ERITREA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,107	4	2,154	+ 2,953
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,694	24	310	+ 3,385
Stroke	3	2,448	2	2,564	- 116
Lung Cancers	4	2,078	46	62	+ 2,016
Lung Disease	5	2,011	9	662	+ 1,350
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,471	35	113	+ 1,358
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,060	7	944	+ 115
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,054	1	3,277	- 2,223
Prostate Cancer	9	893	47	54	+ 838
Breast Cancer	10	807	23	311	+ 496
Suicide	11	746	21	382	+ 365
Kidney Disease	12	744	12	578	+ 166
Pancreas Cancer	13	739	58	20	+ 719
Falls	14	738	26	168	+ 570
Lymphomas	15	720	28	147	+ 573
Endocrine Disorders	16	552	43	71	+ 481
Skin Cancers	17	549	56	30	+ 520
Leukemia	18	504	29	144	+ 360
Parkinson's Disease	19	483	37	85	+ 398
Liver Cancer	20	483	45	69	+ 413
Drug Use	21	422	53	36	+ 386
Other Injuries	22	389	15	540	- 151
Hypertension	23	387	8	926	- 539
Inflammatory/Heart	24	372	32	123	+ 249
Oesophagus Cancer	25	354	39	81	+ 273
Liver Disease	26	337	6	1,215	- 878
Stomach Cancer	27	305	48	48	+ 257
Other Neoplasms	28	297	66	6	+ 291
Road Traffic Accidents	29	295	5	1,326	- 1,031
Bladder Cancer	30	281	51	42	+ 239
Ovary Cancer	31	238	40	79	+ 158
Oral Cancer	32	230	44	71	+ 159
Congenital Anomalies	33	168	18	432	- 264
Skin Disease	34	141	50	45	+ 96
Uterin Cancer	35	124	61	18	+ 107
Asthma	36	108	22	326	- 218
Alcohol	37	90	49	45	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	90	41	77	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	39	81	30	132	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	70	3	2,292	- 2,222
Epilepsy	41	67	38	81	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	65	27	147	- 82
Low Birth Weight	43	59	16	531	- 472
Violence	44	58	20	384	- 327
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	54	64	12	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	46	44	67	4	+ 41
Drownings	47	42	33	118	- 76
Hepatitis C	48	41	65	6	+ 35
Anemia	49	37	81	0	+ 37
Birth Trauma	50	33	11	616	- 583
Malnutrition	51	28	10	660	- 632
Osteoarthritis	52	27	85	0	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	17	84	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	54	15	83	0	+ 15
Fires	55	13	31	132	- 119
Tuberculosis	56	12	14	543	- 531
HIV/AIDS	57	12	25	308	- 296
Hepatitis B	58	10	57	28	- 18
Oral conditions	59	9	86	0	+ 9
Meningitis	60	9	19	404	- 396
Poisonings	61	8	34	114	- 106
Appendicitis	62	6	55	31	- 25
Maternal Conditions	63	5	13	544	- 539
Upper Respiratory	64	4	60	18	- 14
War	65	2	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	2	- 0
Syphilis	67	1	54	35	- 34
Encephalitis	68	1	62	16	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Tetanus	70	0	52	37	- 37
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	68	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	63	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	59	19	- 19
Malaria	82	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Australia

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.