HAITI VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,065	1	13,208	+ 857
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,662	4	5,026	+ 1,637
Lung Disease	3	5,056	11	2,334	+ 2,722
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,710	23	955	+ 2,755
Kidney Disease	5	3,667	6	2,701	+ 966
Stroke	6	3,639	2	11,779	- 8,140
Asthma	7	3,460	20	1,107	+ 2,353
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,736	3	7,064	- 4,328
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,246	13	2,115	+ 131
Suicide	10	1,592	21	1,085	+ 507
Oral Cancer	11	1,547	45	261	+ 1,286
Lung Cancers	12	949	36	492	+ 457
Oesophagus Cancer	13	826	49	155	+ 671
Other Injuries	14	818	16	1,499	- 681
Breast Cancer	15	739	30	705	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	16	706	26	863	- 157
Liver Disease	17	697	10	2,425	- 1,728
Leukemia	18	618	43	300	+ 317
Liver Cancer	19	583	33	662	- 79
Hypertension	20	564	7	2,632	- 2,067
Lymphomas	21	549	47	235	+ 314
Congenital Anomalies	22	529	15	1,819	- 1,290
Falls	23	515	35	549	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	487	32	680	- 193
Tuberculosis	25	411	22	1,007	- 596
Cervical Cancer	26	408	34	573	- 165
Drownings	27	391	19	1,306	- 916
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	323	8	2,540	- 2,216
Low Birth Weight	29	287	9	2,516	- 2,229
Prostate Cancer	30	271	17	1,356	- 1,085
Violence	31	267	12	2,330	- 2,063
Endocrine Disorders	32	247	24	951	- 704
Anemia	33	238	86	0	+ 238
Bladder Cancer	34	231	55	92	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	35	227	25	941	- 714
Skin Disease	36	156	40	425	- 268
Ovary Cancer	37	150	51	153	- 3
War	38	150	66	5	+ 144
Epilepsy	39	144	41	409	- 265
Drug Use	40	137	52	140	- 2
Fires	41	128	37	470	- 342
Uterin Cancer	42	117	57	42	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	43	114	44	268	- 154
Birth Trauma	44	103	14	2,100	- 1,997
Parkinson's Disease	45	90	42	329	- 240
Meningitis	46	78	28	780	- 702
Dengue	47	70	64	17	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	48	51	18	1,349	- 1,297
Poisonings	49	50	50	154	- 104
Other Neoplasms	50	46	60	31	+ 15
Alcohol	51	44	39	428	- 384
Skin Cancers	52	31	56	56	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	26	27	814	- 788
Malnutrition	54	23	29	717	- 694
HIV/AIDS	55	21	5	2,706	- 2,685
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	20	31	704	- 684
Tetanus	57	15	53	119	- 104
Syphilis	58	8	46	251	- 243
Pertussis	59	8	38	446	- 439
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	58	37	- 31
Encephalitis	61	6	54	118	- 112
Hepatitis B	62	3	62	26	- 23
Leprosy	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	48	172	- 169
Schizophrenia	65	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	19	- 16
Osteoarthritis	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	61	28	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	7	- 7
Otitis Media	76	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	59	36	- 36
Schistosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

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Haiti

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.