SRI LANKA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,627	1	26,304	- 5,677
Stroke	2	9,281	6	6,805	+ 2,476
War	3	8,833	38	280	+ 8,553
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,193	8	5,117	+ 3,076
Low Birth Weight	5	6,025	29	536	+ 5,489
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,855	9	4,200	+ 1,655
Birth Trauma	7	4,062	44	193	+ 3,870
Hypertension	8	3,620	20	1,055	+ 2,565
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,990	28	605	+ 2,385
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,935	22	989	+ 1,945
Lung Disease	11	2,186	3	9,456	- 7,270
Measles	12	2,065	77	0	+ 2,065
Liver Disease	13	1,977	17	1,303	+ 675
Violence	14	1,942	31	499	+ 1,443
Kidney Disease	15	1,832	5	6,858	- 5,026
Other Injuries	16	1,522	14	1,529	- 7
Asthma	17	1,440	7	6,471	- 5,031
Tuberculosis	18	1,299	25	769	+ 530
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,227	2	12,460	- 11,233
Malaria	20	1,176	80	0	+ 1,176
Suicide	21	1,162	10	2,977	- 1,816
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	961	4	6,939	- 5,977
Pertussis	23	848	59	15	+ 833
Falls	24	800	23	964	- 164
Drownings	25	781	27	731	+ 51
Breast Cancer	26	775	15	1,383	- 608
Malnutrition	27	724	54	43	+ 680
Meningitis	28	697	46	146	+ 551
Fires	29	678	41	239	+ 439
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	624	24	911	- 287
Stomach Cancer	31	617	16	1,321	- 704
Maternal Conditions	32	609	48	96	+ 512
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	570	56	38	+ 532
Leukemia	34	531	18	1,155	- 624
Oesophagus Cancer	35	523	13	1,544	- 1,021
Endocrine Disorders	36	504	32	462	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	483	53	49	+ 434
Drug Use	38	419	40	257	+ 162
Liver Cancer	39	416	19	1,090	- 674
Inflammatory/Heart	40	400	35	425	- 25
Lung Cancers	41	389	12	1,775	- 1,386
Oral Cancer	42	374	11	2,893	- 2,519
Epilepsy	43	369	39	269	+ 99
Poisonings	44	364	49	93	+ 270
Lymphomas	45	296	21	1,027	- 731
HIV/AIDS	46	271	55	39	+ 232
Tetanus	47	270	57	27	+ 242
Encephalitis	48	252	61	10	+ 242
Parkinson's Disease	49	247	45	168	+ 80
Hepatitis B	50	205	62	6	+ 199
Pancreas Cancer	51	193	43	214	- 20
Ovary Cancer	52	129	37	281	- 152
Syphilis	53	120	58	15	+ 105
Appendicitis	54	111	64	5	+ 105
Bladder Cancer	55	110	34	432	- 322
Schistosomiasis	56	85	81	0	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	57	81	26	762	- 681
Skin Cancers	58	68	52	58	+ 10
Alcohol	59	54	51	82	- 29
Dengue	60	49	47	131	- 82
Skin Disease	61	30	36	293	- 263
Multiple Sclerosis	62	28	69	2	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	63	27	30	507	- 480
Other Neoplasms	64	14	50	86	- 72
Ascariasis	65	12	72	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	60	11	- 1
Diphtheria	67	9	74	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	68	6	75	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	69	4	42	218	- 214
Upper Respiratory	70	3	66	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	63	6	- 6
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Yemen

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.