NEW GUINEA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,021	1	6,835	+ 5,186
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,694	4	4,533	+ 1,162
Lung Disease	3	4,322	3	4,538	- 216
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,171	33	343	+ 2,828
Kidney Disease	5	3,134	18	687	+ 2,448
Stroke	6	3,110	2	5,095	- 1,985
Asthma	7	2,957	9	1,842	+ 1,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,338	6	2,595	- 257
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,919	12	1,105	+ 814
Suicide	10	1,361	37	259	+ 1,102
Oral Cancer	11	1,322	25	580	+ 742
Lung Cancers	12	811	23	622	+ 189
Oesophagus Cancer	13	706	44	199	+ 507
Other Injuries	14	699	20	647	+ 52
Breast Cancer	15	632	17	764	- 132
Stomach Cancer	16	604	28	447	+ 157
Liver Disease	17	595	22	624	- 29
Leukemia	18	528	38	253	+ 275
Liver Cancer	19	498	21	644	- 146
Hypertension	20	482	13	1,096	- 613
Lymphomas	21	469	32	353	+ 117
Congenital Anomalies	22	452	16	951	- 498
Falls	23	441	26	502	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	417	29	445	- 28
Tuberculosis	25	352	5	3,969	- 3,617
Cervical Cancer	26	348	19	665	- 316
Drownings	27	334	40	240	+ 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	276	8	2,295	- 2,019
Low Birth Weight	29	245	10	1,661	- 1,416
Prostate Cancer	30	232	36	285	- 53
Violence	31	228	15	969	- 740
Endocrine Disorders	32	211	47	153	+ 58
Anemia	33	204	82	0	+ 204
Bladder Cancer	34	197	54	82	+ 115
Inflammatory/Heart	35	194	43	229	- 35
Skin Disease	36	134	49	126	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	37	128	46	179	- 51
War	38	128	69	1	+ 127
Epilepsy	39	123	51	111	+ 13
Drug Use	40	118	61	13	+ 105
Fires	41	109	27	488	- 379
Uterin Cancer	42	100	55	81	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	43	98	52	107	- 9
Birth Trauma	44	88	11	1,504	- 1,416
Parkinson's Disease	45	77	45	185	- 108
Meningitis	46	67	34	324	- 257
Dengue	47	60	64	6	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	48	44	30	421	- 377
Poisonings	49	43	50	121	- 79
Other Neoplasms	50	39	60	15	+ 24
Alcohol	51	38	53	93	- 56
Skin Cancers	52	27	31	417	- 390
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	23	14	1,072	- 1,049
Malnutrition	54	20	48	134	- 114
HIV/AIDS	55	18	24	611	- 593
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	17	35	302	- 284
Tetanus	57	13	56	48	- 35
Syphilis	58	7	42	234	- 227
Pertussis	59	7	39	248	- 241
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	65	5	- 0
Encephalitis	61	5	57	31	- 26
Hepatitis B	62	3	58	27	- 24
Leprosy	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	2	59	20	- 18
Schizophrenia	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	68	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	2	85	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	86	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	66	5	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	8	- 8
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	41	238	- 238
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Sri Lanka

New Guinea

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.