TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,686	1	1,476	+ 210
Diabetes Mellitus	2	799	2	1,275	- 477
Lung Disease	3	606	16	129	+ 477
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	445	9	215	+ 230
Kidney Disease	5	440	5	439	+ 0
Stroke	6	436	3	822	- 386
Asthma	7	415	35	40	+ 374
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	328	10	205	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	9	269	15	130	+ 139
Suicide	10	191	17	121	+ 70
Oral Cancer	11	185	38	31	+ 155
Lung Cancers	12	114	8	217	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	13	99	41	24	+ 75
Other Injuries	14	98	30	61	+ 37
Breast Cancer	15	89	7	258	- 170
Stomach Cancer	16	85	26	69	+ 16
Liver Disease	17	84	14	136	- 52
Leukemia	18	74	29	62	+ 12
Liver Cancer	19	70	28	66	+ 4
Hypertension	20	68	11	201	- 134
Lymphomas	21	66	20	111	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	22	63	22	93	- 30
Falls	23	62	33	43	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	58	13	196	- 137
Tuberculosis	25	49	43	22	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	26	49	21	97	- 48
Drownings	27	47	39	31	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	39	45	18	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	29	34	23	83	- 49
Prostate Cancer	30	32	6	330	- 297
Violence	31	32	4	549	- 517
Endocrine Disorders	32	30	18	119	- 90
Anemia	33	29	85	0	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	34	28	34	41	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	35	27	25	72	- 45
Skin Disease	36	19	36	39	- 20
Ovary Cancer	37	18	24	80	- 62
War	38	18	46	17	+ 1
Epilepsy	39	17	37	32	- 15
Drug Use	40	16	44	19	- 2
Fires	41	15	48	16	- 1
Uterin Cancer	42	14	27	68	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	43	14	19	114	- 100
Birth Trauma	44	12	40	25	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	45	11	32	51	- 41
Meningitis	46	9	52	9	- 0
Dengue	47	8	55	5	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	48	6	50	10	- 4
Poisonings	49	6	59	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	50	5	51	10	- 5
Alcohol	51	5	42	23	- 18
Skin Cancers	52	4	57	4	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	3	49	11	- 8
Malnutrition	54	3	47	17	- 14
HIV/AIDS	55	3	12	196	- 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	2	31	52	- 50
Tetanus	57	2	65	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	61	0	+ 1
Pertussis	59	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	53	8	- 7
Encephalitis	61	1	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	62	0	60	0	- 0
Leprosy	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	0	56	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	58	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Sri Lanka

Trinidad/Tob.

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.