ISRAEL VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,251	1	5,122	+ 6,129
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,330	6	1,913	+ 3,417
Lung Disease	3	4,045	7	1,546	+ 2,499
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,968	2	2,996	- 28
Kidney Disease	5	2,933	3	2,437	+ 497
Stroke	6	2,911	4	2,431	+ 479
Asthma	7	2,768	36	142	+ 2,626
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,189	8	1,519	+ 670
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,796	26	333	+ 1,463
Suicide	10	1,274	19	453	+ 820
Oral Cancer	11	1,238	33	150	+ 1,087
Lung Cancers	12	759	5	2,026	- 1,267
Oesophagus Cancer	13	660	37	138	+ 523
Other Injuries	14	654	14	828	- 174
Breast Cancer	15	592	10	1,237	- 645
Stomach Cancer	16	565	16	565	- 0
Liver Disease	17	557	28	292	+ 265
Leukemia	18	494	15	612	- 118
Liver Cancer	19	466	25	345	+ 121
Hypertension	20	451	21	400	+ 51
Lymphomas	21	439	13	925	- 486
Congenital Anomalies	22	423	29	291	+ 132
Falls	23	412	39	123	+ 289
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	390	9	1,510	- 1,120
Tuberculosis	25	329	57	16	+ 313
Cervical Cancer	26	326	38	133	+ 193
Drownings	27	312	45	39	+ 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	259	32	166	+ 92
Low Birth Weight	29	229	42	94	+ 135
Prostate Cancer	30	217	17	521	- 305
Violence	31	213	41	104	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	32	198	12	1,002	- 805
Anemia	33	190	34	149	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	34	185	18	496	- 312
Inflammatory/Heart	35	182	30	214	- 33
Skin Disease	36	125	24	368	- 243
Ovary Cancer	37	120	27	323	- 202
War	38	120	60	7	+ 112
Epilepsy	39	115	40	109	+ 7
Drug Use	40	110	43	67	+ 43
Fires	41	102	53	24	+ 78
Uterin Cancer	42	93	31	202	- 109
Pancreas Cancer	43	91	11	1,023	- 931
Birth Trauma	44	82	50	35	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	45	72	22	398	- 326
Meningitis	46	62	55	20	+ 42
Dengue	47	56	84	0	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	48	41	61	6	+ 35
Poisonings	49	40	63	4	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	50	37	20	420	- 383
Alcohol	51	35	49	39	- 3
Skin Cancers	52	25	23	379	- 354
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	21	35	144	- 123
Malnutrition	54	19	48	39	- 20
HIV/AIDS	55	17	52	25	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	16	51	33	- 17
Tetanus	57	12	73	0	+ 12
Syphilis	58	6	71	0	+ 6
Pertussis	59	6	69	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	54	23	- 18
Encephalitis	61	4	66	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	3	58	16	- 13
Leprosy	63	2	68	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	64	4	- 2
Schizophrenia	65	2	44	66	- 64
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	5	- 3
Osteoarthritis	67	1	59	8	- 6
Oral conditions	68	1	65	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	47	39	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	56	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	46	39	- 39
Otitis Media	76	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Sri Lanka

Israel

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.