SOLOMON ISL. VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	682	1	975	- 293
Stroke	2	307	2	670	- 363
War	3	292	65	0	+ 292
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	271	3	371	- 100
Low Birth Weight	5	199	14	65	+ 135
Road Traffic Accidents	6	194	8	111	+ 83
Birth Trauma	7	134	21	51	+ 83
Hypertension	8	120	13	76	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	99	5	218	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	10	97	16	63	+ 34
Lung Disease	11	72	6	209	- 136
Measles	12	68	75	0	+ 68
Liver Disease	13	65	10	89	- 23
Violence	14	64	30	26	+ 38
Kidney Disease	15	61	15	64	- 3
Other Injuries	16	50	17	60	- 10
Asthma	17	48	12	78	- 31
Tuberculosis	18	43	23	45	- 2
Diabetes Mellitus	19	41	4	322	- 282
Malaria	20	39	7	146	- 107
Suicide	21	38	9	98	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	32	28	32	- 0
Pertussis	23	28	50	7	+ 21
Falls	24	26	20	55	- 28
Drownings	25	26	11	80	- 55
Breast Cancer	26	26	26	34	- 8
Malnutrition	27	24	36	19	+ 5
Meningitis	28	23	43	13	+ 10
Fires	29	22	40	14	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	21	31	23	- 2
Stomach Cancer	31	20	44	12	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	32	20	22	46	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	19	32	22	- 3
Leukemia	34	18	35	20	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	35	17	57	1	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	36	17	39	15	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	16	19	59	- 43
Drug Use	38	14	58	1	+ 13
Liver Cancer	39	14	18	60	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	40	13	37	17	- 4
Lung Cancers	41	13	27	33	- 21
Oral Cancer	42	12	49	8	+ 5
Epilepsy	43	12	45	11	+ 2
Poisonings	44	12	38	15	- 3
Lymphomas	45	10	42	13	- 3
HIV/AIDS	46	9	80	0	+ 9
Tetanus	47	9	59	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	48	8	54	2	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	49	8	34	21	- 13
Hepatitis B	50	7	53	3	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	51	6	51	4	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	52	4	33	21	- 17
Syphilis	53	4	29	28	- 24
Appendicitis	54	4	55	1	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	4	52	4	- 1
Schistosomiasis	56	3	77	0	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	57	3	25	41	- 39
Skin Cancers	58	2	69	0	+ 2
Alcohol	59	2	48	9	- 7
Dengue	60	2	24	41	- 40
Skin Disease	61	1	46	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	0	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	1	41	13	- 12
Other Neoplasms	64	0	56	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	0	60	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	47	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Yemen

Solomon Isl.

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.