SERBIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,960	1	21,776	- 13,816
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,771	7	3,611	+ 160
Lung Disease	3	2,862	6	3,853	- 991
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,100	9	2,876	- 776
Kidney Disease	5	2,075	5	4,169	- 2,093
Stroke	6	2,059	2	16,241	- 14,181
Asthma	7	1,958	31	390	+ 1,568
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,548	11	1,832	- 284
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,271	24	655	+ 615
Suicide	10	901	16	996	- 95
Oral Cancer	11	876	23	680	+ 195
Lung Cancers	12	537	4	6,539	- 6,002
Oesophagus Cancer	13	467	35	332	+ 136
Other Injuries	14	463	30	406	+ 56
Breast Cancer	15	419	10	2,284	- 1,866
Stomach Cancer	16	400	15	1,203	- 803
Liver Disease	17	394	19	887	- 493
Leukemia	18	349	22	710	- 361
Liver Cancer	19	330	17	918	- 588
Hypertension	20	319	12	1,621	- 1,301
Lymphomas	21	311	20	831	- 520
Congenital Anomalies	22	299	40	162	+ 138
Falls	23	292	33	362	- 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	276	8	3,429	- 3,154
Tuberculosis	25	233	46	100	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	26	231	25	638	- 408
Drownings	27	221	48	73	+ 148
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	183	39	167	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	29	162	38	187	- 25
Prostate Cancer	30	153	14	1,317	- 1,164
Violence	31	151	45	108	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	32	140	36	309	- 169
Anemia	33	135	41	152	- 17
Bladder Cancer	34	131	18	893	- 762
Inflammatory/Heart	35	129	3	15,274	- 15,145
Skin Disease	36	89	43	113	- 25
Ovary Cancer	37	85	29	555	- 470
War	38	85	71	1	+ 84
Epilepsy	39	82	37	223	- 141
Drug Use	40	78	49	72	+ 6
Fires	41	72	50	64	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	42	66	32	369	- 303
Pancreas Cancer	43	65	13	1,402	- 1,337
Birth Trauma	44	58	52	45	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	45	51	21	804	- 753
Meningitis	46	44	54	35	+ 9
Dengue	47	40	82	0	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	48	29	59	12	+ 17
Poisonings	49	28	57	23	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	50	26	27	601	- 575
Alcohol	51	25	34	341	- 316
Skin Cancers	52	18	26	638	- 621
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	15	47	78	- 63
Malnutrition	54	13	61	10	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	55	12	56	25	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	12	28	594	- 583
Tetanus	57	8	65	2	+ 6
Syphilis	58	4	67	2	+ 3
Pertussis	59	4	63	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	55	34	- 31
Encephalitis	61	3	66	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	36	- 34
Leprosy	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	58	16	- 14
Schizophrenia	65	2	44	109	- 107
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	3	- 1
Osteoarthritis	67	1	62	7	- 6
Oral conditions	68	1	69	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	42	146	- 146
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	51	51	- 51
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	60	12	- 12
Otitis Media	76	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	72	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	70	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Sri Lanka

Serbia

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.