MAURITIUS VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,568	2	1,805	- 237
Diabetes Mellitus	2	743	1	1,873	- 1,130
Lung Disease	3	564	5	646	- 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	414	34	42	+ 372
Kidney Disease	5	409	4	724	- 315
Stroke	6	406	3	985	- 579
Asthma	7	386	17	107	+ 279
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	305	7	346	- 41
Road Traffic Accidents	9	250	11	155	+ 95
Suicide	10	178	14	120	+ 57
Oral Cancer	11	172	23	63	+ 109
Lung Cancers	12	106	9	182	- 77
Oesophagus Cancer	13	92	37	35	+ 57
Other Injuries	14	91	21	66	+ 25
Breast Cancer	15	82	8	232	- 150
Stomach Cancer	16	79	18	104	- 26
Liver Disease	17	78	12	145	- 68
Leukemia	18	69	31	48	+ 20
Liver Cancer	19	65	27	56	+ 9
Hypertension	20	63	6	592	- 529
Lymphomas	21	61	24	57	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	22	59	25	57	+ 2
Falls	23	57	26	57	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	54	10	182	- 128
Tuberculosis	25	46	45	17	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	26	45	30	49	- 4
Drownings	27	44	33	43	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	36	42	23	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	29	32	35	37	- 5
Prostate Cancer	30	30	15	115	- 85
Violence	31	30	41	30	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	32	28	19	101	- 73
Anemia	33	27	39	33	- 7
Bladder Cancer	34	26	44	21	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	35	25	16	108	- 83
Skin Disease	36	17	22	64	- 47
Ovary Cancer	37	17	32	46	- 29
War	38	17	62	0	+ 17
Epilepsy	39	16	38	35	- 19
Drug Use	40	15	46	16	- 1
Fires	41	14	50	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	42	13	40	32	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	43	13	28	55	- 42
Birth Trauma	44	11	36	37	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	45	10	47	12	- 2
Meningitis	46	9	57	2	+ 6
Dengue	47	8	68	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	48	6	48	11	- 5
Poisonings	49	6	49	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	50	5	20	77	- 72
Alcohol	51	5	29	53	- 48
Skin Cancers	52	3	53	5	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	3	56	3	- 0
Malnutrition	54	3	54	4	- 1
HIV/AIDS	55	2	13	141	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	2	43	22	- 20
Tetanus	57	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	67	0	+ 1
Pertussis	59	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	60	1	- 0
Encephalitis	61	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	0	65	0	+ 0
Leprosy	63	0	81	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	0	59	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	65	0	52	5	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	55	3	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	58	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	51	9	- 9
Otitis Media	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Sri Lanka

Mauritius

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.