ERITREA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,359	4	2,154	+ 5,205
Stroke	2	3,156	2	2,564	+ 592
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,214	5	1,326	- 112
Hypertension	4	1,129	8	926	+ 203
Kidney Disease	5	1,016	12	578	+ 438
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	983	1	3,277	- 2,293
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	760	24	310	+ 450
Low Birth Weight	8	734	16	531	+ 203
Diabetes Mellitus	9	631	7	944	- 313
Lung Disease	10	630	9	662	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	11	588	18	432	+ 156
Lung Cancers	12	530	46	62	+ 469
Birth Trauma	13	513	11	616	- 104
Breast Cancer	14	467	23	311	+ 156
Liver Disease	15	467	6	1,215	- 747
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	424	35	113	+ 310
Tuberculosis	17	383	14	543	- 160
Asthma	18	275	22	326	- 51
Stomach Cancer	19	274	48	48	+ 226
Lymphomas	20	247	28	147	+ 100
Bladder Cancer	21	192	51	42	+ 150
Other Injuries	22	189	15	540	- 351
Falls	23	177	26	168	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	24	168	37	85	+ 84
Leukemia	25	156	29	144	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	150	3	2,292	- 2,142
Cervical Cancer	27	147	30	132	+ 14
Suicide	28	145	21	382	- 237
Prostate Cancer	29	144	47	54	+ 90
Drug Use	30	133	53	36	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	31	131	58	20	+ 112
Endocrine Disorders	32	125	43	71	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	33	124	13	544	- 420
Inflammatory/Heart	34	111	32	123	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	97	27	147	- 50
Violence	36	96	20	384	- 288
Skin Cancers	37	96	56	30	+ 66
Oral Cancer	38	94	44	71	+ 23
Fires	39	86	31	132	- 46
Ovary Cancer	40	82	40	79	+ 3
Liver Cancer	41	74	45	69	+ 5
Drownings	42	61	33	118	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	49	41	77	- 28
Epilepsy	44	48	38	81	- 34
Meningitis	45	43	19	404	- 361
Oesophagus Cancer	46	42	39	81	- 39
Poisonings	47	39	34	114	- 76
HIV/AIDS	48	26	25	308	- 281
Pertussis	49	23	36	90	- 67
Hepatitis B	50	22	57	28	- 5
Encephalitis	51	20	62	16	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	15	50	45	- 30
Malnutrition	53	11	10	660	- 649
Alcohol	54	11	49	45	- 35
Appendicitis	55	11	55	31	- 21
Uterin Cancer	56	10	61	18	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	67	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	8	66	6	+ 2
Measles	59	7	63	13	- 5
Tetanus	60	7	52	37	- 31
Syphilis	61	6	54	35	- 29
War	62	5	71	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	63	3	42	73	- 70
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	64	12	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	0	59	19	- 19
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	18	- 18
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	72	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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 ERITREA

Algeria

Eritrea

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.