ERITREA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,632	4	2,154	+ 1,478
Stroke	2	3,308	2	2,564	+ 744
Kidney Disease	3	1,382	12	578	+ 804
Lung Disease	4	1,381	9	662	+ 719
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,360	24	310	+ 1,050
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,332	1	3,277	- 1,944
Hypertension	7	1,297	8	926	+ 372
Stomach Cancer	8	1,234	48	48	+ 1,186
Lung Cancers	9	1,173	46	62	+ 1,112
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,080	7	944	+ 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,027	35	113	+ 914
Road Traffic Accidents	12	961	5	1,326	- 365
Liver Disease	13	900	6	1,215	- 315
Prostate Cancer	14	828	47	54	+ 774
Suicide	15	578	21	382	+ 196
Breast Cancer	16	574	23	311	+ 262
Pancreas Cancer	17	533	58	20	+ 513
Lymphomas	18	474	28	147	+ 327
Liver Cancer	19	465	45	69	+ 396
Other Neoplasms	20	462	66	6	+ 455
Other Injuries	21	445	15	540	- 95
Endocrine Disorders	22	437	43	71	+ 366
Falls	23	307	26	168	+ 139
Leukemia	24	299	29	144	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	25	292	18	432	- 140
Parkinson's Disease	26	269	37	85	+ 184
Cervical Cancer	27	265	30	132	+ 133
Skin Disease	28	259	50	45	+ 215
Violence	29	253	20	384	- 131
Oesophagus Cancer	30	245	39	81	+ 164
Inflammatory/Heart	31	241	32	123	+ 118
Bladder Cancer	32	218	51	42	+ 176
HIV/AIDS	33	183	25	308	- 124
Skin Cancers	34	179	56	30	+ 149
Ovary Cancer	35	175	40	79	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	36	149	16	531	- 382
Malnutrition	37	143	10	660	- 517
Tuberculosis	38	139	14	543	- 404
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	114	3	2,292	- 2,178
Oral Cancer	40	104	44	71	+ 33
Fires	41	100	31	132	- 31
Asthma	42	100	22	326	- 226
Epilepsy	43	100	38	81	+ 19
Drownings	44	96	33	118	- 21
Uterin Cancer	45	93	61	18	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	76	27	147	- 71
Alcohol	47	70	49	45	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	63	64	12	+ 51
Anemia	49	61	81	0	+ 61
Drug Use	50	51	53	36	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	51	45	85	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	35	41	77	- 41
Meningitis	53	32	19	404	- 372
Birth Trauma	54	30	11	616	- 587
Chagas disease	55	27	77	0	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	25	84	0	+ 25
Poisonings	57	23	34	114	- 91
Schizophrenia	58	13	83	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	59	13	55	31	- 19
Hepatitis B	60	10	57	28	- 17
Hepatitis C	61	9	65	6	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	67	4	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	8	13	544	- 536
War	64	5	71	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	54	35	- 33
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	18	- 16
Pertussis	68	1	36	90	- 89
Tetanus	69	1	52	37	- 37
Encephalitis	70	1	62	16	- 15
Otitis Media	71	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	72	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	63	13	- 13
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	59	19	- 19
Malaria	82	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Chile

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.