NO MACEDONIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,555	2	4,420	- 1,864
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,211	4	1,104	+ 107
Lung Disease	3	919	6	807	+ 112
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	674	30	71	+ 603
Kidney Disease	5	666	9	516	+ 151
Stroke	6	661	1	5,521	- 4,860
Asthma	7	629	33	53	+ 576
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	497	19	157	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	9	408	24	107	+ 301
Suicide	10	289	16	196	+ 94
Oral Cancer	11	281	29	72	+ 209
Lung Cancers	12	172	5	1,055	- 882
Oesophagus Cancer	13	150	34	45	+ 105
Other Injuries	14	149	17	183	- 34
Breast Cancer	15	134	11	386	- 252
Stomach Cancer	16	128	10	455	- 327
Liver Disease	17	127	15	218	- 91
Leukemia	18	112	22	114	- 2
Liver Cancer	19	106	13	260	- 154
Hypertension	20	103	7	627	- 525
Lymphomas	21	100	25	96	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	22	96	37	29	+ 67
Falls	23	94	27	78	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	89	8	560	- 472
Tuberculosis	25	75	35	32	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	26	74	31	68	+ 6
Drownings	27	71	41	18	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	59	56	1	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	29	52	28	73	- 21
Prostate Cancer	30	49	14	259	- 210
Violence	31	48	36	31	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	32	45	44	12	+ 33
Anemia	33	43	52	3	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	34	42	18	163	- 121
Inflammatory/Heart	35	41	3	4,249	- 4,208
Skin Disease	36	28	57	1	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	37	27	26	93	- 66
War	38	27	63	0	+ 27
Epilepsy	39	26	38	23	+ 3
Drug Use	40	25	47	9	+ 16
Fires	41	23	46	11	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	42	21	23	108	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	43	21	12	267	- 246
Birth Trauma	44	19	48	7	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	45	16	20	141	- 124
Meningitis	46	14	51	4	+ 11
Dengue	47	13	70	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	48	9	54	2	+ 7
Poisonings	49	9	45	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	50	8	40	19	- 11
Alcohol	51	8	42	14	- 6
Skin Cancers	52	6	21	126	- 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	5	43	13	- 8
Malnutrition	54	4	58	1	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	55	4	61	0	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	32	56	- 52
Tetanus	57	3	75	0	+ 3
Syphilis	58	1	62	0	+ 1
Pertussis	59	1	50	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	60	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	1	59	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	49	7	- 7
Leprosy	63	1	81	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	65	0	85	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	39	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	53	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Sri Lanka

No Macedonia

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.