ERITREA VS CANADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CANADA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,551	4	2,154	+ 4,398
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,064	24	310	+ 4,755
Lung Cancers	3	3,424	46	62	+ 3,362
Lung Disease	4	2,324	9	662	+ 1,662
Stroke	5	2,315	2	2,564	- 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,578	35	113	+ 1,465
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,215	1	3,277	- 2,061
Breast Cancer	8	966	23	311	+ 655
Diabetes Mellitus	9	935	7	944	- 9
Lymphomas	10	842	28	147	+ 695
Pancreas Cancer	11	827	58	20	+ 807
Falls	12	790	26	168	+ 622
Prostate Cancer	13	770	47	54	+ 716
Kidney Disease	14	749	12	578	+ 171
Suicide	15	722	21	382	+ 341
Drug Use	16	603	53	36	+ 567
Liver Disease	17	593	6	1,215	- 622
Parkinson's Disease	18	549	37	85	+ 464
Endocrine Disorders	19	529	43	71	+ 457
Liver Cancer	20	509	45	69	+ 440
Leukemia	21	507	29	144	+ 363
Hypertension	22	419	8	926	- 507
Bladder Cancer	23	412	51	42	+ 370
Other Injuries	24	391	15	540	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	25	365	39	81	+ 284
Stomach Cancer	26	356	48	48	+ 308
Inflammatory/Heart	27	337	32	123	+ 214
Road Traffic Accidents	28	327	5	1,326	- 999
Ovary Cancer	29	311	40	79	+ 232
Skin Cancers	30	287	56	30	+ 257
Other Neoplasms	31	274	66	6	+ 268
Oral Cancer	32	260	44	71	+ 189
Alcohol	33	244	49	45	+ 198
Uterin Cancer	34	193	61	18	+ 176
Congenital Anomalies	35	177	18	432	- 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	137	3	2,292	- 2,155
Multiple Sclerosis	37	113	67	4	+ 109
Skin Disease	38	111	50	45	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	104	41	77	+ 27
Violence	40	99	20	384	- 285
Cervical Cancer	41	95	30	132	- 38
Low Birth Weight	42	91	16	531	- 441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	72	27	147	- 75
Epilepsy	44	63	38	81	- 19
Hepatitis C	45	59	65	6	+ 53
Anemia	46	56	81	0	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	53	64	12	+ 41
Drownings	48	46	33	118	- 71
Asthma	49	43	22	326	- 283
Birth Trauma	50	32	11	616	- 585
Malnutrition	51	31	10	660	- 628
Fires	52	31	31	132	- 100
HIV/AIDS	53	27	25	308	- 281
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	23	84	0	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	55	23	85	0	+ 23
Poisonings	56	20	34	114	- 94
Schizophrenia	57	19	83	0	+ 19
Tuberculosis	58	16	14	543	- 528
Meningitis	59	11	19	404	- 393
Hepatitis B	60	11	57	28	- 17
Oral conditions	61	8	86	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	62	8	55	31	- 23
Upper Respiratory	63	8	60	18	- 10
Maternal Conditions	64	7	13	544	- 536
War	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	1	69	2	- 1
Syphilis	67	1	54	35	- 34
Encephalitis	68	0	62	16	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	37	- 37
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	63	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	83	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Canada

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.