NEW ZEALAND VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,176	1	5,095	+ 1,081
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,926	8	769	+ 2,157
Lung Disease	3	2,220	5	1,815	+ 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,629	2	3,032	- 1,403
Kidney Disease	5	1,610	17	432	+ 1,178
Stroke	6	1,598	3	2,378	- 781
Asthma	7	1,519	36	91	+ 1,429
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,201	7	920	+ 281
Road Traffic Accidents	9	986	16	458	+ 528
Suicide	10	699	15	528	+ 171
Oral Cancer	11	679	31	164	+ 516
Lung Cancers	12	417	4	1,873	- 1,457
Oesophagus Cancer	13	363	25	279	+ 84
Other Injuries	14	359	28	218	+ 141
Breast Cancer	15	325	10	737	- 412
Stomach Cancer	16	310	22	323	- 13
Liver Disease	17	306	32	158	+ 148
Leukemia	18	271	18	391	- 120
Liver Cancer	19	256	24	288	- 32
Hypertension	20	248	20	327	- 79
Lymphomas	21	241	13	608	- 367
Congenital Anomalies	22	232	30	176	+ 57
Falls	23	226	11	627	- 400
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	214	6	1,495	- 1,281
Tuberculosis	25	181	52	17	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	26	179	41	61	+ 118
Drownings	27	172	44	54	+ 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	142	37	81	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	29	126	38	78	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	30	119	9	739	- 620
Violence	31	117	42	57	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	32	109	21	325	- 216
Anemia	33	105	51	17	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	34	101	26	267	- 165
Inflammatory/Heart	35	100	23	313	- 213
Skin Disease	36	69	34	118	- 49
Ovary Cancer	37	66	29	207	- 141
War	38	66	68	1	+ 65
Epilepsy	39	63	43	55	+ 8
Drug Use	40	60	40	69	- 9
Fires	41	56	53	17	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	42	51	33	145	- 93
Pancreas Cancer	43	50	14	543	- 493
Birth Trauma	44	45	54	15	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	45	39	19	353	- 314
Meningitis	46	34	59	9	+ 25
Dengue	47	31	75	0	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	48	23	63	5	+ 18
Poisonings	49	22	58	9	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	50	20	27	245	- 225
Alcohol	51	19	45	51	- 32
Skin Cancers	52	14	12	612	- 598
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	12	35	113	- 101
Malnutrition	54	10	55	14	- 4
HIV/AIDS	55	9	57	10	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	9	39	70	- 61
Tetanus	57	6	69	0	+ 6
Syphilis	58	3	70	0	+ 3
Pertussis	59	3	65	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	46	47	- 44
Encephalitis	61	2	66	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	1	56	14	- 12
Leprosy	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	62	6	- 5
Schizophrenia	65	1	60	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	67	1	49	24	- 23
Oral conditions	68	1	61	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	47	43	- 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	50	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	48	30	- 30
Otitis Media	76	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Sri Lanka

New Zealand

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.