ERITREA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,093	4	2,154	+ 5,940
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,987	24	310	+ 4,677
Stroke	3	3,923	2	2,564	+ 1,359
Lung Cancers	4	3,589	46	62	+ 3,528
Lung Disease	5	3,410	9	662	+ 2,748
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,007	1	3,277	- 270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,763	35	113	+ 1,650
Kidney Disease	8	1,563	12	578	+ 986
Breast Cancer	9	1,370	23	311	+ 1,059
Suicide	10	1,118	21	382	+ 736
Other Injuries	11	1,063	15	540	+ 523
Other Neoplasms	12	968	66	6	+ 962
Prostate Cancer	13	966	47	54	+ 912
Pancreas Cancer	14	958	58	20	+ 939
Falls	15	930	26	168	+ 762
Lymphomas	16	822	28	147	+ 675
Liver Disease	17	759	6	1,215	- 456
Endocrine Disorders	18	758	43	71	+ 687
Parkinson's Disease	19	730	37	85	+ 645
Diabetes Mellitus	20	672	7	944	- 272
Leukemia	21	635	29	144	+ 491
Bladder Cancer	22	571	51	42	+ 529
Inflammatory/Heart	23	562	32	123	+ 439
Liver Cancer	24	517	45	69	+ 448
Oesophagus Cancer	25	476	39	81	+ 395
Stomach Cancer	26	457	48	48	+ 409
Hypertension	27	392	8	926	- 534
Oral Cancer	28	357	44	71	+ 286
Road Traffic Accidents	29	353	5	1,326	- 973
Ovary Cancer	30	346	40	79	+ 266
Skin Cancers	31	277	56	30	+ 247
Alcohol	32	265	49	45	+ 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	221	3	2,292	- 2,071
Uterin Cancer	34	203	61	18	+ 186
Skin Disease	35	201	50	45	+ 156
Epilepsy	36	184	38	81	+ 103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	155	41	77	+ 78
Malnutrition	38	154	10	660	- 506
Drug Use	39	152	53	36	+ 116
Congenital Anomalies	40	149	18	432	- 283
Cervical Cancer	41	129	30	132	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	113	27	147	- 34
Anemia	43	105	81	0	+ 105
Violence	44	79	20	384	- 305
Multiple Sclerosis	45	78	67	4	+ 74
Asthma	46	68	22	326	- 258
Drownings	47	42	33	118	- 76
Fires	48	40	31	132	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	38	64	12	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	50	37	16	531	- 494
Osteoarthritis	51	31	85	0	+ 31
Hepatitis C	52	28	65	6	+ 22
Birth Trauma	53	25	11	616	- 591
Tuberculosis	54	24	14	543	- 519
Poisonings	55	22	34	114	- 92
Schizophrenia	56	21	83	0	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	57	19	25	308	- 288
Meningitis	58	15	19	404	- 389
Upper Respiratory	59	12	60	18	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	11	84	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	61	10	86	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	62	9	55	31	- 23
Hepatitis B	63	9	57	28	- 19
Maternal Conditions	64	3	13	544	- 540
Otitis Media	65	1	69	2	- 1
Encephalitis	66	1	62	16	- 15
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	36	90	- 89
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	54	35	- 35
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	52	37	- 37
Measles	79	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	83	0	73	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

Belgium

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.