asthma	7	1,222	41	74	+ 1,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	966	10	1,021	- 55
Road Traffic Accidents	9	793	27	328	+ 465
Suicide	10	562	17	676	- 114
Oral Cancer	11	546	25	338	+ 208
Lung Cancers	12	335	3	2,842	- 2,507
Oesophagus Cancer	13	292	33	189	+ 102
Other Injuries	14	289	23	428	- 139
Breast Cancer	15	261	11	1,019	- 757
Stomach Cancer	16	249	15	786	- 537
Liver Disease	17	246	13	924	- 678
Leukemia	18	218	22	435	- 217
Liver Cancer	19	206	19	501	- 295
Hypertension	20	199	8	1,102	- 903
Lymphomas	21	194	18	556	- 362
Congenital Anomalies	22	187	37	94	+ 92
Falls	23	182	12	974	- 792
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	172	4	2,189	- 2,017
Tuberculosis	25	145	44	61	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	26	144	34	156	- 12
Drownings	27	138	38	86	+ 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	114	39	82	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	29	101	56	10	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	30	96	14	852	- 756
Violence	31	94	48	45	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	32	87	42	72	+ 15
Anemia	33	84	53	16	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	34	82	20	499	- 418
Inflammatory/Heart	35	80	21	457	- 376
Skin Disease	36	55	58	8	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	37	53	28	308	- 255
War	38	53	67	0	+ 52
Epilepsy	39	51	36	94	- 44
Drug Use	40	49	43	70	- 22
Fires	41	45	50	34	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	42	41	32	199	- 158
Pancreas Cancer	43	40	16	754	- 714
Birth Trauma	44	36	55	11	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	45	32	24	423	- 391
Meningitis	46	28	52	16	+ 11
Dengue	47	25	80	0	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	48	18	61	2	+ 16
Poisonings	49	18	54	16	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	50	16	29	283	- 267
Alcohol	51	16	30	219	- 203
Skin Cancers	52	11	26	332	- 321
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	9	35	137	- 127
Malnutrition	54	8	70	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	55	7	59	8	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	7	31	207	- 200
Tetanus	57	5	68	0	+ 5
Syphilis	58	3	71	0	+ 3
Pertussis	59	3	69	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	46	47	- 45
Encephalitis	61	2	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	51	17	- 16
Leprosy	63	1	79	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	57	9	- 8
Schizophrenia	65	1	40	79	- 78
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	2	- 1
Osteoarthritis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	64	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	45	55	- 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	49	43	- 42
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	47	45	- 45
Otitis Media	76	0	60	3	- 3
Measles	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	62	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Sri Lanka

Croatia

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.