Sri Lanka - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 11.18
2010 8.27
2015 9.22
2019 9.47

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 14.46
2010 15.77
2015 8.11
2019 8.01

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 74.36
2010 75.97
2015 82.67
2019 82.52

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Sri Lanka was 9.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 14.50 in 2005, while its lowest value was 9.40 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.20
2001 13.60
2002 12.80
2003 13.00
2004 12.50
2005 14.50
2006 12.40
2007 12.10
2008 12.30
2009 12.50
2010 12.30
2011 11.40
2012 11.00
2013 11.00
2014 10.70
2015 10.40
2016 10.20
2017 9.90
2018 9.60
2019 9.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Sri Lanka was 17.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 24.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.50 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.30
2001 23.70
2002 22.80
2003 22.70
2004 22.40
2005 23.20
2006 22.40
2007 22.00
2008 21.80
2009 22.30
2010 22.20
2011 20.50
2012 19.90
2013 19.90
2014 19.50
2015 19.20
2016 18.80
2017 18.30
2018 17.90
2019 17.50

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Sri Lanka was 13.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 19.20 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.20 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 19.20
2001 18.60
2002 17.70
2003 17.80
2004 17.40
2005 18.70
2006 17.30
2007 16.90
2008 16.90
2009 17.20
2010 17.00
2011 15.70
2012 15.20
2013 15.20
2014 14.90
2015 14.60
2016 14.30
2017 13.90
2018 13.60
2019 13.20

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 63.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 100.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 79.80

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Sri Lanka was 0.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.10 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.40 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.10
2001 0.80
2002 0.70
2003 0.70
2004 0.80
2005 1.10
2006 0.90
2007 1.00
2008 0.70
2009 0.90
2010 0.50
2011 0.90
2012 0.60
2013 0.40
2014 0.50
2015 0.50
2016 0.50
2017 0.50
2018 0.40
2019 0.40

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Sri Lanka was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.200
2001 0.200
2002 0.200
2003 0.200
2004 0.600
2005 0.700
2006 0.400
2007 0.400
2008 0.200
2009 0.400
2010 0.200
2011 0.300
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Sri Lanka was 0.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.60 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.90
2001 1.50
2002 1.30
2003 1.20
2004 1.10
2005 1.50
2006 1.50
2007 1.70
2008 1.30
2009 1.40
2010 0.90
2011 1.60
2012 0.90
2013 0.60
2014 0.80
2015 0.80
2016 0.70
2017 0.70
2018 0.70
2019 0.70

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Sri Lanka was 6.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.80 in 2005 and a minimum value of 5.20 in 2014.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.40
2001 10.20
2002 9.90
2003 10.20
2004 9.80
2005 18.80
2006 8.00
2007 8.70
2008 8.00
2009 8.70
2010 11.40
2011 7.40
2012 7.10
2013 6.70
2014 5.20
2015 6.70
2016 6.60
2017 6.40
2018 6.30
2019 6.20

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Sri Lanka was 22.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 21.60 in 2014.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 39.10
2001 33.50
2002 32.30
2003 31.70
2004 34.20
2005 38.70
2006 28.90
2007 31.70
2008 27.30
2009 37.50
2010 33.00
2011 29.10
2012 26.70
2013 24.40
2014 21.60
2015 24.20
2016 23.60
2017 23.00
2018 22.60
2019 22.30

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Sri Lanka was 14.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.60 in 2005 and a minimum value of 13.10 in 2014.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 26.70
2001 21.80
2002 21.00
2003 20.90
2004 21.80
2005 28.60
2006 18.30
2007 20.00
2008 17.50
2009 22.70
2010 21.90
2011 17.90
2012 16.60
2013 15.20
2014 13.10
2015 15.10
2016 14.80
2017 14.40
2018 14.20
2019 14.00

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Sri Lanka was 19.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.70 in 2019 and a minimum value of 12.10 in 2014.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 15.10
2001 15.30
2002 15.10
2003 15.00
2004 14.70
2005 14.90
2006 14.40
2007 14.40
2008 14.20
2009 14.30
2010 14.20
2011 14.10
2012 12.90
2013 12.60
2014 12.10
2015 13.90
2016 14.70
2017 16.30
2018 17.90
2019 19.70

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 1.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors