ERITREA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,154	2	2,564	+ 6,590
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,937	4	2,154	+ 5,783
Lung Disease	3	4,339	9	662	+ 3,678
Lung Cancers	4	3,200	46	62	+ 3,138
Stomach Cancer	5	1,785	48	48	+ 1,737
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,364	24	310	+ 1,054
Hypertension	7	1,349	8	926	+ 424
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,121	5	1,326	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,113	35	113	+ 1,000
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,088	39	81	+ 1,007
Kidney Disease	11	862	12	578	+ 284
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	821	1	3,277	- 2,455
Liver Cancer	13	811	45	69	+ 741
Diabetes Mellitus	14	724	7	944	- 220
Liver Disease	15	652	6	1,215	- 562
Falls	16	622	26	168	+ 454
Suicide	17	521	21	382	+ 139
Pancreas Cancer	18	500	58	20	+ 480
Breast Cancer	19	416	23	311	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	20	317	37	85	+ 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	293	41	77	+ 216
Leukemia	22	260	29	144	+ 116
Lymphomas	23	259	28	147	+ 112
Oral Cancer	24	245	44	71	+ 174
Other Injuries	25	242	15	540	- 298
Drownings	26	237	33	118	+ 119
Cervical Cancer	27	231	30	132	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	28	229	47	54	+ 175
Bladder Cancer	29	170	51	42	+ 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	169	27	147	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	31	164	18	432	- 268
Tuberculosis	32	156	14	543	- 388
Inflammatory/Heart	33	134	32	123	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	34	129	25	308	- 179
Ovary Cancer	35	126	40	79	+ 46
Poisonings	36	115	34	114	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	37	115	43	71	+ 43
Drug Use	38	108	53	36	+ 72
Asthma	39	104	22	326	- 222
Low Birth Weight	40	97	16	531	- 434
Skin Cancers	41	88	56	30	+ 58
Alcohol	42	85	49	45	+ 40
Birth Trauma	43	79	11	616	- 537
Malnutrition	44	58	10	660	- 601
Uterin Cancer	45	53	61	18	+ 35
Epilepsy	46	51	38	81	- 31
Violence	47	50	20	384	- 334
Fires	48	47	31	132	- 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	45	64	12	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	39	3	2,292	- 2,253
Meningitis	51	26	19	404	- 379
Skin Disease	52	23	50	45	- 21
Other Neoplasms	53	20	66	6	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	54	16	13	544	- 527
Encephalitis	55	13	62	16	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	12	57	28	- 15
Upper Respiratory	57	12	60	18	- 6
Syphilis	58	8	54	35	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	67	4	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	7	55	31	- 25
War	61	4	71	0	+ 4
Measles	62	2	63	13	- 10
Tetanus	63	2	52	37	- 35
Pertussis	64	2	36	90	- 87
Schistosomiasis	65	2	42	73	- 71
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	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.