SOMALIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,220	7	7,233	+ 11,987
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,933	32	647	+ 10,285
Lung Disease	3	7,438	19	2,442	+ 4,995
Stroke	4	6,034	6	8,595	- 2,561
Lung Cancers	5	5,921	54	233	+ 5,688
Kidney Disease	6	3,268	21	2,051	+ 1,217
Drug Use	7	2,833	65	54	+ 2,779
Hypertension	8	2,511	18	2,643	- 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,354	38	546	+ 1,807
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,338	16	2,888	- 550
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,296	1	21,712	- 19,416
Suicide	12	2,021	27	1,219	+ 802
Breast Cancer	13	1,853	26	1,232	+ 621
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,789	44	406	+ 1,382
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,686	62	108	+ 1,579
Liver Disease	16	1,652	13	3,917	- 2,265
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,587	11	4,231	- 2,644
Falls	18	1,539	37	548	+ 991
Lymphomas	19	1,533	34	605	+ 929
Prostate Cancer	20	1,356	52	285	+ 1,071
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,313	56	184	+ 1,129
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,238	39	521	+ 717
Liver Cancer	23	1,030	53	256	+ 775
Leukemia	24	1,026	35	562	+ 465
Other Injuries	25	990	14	3,602	- 2,612
Bladder Cancer	26	747	61	149	+ 598
Violence	27	722	29	828	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	28	679	40	516	+ 162
Other Neoplasms	29	675	70	12	+ 663
Alcohol	30	558	59	151	+ 407
Ovary Cancer	31	555	50	295	+ 261
Skin Cancers	32	545	57	164	+ 381
Stomach Cancer	33	498	49	310	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	34	448	15	3,410	- 2,962
Oral Cancer	35	440	46	328	+ 112
Uterin Cancer	36	383	64	78	+ 305
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	379	2	15,363	- 14,984
Cervical Cancer	38	266	28	883	- 617
Low Birth Weight	39	264	8	6,250	- 5,987
Malnutrition	40	257	10	4,825	- 4,567
Hepatitis C	41	216	67	34	+ 182
HIV/AIDS	42	215	33	610	- 394
Skin Disease	43	206	58	151	+ 55
Multiple Sclerosis	44	193	71	8	+ 185
Drownings	45	155	25	1,272	- 1,117
Asthma	46	145	23	1,878	- 1,733
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	139	41	446	- 307
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	132	36	559	- 427
Fires	49	121	30	810	- 689
Epilepsy	50	120	43	419	- 298
Anemia	51	119	83	0	+ 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	94	66	35	+ 58
Poisonings	53	64	31	758	- 694
Birth Trauma	54	47	5	9,573	- 9,526
War	55	46	24	1,318	- 1,273
Maternal Conditions	56	30	12	4,127	- 4,097
Schizophrenia	57	28	81	0	+ 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	26	84	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	59	23	48	315	- 292
Meningitis	60	23	9	5,381	- 5,358
Osteoarthritis	61	22	85	0	+ 22
Tuberculosis	62	21	4	10,261	- 10,240
Appendicitis	63	16	55	188	- 172
Oral conditions	64	11	86	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	65	9	47	326	- 317
Syphilis	66	2	45	378	- 376
Otitis Media	67	1	68	32	- 30
Encephalitis	68	1	63	91	- 90
Pertussis	69	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	435	- 435
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	60	150	- 150
Dengue	76	0	73	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	51	290	- 290
Measles	80	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

United States

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.