SOMALIA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,983	7	7,233	+ 10,750
Stroke	2	7,727	6	8,595	- 869
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,908	1	21,712	- 17,803
Liver Disease	4	2,583	13	3,917	- 1,334
Hypertension	5	2,155	18	2,643	- 489
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,025	16	2,888	- 863
Low Birth Weight	7	1,957	8	6,250	- 4,293
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,829	11	4,231	- 2,402
Birth Trauma	9	1,592	5	9,573	- 7,982
Lung Disease	10	1,474	19	2,442	- 968
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,358	15	3,410	- 2,053
Stomach Cancer	12	944	49	310	+ 634
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	919	2	15,363	- 14,443
Tuberculosis	14	918	4	10,261	- 9,344
Drownings	15	726	25	1,272	- 545
Oesophagus Cancer	16	680	40	516	+ 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	648	32	647	+ 1
Epilepsy	18	534	43	419	+ 115
Kidney Disease	19	512	21	2,051	- 1,539
Suicide	20	499	27	1,219	- 720
Falls	21	463	37	548	- 85
Meningitis	22	426	9	5,381	- 4,955
Fires	23	398	30	810	- 412
Lung Cancers	24	383	54	233	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	25	366	33	610	- 244
Pertussis	26	363	20	2,054	- 1,691
Other Injuries	27	360	14	3,602	- 3,242
Asthma	28	345	23	1,878	- 1,533
Parkinson's Disease	29	318	56	184	+ 134
Liver Cancer	30	296	53	256	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	278	41	446	- 168
Lymphomas	32	278	34	605	- 327
Breast Cancer	33	269	26	1,232	- 962
Endocrine Disorders	34	255	44	406	- 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	253	38	546	- 294
Violence	36	213	29	828	- 616
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	202	36	559	- 357
Alcohol	38	159	59	151	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	39	143	28	883	- 740
Uterin Cancer	40	139	64	78	+ 61
Oral Cancer	41	135	46	328	- 193
Leukemia	42	132	35	562	- 429
Pancreas Cancer	43	122	62	108	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	44	98	39	521	- 423
Maternal Conditions	45	79	12	4,127	- 4,048
Ovary Cancer	46	74	50	295	- 221
Upper Respiratory	47	69	47	326	- 257
Bladder Cancer	48	64	61	149	- 85
Hepatitis B	49	50	48	315	- 264
Poisonings	50	48	31	758	- 710
Skin Cancers	51	46	57	164	- 118
Prostate Cancer	52	41	52	285	- 244
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	35	66	35	- 1
Encephalitis	54	34	63	91	- 56
Drug Use	55	27	65	54	- 28
Syphilis	56	25	45	378	- 352
Tetanus	57	25	17	2,648	- 2,623
Appendicitis	58	22	55	188	- 166
Skin Disease	59	11	58	151	- 140
Hepatitis C	60	10	67	34	- 24
Other Neoplasms	61	9	70	12	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	71	8	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	5	51	290	- 285
Malnutrition	64	3	10	4,825	- 4,821
Chlamydia	65	2	72	5	- 3
War	66	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Diphtheria	67	1	60	150	- 149
Ascariasis	68	1	69	30	- 29
Dengue	69	0	73	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Measles	71	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	435	- 435
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Tajikistan

Somalia

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.