SRI LANKA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,457	1	26,304	+ 6,153
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	18,462	4	6,939	+ 11,524
Lung Disease	3	12,560	3	9,456	+ 3,104
Stroke	4	10,190	6	6,805	+ 3,385
Lung Cancers	5	9,998	12	1,775	+ 8,223
Kidney Disease	6	5,519	5	6,858	- 1,339
Drug Use	7	4,785	40	257	+ 4,528
Hypertension	8	4,240	20	1,055	+ 3,185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,974	24	911	+ 3,063
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,948	2	12,460	- 8,512
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,877	8	5,117	- 1,239
Suicide	12	3,413	10	2,977	+ 436
Breast Cancer	13	3,129	15	1,383	+ 1,746
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,020	32	462	+ 2,558
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,847	43	214	+ 2,634
Liver Disease	16	2,790	17	1,303	+ 1,487
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,680	9	4,200	- 1,519
Falls	18	2,598	23	964	+ 1,634
Lymphomas	19	2,589	21	1,027	+ 1,562
Prostate Cancer	20	2,289	30	507	+ 1,782
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,217	45	168	+ 2,050
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,091	35	425	+ 1,666
Liver Cancer	23	1,740	19	1,090	+ 649
Leukemia	24	1,733	18	1,155	+ 579
Other Injuries	25	1,671	14	1,529	+ 142
Bladder Cancer	26	1,261	34	432	+ 830
Violence	27	1,220	31	499	+ 721
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,146	13	1,544	- 398
Other Neoplasms	29	1,141	50	86	+ 1,055
Alcohol	30	942	51	82	+ 860
Ovary Cancer	31	938	37	281	+ 657
Skin Cancers	32	920	52	58	+ 862
Stomach Cancer	33	841	16	1,321	- 480
Congenital Anomalies	34	756	22	989	- 233
Oral Cancer	35	743	11	2,893	- 2,151
Uterin Cancer	36	647	42	218	+ 429
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	640	28	605	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	38	449	26	762	- 313
Low Birth Weight	39	445	29	536	- 91
Malnutrition	40	435	54	43	+ 391
Hepatitis C	41	365	75	0	+ 365
HIV/AIDS	42	364	55	39	+ 325
Skin Disease	43	348	36	293	+ 55
Multiple Sclerosis	44	325	69	2	+ 323
Drownings	45	262	27	731	- 469
Asthma	46	245	7	6,471	- 6,226
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	234	53	49	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	223	56	38	+ 184
Fires	49	205	41	239	- 34
Epilepsy	50	203	39	269	- 66
Anemia	51	200	33	445	- 245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	158	60	11	+ 147
Poisonings	53	108	49	93	+ 14
Birth Trauma	54	79	44	193	- 113
War	55	77	38	280	- 203
Maternal Conditions	56	50	48	96	- 46
Schizophrenia	57	46	65	5	+ 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	44	70	2	+ 42
Hepatitis B	59	39	62	6	+ 33
Meningitis	60	39	46	146	- 107
Osteoarthritis	61	37	67	3	+ 34
Tuberculosis	62	35	25	769	- 734
Appendicitis	63	27	64	5	+ 22
Oral conditions	64	18	68	3	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	65	15	66	5	+ 10
Syphilis	66	3	58	15	- 12
Otitis Media	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	2	61	10	- 9
Pertussis	69	1	59	15	- 14
Chagas disease	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	57	27	- 27
Schistosomiasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	63	6	- 6
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	47	131	- 131
Malaria	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

United States

Sri Lanka

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.