SLOVENIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,510	1	3,617	- 1,107
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,189	18	340	+ 849
Lung Disease	3	902	7	675	+ 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	662	16	375	+ 287
Kidney Disease	5	655	28	143	+ 511
Stroke	6	649	2	1,977	- 1,328
Asthma	7	618	45	16	+ 601
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	488	13	412	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	9	401	31	105	+ 296
Suicide	10	284	14	411	- 127
Oral Cancer	11	276	27	145	+ 131
Lung Cancers	12	169	3	1,261	- 1,092
Oesophagus Cancer	13	147	32	93	+ 55
Other Injuries	14	146	23	203	- 57
Breast Cancer	15	132	9	484	- 352
Stomach Cancer	16	126	17	341	- 215
Liver Disease	17	124	12	429	- 305
Leukemia	18	110	21	225	- 115
Liver Cancer	19	104	19	285	- 180
Hypertension	20	101	4	881	- 780
Lymphomas	21	98	11	465	- 367
Congenital Anomalies	22	94	38	49	+ 45
Falls	23	92	6	708	- 616
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	87	5	743	- 656
Tuberculosis	25	73	46	15	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	26	73	36	60	+ 12
Drownings	27	70	44	17	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	58	52	4	+ 54
Low Birth Weight	29	51	43	17	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	30	48	10	476	- 428
Violence	31	48	42	19	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	32	44	33	93	- 48
Anemia	33	43	60	1	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	34	41	22	211	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	35	41	20	239	- 199
Skin Disease	36	28	49	5	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	37	27	29	122	- 96
War	38	27	61	0	+ 26
Epilepsy	39	26	35	62	- 37
Drug Use	40	25	41	24	+ 1
Fires	41	23	48	8	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	42	21	30	106	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	43	20	15	409	- 389
Birth Trauma	44	18	57	1	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	45	16	24	196	- 180
Meningitis	46	14	50	5	+ 9
Dengue	47	13	75	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	48	9	56	1	+ 8
Poisonings	49	9	51	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	50	8	34	69	- 61
Alcohol	51	8	8	511	- 503
Skin Cancers	52	6	25	191	- 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	5	26	151	- 147
Malnutrition	54	4	64	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	55	4	70	0	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	37	55	- 51
Tetanus	57	3	59	1	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	55	2	- 1
Pertussis	59	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	40	30	- 29
Encephalitis	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	58	1	- 1
Leprosy	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	54	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	65	0	47	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	85	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	53	3	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	39	35	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	86	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Sri Lanka

Slovenia

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.