SOMALIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,214	7	7,233	+ 4,982
Stroke	2	5,496	6	8,595	- 3,100
War	3	5,231	24	1,318	+ 3,912
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,851	1	21,712	- 16,860
Low Birth Weight	5	3,568	8	6,250	- 2,682
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,467	11	4,231	- 764
Birth Trauma	7	2,406	5	9,573	- 7,168
Hypertension	8	2,144	18	2,643	- 499
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,771	2	15,363	- 13,592
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,738	15	3,410	- 1,672
Lung Disease	11	1,294	19	2,442	- 1,148
Measles	12	1,223	3	11,576	- 10,353
Liver Disease	13	1,171	13	3,917	- 2,746
Violence	14	1,150	29	828	+ 322
Kidney Disease	15	1,085	21	2,051	- 966
Other Injuries	16	901	14	3,602	- 2,700
Asthma	17	853	23	1,878	- 1,025
Tuberculosis	18	769	4	10,261	- 9,492
Diabetes Mellitus	19	727	16	2,888	- 2,161
Malaria	20	696	22	1,942	- 1,246
Suicide	21	688	27	1,219	- 531
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	569	32	647	- 78
Pertussis	23	502	20	2,054	- 1,552
Falls	24	474	37	548	- 74
Drownings	25	463	25	1,272	- 809
Breast Cancer	26	459	26	1,232	- 772
Malnutrition	27	429	10	4,825	- 4,396
Meningitis	28	412	9	5,381	- 4,969
Fires	29	401	30	810	- 409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	370	38	546	- 177
Stomach Cancer	31	365	49	310	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	32	360	12	4,127	- 3,766
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	338	36	559	- 221
Leukemia	34	314	35	562	- 247
Oesophagus Cancer	35	310	40	516	- 207
Endocrine Disorders	36	299	44	406	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	286	41	446	- 160
Drug Use	38	248	65	54	+ 194
Liver Cancer	39	247	53	256	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	40	237	39	521	- 284
Lung Cancers	41	231	54	233	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	222	46	328	- 106
Epilepsy	43	218	43	419	- 200
Poisonings	44	215	31	758	- 543
Lymphomas	45	175	34	605	- 429
HIV/AIDS	46	160	33	610	- 449
Tetanus	47	160	17	2,648	- 2,488
Encephalitis	48	149	63	91	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	49	146	56	184	- 37
Hepatitis B	50	121	48	315	- 193
Pancreas Cancer	51	115	62	108	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	52	76	50	295	- 219
Syphilis	53	71	45	378	- 307
Appendicitis	54	65	55	188	- 122
Bladder Cancer	55	65	61	149	- 84
Schistosomiasis	56	50	42	435	- 385
Cervical Cancer	57	48	28	883	- 835
Skin Cancers	58	40	57	164	- 123
Alcohol	59	32	59	151	- 119
Dengue	60	29	73	1	+ 28
Skin Disease	61	18	58	151	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	71	8	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	63	16	52	285	- 269
Other Neoplasms	64	8	70	12	- 4
Ascariasis	65	7	69	30	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	66	35	- 29
Diphtheria	67	6	60	150	- 144
Hepatitis C	68	3	67	34	- 31
Uterin Cancer	69	2	64	78	- 76
Upper Respiratory	70	2	47	326	- 324
Leishmaniasis	71	1	51	290	- 289
Chlamydia	72	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	73	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.