GEORGIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,864	1	16,014	- 10,150
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,778	6	1,621	+ 1,157
Lung Disease	3	2,108	7	1,158	+ 950
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,547	5	1,826	- 279
Kidney Disease	5	1,529	10	826	+ 703
Stroke	6	1,517	2	11,969	- 10,452
Asthma	7	1,443	35	136	+ 1,307
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,141	9	886	+ 255
Road Traffic Accidents	9	936	13	496	+ 440
Suicide	10	664	18	367	+ 297
Oral Cancer	11	645	31	167	+ 479
Lung Cancers	12	396	8	1,152	- 756
Oesophagus Cancer	13	344	43	75	+ 269
Other Injuries	14	341	20	346	- 5
Breast Cancer	15	308	11	613	- 305
Stomach Cancer	16	294	12	533	- 239
Liver Disease	17	290	4	1,871	- 1,581
Leukemia	18	257	30	171	+ 86
Liver Cancer	19	243	17	385	- 142
Hypertension	20	235	3	4,387	- 4,152
Lymphomas	21	229	25	208	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	22	221	28	174	+ 46
Falls	23	215	16	420	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	203	14	444	- 240
Tuberculosis	25	171	32	153	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	26	170	27	187	- 17
Drownings	27	163	39	95	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	135	50	19	+ 116
Low Birth Weight	29	120	37	114	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	30	113	22	290	- 177
Violence	31	111	40	90	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	32	103	38	109	- 6
Anemia	33	99	85	0	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	34	96	26	205	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	35	95	21	346	- 251
Skin Disease	36	65	51	17	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	37	63	29	174	- 111
War	38	62	61	0	+ 62
Epilepsy	39	60	44	51	+ 9
Drug Use	40	57	41	90	- 32
Fires	41	53	34	140	- 87
Uterin Cancer	42	49	36	115	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	43	48	23	227	- 180
Birth Trauma	44	43	46	39	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	45	37	19	354	- 317
Meningitis	46	33	47	25	+ 8
Dengue	47	29	76	0	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	48	21	53	13	+ 8
Poisonings	49	21	49	23	- 3
Other Neoplasms	50	19	52	15	+ 5
Alcohol	51	18	45	49	- 31
Skin Cancers	52	13	33	149	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	11	15	426	- 415
Malnutrition	54	10	59	5	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	55	9	42	89	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	8	24	226	- 218
Tetanus	57	6	62	0	+ 6
Syphilis	58	3	63	0	+ 3
Pertussis	59	3	67	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	57	8	- 5
Encephalitis	61	2	48	24	- 22
Hepatitis B	62	1	58	7	- 6
Leprosy	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	10	- 9
Schizophrenia	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	1	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	54	12	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	8	- 8
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Sri Lanka

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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.