ERITREA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,591	4	2,154	+ 5,437
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,596	7	944	+ 2,651
Lung Disease	3	2,729	9	662	+ 2,067
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,002	24	310	+ 1,693
Kidney Disease	5	1,979	12	578	+ 1,402
Stroke	6	1,964	2	2,564	- 600
Asthma	7	1,867	22	326	+ 1,541
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,477	1	3,277	- 1,800
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,212	5	1,326	- 114
Suicide	10	859	21	382	+ 478
Oral Cancer	11	835	44	71	+ 764
Lung Cancers	12	512	46	62	+ 451
Oesophagus Cancer	13	446	39	81	+ 365
Other Injuries	14	441	15	540	- 99
Breast Cancer	15	399	23	311	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	16	381	48	48	+ 333
Liver Disease	17	376	6	1,215	- 839
Leukemia	18	333	29	144	+ 189
Liver Cancer	19	315	45	69	+ 245
Hypertension	20	305	8	926	- 621
Lymphomas	21	296	28	147	+ 150
Congenital Anomalies	22	285	18	432	- 147
Falls	23	278	26	168	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	263	35	113	+ 150
Tuberculosis	25	222	14	543	- 321
Cervical Cancer	26	220	30	132	+ 88
Drownings	27	211	33	118	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	175	3	2,292	- 2,118
Low Birth Weight	29	155	16	531	- 376
Prostate Cancer	30	146	47	54	+ 92
Violence	31	144	20	384	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	32	133	43	71	+ 62
Anemia	33	129	81	0	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	34	125	51	42	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	35	123	32	123	- 0
Skin Disease	36	84	50	45	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	37	81	40	79	+ 2
War	38	81	71	0	+ 80
Epilepsy	39	78	38	81	- 4
Drug Use	40	74	53	36	+ 38
Fires	41	69	31	132	- 63
Uterin Cancer	42	63	61	18	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	43	62	58	20	+ 42
Birth Trauma	44	56	11	616	- 561
Parkinson's Disease	45	48	37	85	- 36
Meningitis	46	42	19	404	- 362
Dengue	47	38	73	0	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	48	28	13	544	- 516
Poisonings	49	27	34	114	- 87
Other Neoplasms	50	25	66	6	+ 19
Alcohol	51	24	49	45	- 22
Skin Cancers	52	17	56	30	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	14	41	77	- 62
Malnutrition	54	13	10	660	- 647
HIV/AIDS	55	11	25	308	- 296
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	11	27	147	- 136
Tetanus	57	8	52	37	- 30
Syphilis	58	4	54	35	- 31
Pertussis	59	4	36	90	- 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	64	12	- 9
Encephalitis	61	3	62	16	- 13
Hepatitis B	62	2	57	28	- 26
Leprosy	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	55	31	- 30
Schizophrenia	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	18	- 17
Osteoarthritis	67	1	85	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	86	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	67	4	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	68	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	6	- 6
Otitis Media	76	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	81	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Sri Lanka

Eritrea

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.