SOMALIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,345	7	7,233	+ 13,112
Liver Disease	2	7,035	13	3,917	+ 3,118
Stroke	3	5,130	6	8,595	- 3,466
Liver Cancer	4	2,868	53	256	+ 2,613
Hypertension	5	2,468	18	2,643	- 175
Kidney Disease	6	2,467	21	2,051	+ 416
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,422	1	21,712	- 19,290
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,239	16	2,888	- 649
Lung Disease	9	1,567	19	2,442	- 875
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,423	15	3,410	- 1,987
Low Birth Weight	11	1,333	8	6,250	- 4,917
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,187	11	4,231	- 3,045
Breast Cancer	13	1,074	26	1,232	- 157
Lymphomas	14	882	34	605	+ 278
Asthma	15	831	23	1,878	- 1,047
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	816	32	647	+ 169
Birth Trauma	17	715	5	9,573	- 8,859
Lung Cancers	18	664	54	233	+ 431
Bladder Cancer	19	601	61	149	+ 451
Violence	20	487	29	828	- 341
Other Injuries	21	447	14	3,602	- 3,155
Leukemia	22	440	35	562	- 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	432	2	15,363	- 14,931
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	361	38	546	- 186
Suicide	25	354	27	1,219	- 865
Pancreas Cancer	26	340	62	108	+ 233
Inflammatory/Heart	27	291	39	521	- 230
Parkinson's Disease	28	280	56	184	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	29	278	44	406	- 129
Falls	30	236	37	548	- 312
Ovary Cancer	31	227	50	295	- 68
Stomach Cancer	32	216	49	310	- 94
Fires	33	184	30	810	- 627
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	157	36	559	- 402
Prostate Cancer	35	150	52	285	- 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	146	41	446	- 300
Drownings	37	131	25	1,272	- 1,140
Encephalitis	38	122	63	91	+ 32
Skin Cancers	39	119	57	164	- 45
Hepatitis B	40	116	48	315	- 199
Oesophagus Cancer	41	111	40	516	- 405
Pertussis	42	106	20	2,054	- 1,948
Meningitis	43	97	9	5,381	- 5,284
Maternal Conditions	44	93	12	4,127	- 4,034
Oral Cancer	45	93	46	328	- 235
Malnutrition	46	89	10	4,825	- 4,736
War	47	83	24	1,318	- 1,235
Cervical Cancer	48	73	28	883	- 810
Tetanus	49	63	17	2,648	- 2,585
Epilepsy	50	53	43	419	- 366
Tuberculosis	51	51	4	10,261	- 10,211
Uterin Cancer	52	49	64	78	- 28
HIV/AIDS	53	46	33	610	- 563
Schistosomiasis	54	26	42	435	- 410
Skin Disease	55	26	58	151	- 125
Multiple Sclerosis	56	25	71	8	+ 17
Poisonings	57	23	31	758	- 735
Syphilis	58	19	45	378	- 359
Appendicitis	59	17	55	188	- 171
Alcohol	60	17	59	151	- 134
Other Neoplasms	61	14	70	12	+ 1
Drug Use	62	14	65	54	- 41
Hepatitis C	63	11	67	34	- 23
Measles	64	5	3	11,576	- 11,571
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	66	35	- 32
Leishmaniasis	66	2	51	290	- 288
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	68	1	47	326	- 325
Dengue	69	1	73	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	71	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Egypt

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.