ERITREA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,780	4	2,154	+ 2,626
Stroke	2	3,552	2	2,564	+ 988
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,730	1	3,277	- 546
Violence	4	1,983	20	384	+ 1,599
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,718	7	944	+ 774
Lung Disease	6	1,712	9	662	+ 1,050
Kidney Disease	7	1,087	12	578	+ 509
Road Traffic Accidents	8	976	5	1,326	- 350
Lung Cancers	9	913	46	62	+ 851
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	886	24	310	+ 576
Hypertension	11	831	8	926	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	668	35	113	+ 555
Liver Disease	13	618	6	1,215	- 597
Breast Cancer	14	598	23	311	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	15	548	47	54	+ 494
Falls	16	543	26	168	+ 375
Stomach Cancer	17	519	48	48	+ 470
Inflammatory/Heart	18	505	32	123	+ 382
Endocrine Disorders	19	488	43	71	+ 417
Suicide	20	419	21	382	+ 37
Other Injuries	21	398	15	540	- 142
HIV/AIDS	22	362	25	308	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	23	355	18	432	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	24	346	58	20	+ 326
Liver Cancer	25	332	45	69	+ 263
Oesophagus Cancer	26	302	39	81	+ 221
Lymphomas	27	299	28	147	+ 152
Oral Cancer	28	287	44	71	+ 216
Cervical Cancer	29	274	30	132	+ 142
Leukemia	30	246	29	144	+ 102
Skin Disease	31	207	50	45	+ 162
Alcohol	32	205	49	45	+ 160
Low Birth Weight	33	198	16	531	- 333
Malnutrition	34	193	10	660	- 467
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	163	3	2,292	- 2,129
Bladder Cancer	36	153	51	42	+ 111
Chagas disease	37	145	77	0	+ 145
Skin Cancers	38	145	56	30	+ 115
Drownings	39	142	33	118	+ 25
Tuberculosis	40	141	14	543	- 402
Parkinson's Disease	41	138	37	85	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	42	134	66	6	+ 128
Ovary Cancer	43	126	40	79	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	123	27	147	- 24
Birth Trauma	45	109	11	616	- 507
Epilepsy	46	94	38	81	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	47	80	61	18	+ 63
Asthma	48	75	22	326	- 251
Drug Use	49	71	53	36	+ 35
Anemia	50	70	81	0	+ 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	63	41	77	- 13
Hepatitis C	52	56	65	6	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	53	43	13	544	- 500
Meningitis	54	39	19	404	- 365
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	32	84	0	+ 32
War	56	31	71	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	57	31	55	31	- 1
Fires	58	30	31	132	- 102
Hepatitis B	59	22	57	28	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	19	83	0	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	64	12	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	62	17	42	73	- 56
Leishmaniasis	63	12	59	19	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	67	4	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	65	10	85	0	+ 10
Poisonings	66	9	34	114	- 105
Upper Respiratory	67	7	60	18	- 10
Syphilis	68	6	54	35	- 28
Leprosy	69	5	78	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	70	3	69	2	+ 1
Tetanus	71	3	52	37	- 35
Encephalitis	72	2	62	16	- 14
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Malaria	74	1	17	437	- 436
Pertussis	75	1	36	90	- 89
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	81	0	63	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.