ITALY VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,950	1	97,116	- 24,166
Diabetes Mellitus	2	34,557	8	19,836	+ 14,721
Lung Disease	3	26,225	5	32,382	- 6,157
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	19,243	3	41,445	- 22,202
Kidney Disease	5	19,020	11	12,726	+ 6,294
Stroke	6	18,873	2	62,633	- 43,761
Asthma	7	17,946	47	494	+ 17,453
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	14,190	9	16,339	- 2,148
Road Traffic Accidents	9	11,647	30	3,221	+ 8,426
Suicide	10	8,257	26	4,042	+ 4,215
Oral Cancer	11	8,024	27	3,343	+ 4,681
Lung Cancers	12	4,922	4	34,152	- 29,230
Oesophagus Cancer	13	4,282	34	2,045	+ 2,237
Other Injuries	14	4,241	12	12,112	- 7,871
Breast Cancer	15	3,835	10	13,868	- 10,033
Stomach Cancer	16	3,663	14	10,252	- 6,589
Liver Disease	17	3,613	23	5,559	- 1,946
Leukemia	18	3,203	21	6,728	- 3,526
Liver Cancer	19	3,024	17	9,620	- 6,596
Hypertension	20	2,927	6	29,931	- 27,004
Lymphomas	21	2,849	16	9,670	- 6,821
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,744	37	1,443	+ 1,300
Falls	23	2,674	25	4,222	- 1,549
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,528	7	21,254	- 18,726
Tuberculosis	25	2,133	53	336	+ 1,797
Cervical Cancer	26	2,114	40	1,154	+ 960
Drownings	27	2,026	52	344	+ 1,682
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,677	36	1,622	+ 55
Low Birth Weight	29	1,487	51	357	+ 1,129
Prostate Cancer	30	1,406	20	8,409	- 7,003
Violence	31	1,384	50	409	+ 976
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,282	18	8,431	- 7,148
Anemia	33	1,235	35	1,672	- 437
Bladder Cancer	34	1,197	22	6,711	- 5,513
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,178	24	5,531	- 4,353
Skin Disease	36	811	38	1,440	- 628
Ovary Cancer	37	780	28	3,282	- 2,502
War	38	776	66	6	+ 770
Epilepsy	39	747	39	1,337	- 589
Drug Use	40	713	45	654	+ 59
Fires	41	662	56	271	+ 391
Uterin Cancer	42	604	33	2,198	- 1,594
Pancreas Cancer	43	592	13	12,095	- 11,502
Birth Trauma	44	535	59	140	+ 394
Parkinson's Disease	45	465	19	8,428	- 7,963
Meningitis	46	405	60	128	+ 277
Dengue	47	363	81	0	+ 363
Maternal Conditions	48	267	67	6	+ 261
Poisonings	49	259	58	154	+ 105
Other Neoplasms	50	238	15	9,984	- 9,746
Alcohol	51	228	55	277	- 49
Skin Cancers	52	162	29	3,239	- 3,077
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	137	32	2,216	- 2,079
Malnutrition	54	121	41	775	- 655
HIV/AIDS	55	109	46	520	- 411
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	106	43	690	- 584
Tetanus	57	76	63	22	+ 55
Syphilis	58	41	69	4	+ 37
Pertussis	59	40	73	1	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	30	42	701	- 671
Encephalitis	61	29	68	5	+ 24
Hepatitis B	62	16	54	334	- 318
Leprosy	63	15	74	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	64	15	61	49	- 34
Schizophrenia	65	14	49	424	- 410
Upper Respiratory	66	13	64	20	- 8
Osteoarthritis	67	10	48	481	- 472
Oral conditions	68	9	62	47	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	69	6	44	677	- 670
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	5	57	241	- 236
Hookworm Disease	71	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	3	- 3
Diphtheria	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	31	2,451	- 2,451
Otitis Media	76	0	65	16	- 16
Measles	77	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	72	1	- 1
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 ITALY

Sri Lanka

Italy

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.