ERITREA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,511	4	2,154	+ 33,358
Stroke	2	10,945	2	2,564	+ 8,381
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,357	24	310	+ 2,047
Lung Cancers	4	1,970	46	62	+ 1,908
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,927	35	113	+ 1,814
Alcohol	6	1,843	49	45	+ 1,798
Lung Disease	7	1,474	9	662	+ 812
Liver Disease	8	1,387	6	1,215	+ 173
Suicide	9	1,338	21	382	+ 956
Stomach Cancer	10	1,128	48	48	+ 1,080
Inflammatory/Heart	11	908	32	123	+ 786
Breast Cancer	12	822	23	311	+ 510
Pancreas Cancer	13	782	58	20	+ 762
Other Injuries	14	734	15	540	+ 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	725	1	3,277	- 2,551
Falls	16	635	26	168	+ 467
Prostate Cancer	17	625	47	54	+ 571
Oral Cancer	18	601	44	71	+ 530
Road Traffic Accidents	19	482	5	1,326	- 844
Lymphomas	20	448	28	147	+ 302
Parkinson's Disease	21	415	37	85	+ 330
Fires	22	414	31	132	+ 282
Leukemia	23	370	29	144	+ 226
Drownings	24	363	33	118	+ 245
Oesophagus Cancer	25	329	39	81	+ 248
Kidney Disease	26	320	12	578	- 257
Ovary Cancer	27	286	40	79	+ 207
Uterin Cancer	28	261	61	18	+ 243
Drug Use	29	260	53	36	+ 223
Diabetes Mellitus	30	249	7	944	- 696
Hypertension	31	245	8	926	- 680
Liver Cancer	32	242	45	69	+ 173
Poisonings	33	208	34	114	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	34	202	30	132	+ 70
Bladder Cancer	35	197	51	42	+ 155
Skin Cancers	36	181	56	30	+ 152
Tuberculosis	37	179	14	543	- 364
Violence	38	170	20	384	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	160	41	77	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	157	27	147	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	41	135	18	432	- 297
HIV/AIDS	42	112	25	308	- 196
Endocrine Disorders	43	94	43	71	+ 23
Asthma	44	81	22	326	- 245
Epilepsy	45	77	38	81	- 4
Encephalitis	46	62	62	16	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	47	43	16	531	- 488
Other Neoplasms	48	35	66	6	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	49	28	67	4	+ 24
Meningitis	50	24	19	404	- 380
Skin Disease	51	21	50	45	- 24
Birth Trauma	52	17	11	616	- 600
Malnutrition	53	15	10	660	- 645
Appendicitis	54	13	55	31	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	10	64	12	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	9	57	28	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	8	3	2,292	- 2,284
Upper Respiratory	58	3	60	18	- 15
War	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	1	13	544	- 542
Chlamydia	61	1	70	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	65	6	- 6
Syphilis	63	0	54	35	- 34
Tetanus	64	0	52	37	- 37
Pertussis	65	0	36	90	- 90
Otitis Media	66	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Belarus

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.