ERITREA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,297	4	2,154	+ 3,143
Stroke	2	4,507	2	2,564	+ 1,943
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,410	7	944	+ 2,465
Hypertension	4	1,617	8	926	+ 691
Prostate Cancer	5	1,599	47	54	+ 1,545
Breast Cancer	6	1,595	23	311	+ 1,284
Kidney Disease	7	1,554	12	578	+ 976
Endocrine Disorders	8	1,485	43	71	+ 1,414
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,445	1	3,277	- 1,831
Other Injuries	10	1,246	15	540	+ 706
Lung Disease	11	1,046	9	662	+ 384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	960	35	113	+ 847
Skin Disease	13	549	50	45	+ 505
Cervical Cancer	14	543	30	132	+ 411
Stomach Cancer	15	440	48	48	+ 392
Lung Cancers	16	411	46	62	+ 349
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	409	24	310	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	18	377	25	308	+ 69
Lymphomas	19	373	28	147	+ 226
Uterin Cancer	20	356	61	18	+ 339
Inflammatory/Heart	21	348	32	123	+ 225
Anemia	22	319	81	0	+ 319
Pancreas Cancer	23	313	58	20	+ 294
Leukemia	24	298	29	144	+ 154
Liver Cancer	25	280	45	69	+ 211
Congenital Anomalies	26	263	18	432	- 169
Epilepsy	27	218	38	81	+ 137
Liver Disease	28	217	6	1,215	- 998
Alcohol	29	213	49	45	+ 167
Ovary Cancer	30	206	40	79	+ 126
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	200	84	0	+ 200
Other Neoplasms	32	185	66	6	+ 178
Oral Cancer	33	157	44	71	+ 86
Violence	34	145	20	384	- 239
Drownings	35	145	33	118	+ 27
Asthma	36	119	22	326	- 207
Low Birth Weight	37	104	16	531	- 427
Malnutrition	38	82	10	660	- 578
Appendicitis	39	79	55	31	+ 48
Drug Use	40	77	53	36	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	41	69	51	42	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	42	62	37	85	- 22
Skin Cancers	43	62	56	30	+ 33
Birth Trauma	44	60	11	616	- 557
Schizophrenia	45	57	83	0	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	51	3	2,292	- 2,241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	51	27	147	- 96
Poisonings	48	44	34	114	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	37	41	77	- 40
Tuberculosis	50	34	14	543	- 510
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	64	12	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	52	27	13	544	- 517
Meningitis	53	25	19	404	- 379
Suicide	54	24	21	382	- 358
Otitis Media	55	18	69	2	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	67	4	+ 13
Fires	57	11	31	132	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	58	7	39	81	- 74
War	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	0	54	35	- 35
Chlamydia	61	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	62	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	52	37	- 37
Pertussis	64	0	36	90	- 90
Measles	65	0	63	13	- 13
Ascariasis	66	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	67	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	60	18	- 18
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	62	16	- 16
Hepatitis B	74	0	57	28	- 28
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	73	- 73
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	5	1,326	- 1,326
Falls	82	0	26	168	- 168
Oral conditions	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Antigua/Bar.

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.