CYPRUS VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,580	1	1,120	+ 460
Diabetes Mellitus	2	749	5	332	+ 417
Lung Disease	3	568	4	355	+ 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	417	3	400	+ 17
Kidney Disease	5	412	7	213	+ 199
Stroke	6	409	2	462	- 53
Asthma	7	389	35	24	+ 365
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	307	15	98	+ 210
Road Traffic Accidents	9	252	18	69	+ 183
Suicide	10	179	29	44	+ 135
Oral Cancer	11	174	36	21	+ 153
Lung Cancers	12	107	6	319	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	13	93	43	10	+ 82
Other Injuries	14	92	10	136	- 44
Breast Cancer	15	83	9	155	- 72
Stomach Cancer	16	79	21	63	+ 16
Liver Disease	17	78	26	50	+ 28
Leukemia	18	69	17	83	- 13
Liver Cancer	19	66	20	64	+ 1
Hypertension	20	63	11	127	- 64
Lymphomas	21	62	16	97	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	22	59	38	18	+ 42
Falls	23	58	25	51	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	55	8	167	- 112
Tuberculosis	25	46	52	4	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	26	46	37	18	+ 27
Drownings	27	44	33	33	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	36	22	56	- 20
Low Birth Weight	29	32	47	6	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	30	30	13	118	- 87
Violence	31	30	40	15	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	32	28	12	126	- 98
Anemia	33	27	39	17	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	34	26	19	67	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	35	26	24	51	- 26
Skin Disease	36	18	30	44	- 26
Ovary Cancer	37	17	27	45	- 28
War	38	17	68	0	+ 17
Epilepsy	39	16	44	10	+ 6
Drug Use	40	15	41	13	+ 2
Fires	41	14	50	5	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	42	13	34	27	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	43	13	14	104	- 91
Birth Trauma	44	12	53	2	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	45	10	28	44	- 34
Meningitis	46	9	55	2	+ 7
Dengue	47	8	74	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	48	6	63	1	+ 5
Poisonings	49	6	51	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	50	5	23	53	- 48
Alcohol	51	5	49	5	- 0
Skin Cancers	52	3	31	39	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	3	32	35	- 32
Malnutrition	54	3	56	2	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	55	2	64	0	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	2	42	11	- 9
Tetanus	57	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	62	1	+ 0
Pertussis	59	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	45	10	- 9
Encephalitis	61	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	0	54	2	- 1
Leprosy	63	0	82	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	0	66	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	65	0	57	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Oral conditions	68	0	61	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	46	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	48	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	58	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

Sri Lanka

Cyprus

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.