ERITREA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,397	4	2,154	+ 1,243
Kidney Disease	2	2,143	12	578	+ 1,565
Stroke	3	1,881	2	2,564	- 683
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,761	1	3,277	- 1,516
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,497	7	944	+ 553
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,209	5	1,326	- 117
Liver Disease	7	1,154	6	1,215	- 61
Lung Disease	8	893	9	662	+ 231
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	889	24	310	+ 579
Hypertension	10	869	8	926	- 57
Stomach Cancer	11	724	48	48	+ 675
Prostate Cancer	12	472	47	54	+ 418
Congenital Anomalies	13	463	18	432	+ 31
Suicide	14	460	21	382	+ 78
Violence	15	419	20	384	+ 35
Low Birth Weight	16	406	16	531	- 125
Other Injuries	17	402	15	540	- 138
Falls	18	386	26	168	+ 218
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	384	35	113	+ 271
Lung Cancers	20	372	46	62	+ 311
Liver Cancer	21	330	45	69	+ 261
Lymphomas	22	306	28	147	+ 159
Leukemia	23	305	29	144	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	24	291	30	132	+ 158
Breast Cancer	25	286	23	311	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	26	228	37	85	+ 143
HIV/AIDS	27	211	25	308	- 96
Malnutrition	28	200	10	660	- 459
Tuberculosis	29	199	14	543	- 345
Pancreas Cancer	30	195	58	20	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	31	176	43	71	+ 104
Drownings	32	163	33	118	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	144	27	147	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	142	3	2,292	- 2,150
Ovary Cancer	35	112	40	79	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	36	107	32	123	- 16
Skin Cancers	37	107	56	30	+ 77
Birth Trauma	38	105	11	616	- 512
Alcohol	39	97	49	45	+ 52
Epilepsy	40	94	38	81	+ 13
Drug Use	41	74	53	36	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	42	62	39	81	- 19
Fires	43	61	31	132	- 71
Bladder Cancer	44	58	51	42	+ 16
Oral Cancer	45	57	44	71	- 14
Maternal Conditions	46	57	13	544	- 487
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	41	77	- 20
Uterin Cancer	48	45	61	18	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	43	64	12	+ 31
Appendicitis	50	38	55	31	+ 7
Skin Disease	51	36	50	45	- 9
Meningitis	52	31	19	404	- 373
Asthma	53	30	22	326	- 296
Syphilis	54	29	54	35	- 5
Encephalitis	55	28	62	16	+ 13
Pertussis	56	27	36	90	- 62
Other Neoplasms	57	22	66	6	+ 16
Poisonings	58	20	34	114	- 94
Chagas disease	59	7	77	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	67	4	+ 2
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	52	37	- 34
Upper Respiratory	63	3	60	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	64	1	57	28	- 27
Ascariasis	65	1	68	2	- 1
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	68	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.