MONTENEGRO VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Sri Lanka SRI LANKA MONTENEGRO Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 718 2 1,748 - 1,030
Diabetes Mellitus 2 340 6 174 + 166
Lung Disease 3 258 11 90 + 168
Alzheimers & Dementia 4 189 5 227 - 37
Kidney Disease 5 187 7 147 + 40
Stroke 6 186 1 2,208 - 2,022
Asthma 7 177 46 4 + 173
Influenza and Pneumonia 8 140 12 81 + 59
Road Traffic Accidents 9 115 21 48 + 67
Suicide 10 81 8 132 - 50
Oral Cancer 11 79 37 10 + 69
Lung Cancers 12 48 3 340 - 291
Oesophagus Cancer 13 42 30 17 + 25
Other Injuries 14 42 23 29 + 13
Breast Cancer 15 38 9 127 - 89
Stomach Cancer 16 36 19 50 - 14
Liver Disease 17 36 17 57 - 21
Leukemia 18 32 25 23 + 8
Liver Cancer 19 30 20 50 - 21
Hypertension 20 29 18 55 - 27
Lymphomas 21 28 24 27 + 1
Congenital Anomalies 22 27 45 4 + 23
Falls 23 26 14 67 - 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers 24 25 10 113 - 88
Tuberculosis 25 21 51 1 + 20
Cervical Cancer 26 21 27 20 + 0
Drownings 27 20 36 11 + 9
Diarrhoeal diseases 28 16 56 1 + 16
Low Birth Weight 29 15 43 5 + 9
Prostate Cancer 30 14 13 75 - 62
Violence 31 14 29 18 - 4
Endocrine Disorders 32 13 40 7 + 6
Anemia 33 12 85 0 + 12
Bladder Cancer 34 12 22 35 - 23
Inflammatory/Heart 35 12 4 311 - 300
Skin Disease 36 8 54 1 + 7
Ovary Cancer 37 8 28 19 - 11
War 38 8 63 0 + 8
Epilepsy 39 7 42 6 + 1
Drug Use 40 7 31 14 - 7
Fires 41 7 32 14 - 7
Uterin Cancer 42 6 33 14 - 8
Pancreas Cancer 43 6 16 64 - 58
Birth Trauma 44 5 41 6 - 1
Parkinson's Disease 45 5 15 66 - 62
Meningitis 46 4 49 1 + 3
Dengue 47 4 77 0 + 4
Maternal Conditions 48 3 58 0 + 2
Poisonings 49 3 44 4 - 1
Other Neoplasms 50 2 47 2 + 0
Alcohol 51 2 38 9 - 7
Skin Cancers 52 2 35 12 - 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease 53 1 34 13 - 12
Malnutrition 54 1 53 1 + 0
HIV/AIDS 55 1 73 0 + 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease 56 1 26 21 - 19
Tetanus 57 1 62 0 + 1
Syphilis 58 0 59 0 + 0
Pertussis 59 0 55 1 - 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 60 0 48 2 - 2
Encephalitis 61 0 50 1 - 1
Hepatitis B 62 0 61 0 + 0
Leprosy 63 0 75 0 + 0
Appendicitis 64 0 52 1 - 1
Schizophrenia 65 0 84 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 60 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 67 0 80 0 + 0
Oral conditions 68 0 82 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 69 0 39 8 - 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy 70 0 81 0 + 0
Hookworm Disease 71 0 76 0 + 0
Ascariasis 72 0 79 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 73 0 57 1 - 1
Diphtheria 74 0 66 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 75 0 65 0 - 0
Otitis Media 76 0 74 0 + 0
Measles 77 0 67 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 78 0 68 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 78 0 - 0
Malaria 80 0 70 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 81 0 69 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 82 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 83 0 72 0 - 0
Chlamydia 84 0 64 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020