SWEDEN VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,672	1	15,136	- 2,464
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,003	11	1,834	+ 4,168
Lung Disease	3	4,555	4	4,344	+ 211
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	3,343	2	10,917	- 7,574
Kidney Disease	5	3,304	12	1,629	+ 1,675
Stroke	6	3,278	3	6,035	- 2,757
Asthma	7	3,117	42	158	+ 2,959
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,465	7	2,659	- 194
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,023	34	315	+ 1,708
Suicide	10	1,434	14	1,479	- 45
Oral Cancer	11	1,394	31	379	+ 1,015
Lung Cancers	12	855	5	3,722	- 2,867
Oesophagus Cancer	13	744	29	538	+ 206
Other Injuries	14	737	15	1,374	- 637
Breast Cancer	15	666	13	1,582	- 916
Stomach Cancer	16	636	26	612	+ 24
Liver Disease	17	628	23	723	- 96
Leukemia	18	556	20	825	- 269
Liver Cancer	19	525	22	752	- 227
Hypertension	20	508	10	1,838	- 1,330
Lymphomas	21	495	16	1,357	- 862
Congenital Anomalies	22	477	35	308	+ 169
Falls	23	464	17	1,109	- 645
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	439	6	3,049	- 2,610
Tuberculosis	25	371	56	24	+ 347
Cervical Cancer	26	367	38	228	+ 140
Drownings	27	352	46	114	+ 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	291	36	289	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	29	258	51	50	+ 208
Prostate Cancer	30	244	8	2,622	- 2,378
Violence	31	240	47	113	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	32	223	24	702	- 479
Anemia	33	215	40	175	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	34	208	21	760	- 552
Inflammatory/Heart	35	205	28	547	- 342
Skin Disease	36	141	39	220	- 79
Ovary Cancer	37	135	27	553	- 417
War	38	135	65	2	+ 133
Epilepsy	39	130	44	121	+ 9
Drug Use	40	124	30	423	- 299
Fires	41	115	49	65	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	42	105	33	345	- 240
Pancreas Cancer	43	103	9	1,849	- 1,746
Birth Trauma	44	93	55	34	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	45	81	19	943	- 862
Meningitis	46	70	54	35	+ 35
Dengue	47	63	80	0	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	48	46	64	5	+ 41
Poisonings	49	45	60	18	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	50	41	18	1,036	- 995
Alcohol	51	40	32	359	- 319
Skin Cancers	52	28	25	650	- 622
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	24	48	110	- 86
Malnutrition	54	21	45	117	- 96
HIV/AIDS	55	19	61	13	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	18	37	277	- 259
Tetanus	57	13	68	0	+ 13
Syphilis	58	7	72	0	+ 7
Pertussis	59	7	67	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	43	129	- 124
Encephalitis	61	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	3	62	9	- 7
Leprosy	63	3	84	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	59	18	- 15
Schizophrenia	65	2	50	63	- 61
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	20	- 17
Osteoarthritis	67	2	57	24	- 22
Oral conditions	68	2	63	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	41	170	- 169
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	52	46	- 45
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	53	44	- 44
Otitis Media	76	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Sri Lanka

Sweden

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.