EQU. GUINEA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,149	7	419	+ 1,730
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,018	11	299	+ 719
Lung Disease	3	773	20	120	+ 652
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	567	29	55	+ 511
Kidney Disease	5	560	14	198	+ 362
Stroke	6	556	6	437	+ 119
Asthma	7	529	26	65	+ 463
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	418	2	913	- 495
Road Traffic Accidents	9	343	8	368	- 25
Suicide	10	243	22	107	+ 136
Oral Cancer	11	236	37	35	+ 202
Lung Cancers	12	145	41	27	+ 118
Oesophagus Cancer	13	126	54	12	+ 114
Other Injuries	14	125	23	105	+ 20
Breast Cancer	15	113	24	84	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	16	108	49	16	+ 92
Liver Disease	17	106	13	199	- 93
Leukemia	18	94	61	4	+ 91
Liver Cancer	19	89	34	43	+ 46
Hypertension	20	86	16	165	- 79
Lymphomas	21	84	45	19	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	22	81	12	249	- 168
Falls	23	79	32	46	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	74	40	29	+ 46
Tuberculosis	25	63	10	321	- 258
Cervical Cancer	26	62	28	56	+ 6
Drownings	27	60	36	39	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	49	9	349	- 299
Low Birth Weight	29	44	4	457	- 413
Prostate Cancer	30	41	35	43	- 1
Violence	31	41	33	45	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	32	38	25	73	- 35
Anemia	33	36	85	0	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	34	35	56	9	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	35	35	27	63	- 28
Skin Disease	36	24	51	13	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	37	23	52	13	+ 10
War	38	23	71	0	+ 23
Epilepsy	39	22	38	32	- 10
Drug Use	40	21	30	50	- 29
Fires	41	19	39	30	- 11
Uterin Cancer	42	18	58	8	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	43	17	55	11	+ 6
Birth Trauma	44	16	5	441	- 425
Parkinson's Disease	45	14	46	18	- 4
Meningitis	46	12	19	127	- 115
Dengue	47	11	73	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	48	8	17	139	- 131
Poisonings	49	8	44	21	- 13
Other Neoplasms	50	7	63	3	+ 4
Alcohol	51	7	53	12	- 5
Skin Cancers	52	5	48	16	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	4	50	14	- 10
Malnutrition	54	4	31	48	- 45
HIV/AIDS	55	3	1	1,838	- 1,835
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	3	43	22	- 19
Tetanus	57	2	42	23	- 21
Syphilis	58	1	18	134	- 133
Pertussis	59	1	21	109	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	4	- 3
Encephalitis	61	1	57	8	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	0	65	3	- 3
Leprosy	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	0	59	6	- 5
Schizophrenia	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 1
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	67	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	64	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Sri Lanka

Equ. Guinea

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.