HONDURAS VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,402	1	8,063	+ 3,340
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,401	10	1,075	+ 4,326
Lung Disease	3	4,099	5	2,997	+ 1,103
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,008	8	1,413	+ 1,595
Kidney Disease	5	2,973	4	3,056	- 83
Stroke	6	2,950	3	5,667	- 2,717
Asthma	7	2,805	30	346	+ 2,459
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,218	9	1,335	+ 883
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,821	7	1,572	+ 248
Suicide	10	1,291	37	201	+ 1,090
Oral Cancer	11	1,254	44	99	+ 1,155
Lung Cancers	12	769	27	369	+ 400
Oesophagus Cancer	13	669	50	81	+ 588
Other Injuries	14	663	12	845	- 182
Breast Cancer	15	600	20	478	+ 122
Stomach Cancer	16	573	18	643	- 70
Liver Disease	17	565	6	2,721	- 2,157
Leukemia	18	501	21	475	+ 26
Liver Cancer	19	473	26	376	+ 97
Hypertension	20	457	13	838	- 381
Lymphomas	21	445	24	390	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	22	429	15	793	- 364
Falls	23	418	35	289	+ 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	395	29	354	+ 42
Tuberculosis	25	333	22	453	- 119
Cervical Cancer	26	330	19	493	- 162
Drownings	27	317	38	183	+ 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	262	11	923	- 660
Low Birth Weight	29	232	16	755	- 522
Prostate Cancer	30	220	25	378	- 158
Violence	31	216	2	6,520	- 6,304
Endocrine Disorders	32	200	31	334	- 134
Anemia	33	193	85	0	+ 193
Bladder Cancer	34	187	49	82	+ 105
Inflammatory/Heart	35	184	28	366	- 182
Skin Disease	36	127	40	167	- 41
Ovary Cancer	37	122	45	98	+ 24
War	38	121	65	4	+ 117
Epilepsy	39	117	36	201	- 85
Drug Use	40	111	42	129	- 17
Fires	41	103	57	40	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	42	94	60	23	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	43	93	32	325	- 233
Birth Trauma	44	84	33	310	- 227
Parkinson's Disease	45	73	23	429	- 356
Meningitis	46	63	46	92	- 28
Dengue	47	57	43	120	- 63
Maternal Conditions	48	42	48	90	- 48
Poisonings	49	40	55	45	- 4
Other Neoplasms	50	37	56	41	- 4
Alcohol	51	36	34	308	- 273
Skin Cancers	52	25	52	68	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	21	54	47	- 25
Malnutrition	54	19	39	181	- 163
HIV/AIDS	55	17	14	794	- 777
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	17	17	657	- 640
Tetanus	57	12	59	26	- 14
Syphilis	58	6	61	18	- 12
Pertussis	59	6	53	58	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	47	91	- 87
Encephalitis	61	5	51	79	- 74
Hepatitis B	62	3	64	5	- 2
Leprosy	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	41	139	- 137
Schizophrenia	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	9	- 7
Osteoarthritis	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	62	11	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	58	27	- 27
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Sri Lanka

Honduras

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.