ERITREA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,915	4	2,154	+ 7,761
Liver Disease	2	3,429	6	1,215	+ 2,214
Stroke	3	2,500	2	2,564	- 64
Liver Cancer	4	1,398	45	69	+ 1,329
Hypertension	5	1,203	8	926	+ 277
Kidney Disease	6	1,203	12	578	+ 625
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,180	1	3,277	- 2,097
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,091	7	944	+ 147
Lung Disease	9	764	9	662	+ 102
Congenital Anomalies	10	694	18	432	+ 262
Low Birth Weight	11	650	16	531	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	12	578	5	1,326	- 748
Breast Cancer	13	523	23	311	+ 212
Lymphomas	14	430	28	147	+ 283
Asthma	15	405	22	326	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	398	24	310	+ 88
Birth Trauma	17	348	11	616	- 268
Lung Cancers	18	324	46	62	+ 262
Bladder Cancer	19	293	51	42	+ 251
Violence	20	238	20	384	- 147
Other Injuries	21	218	15	540	- 322
Leukemia	22	215	29	144	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	211	3	2,292	- 2,082
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	176	35	113	+ 63
Suicide	25	172	21	382	- 209
Pancreas Cancer	26	166	58	20	+ 146
Inflammatory/Heart	27	142	32	123	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	28	136	37	85	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	29	135	43	71	+ 64
Falls	30	115	26	168	- 53
Ovary Cancer	31	111	40	79	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	32	105	48	48	+ 57
Fires	33	89	31	132	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	76	27	147	- 71
Prostate Cancer	35	73	47	54	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	71	41	77	- 6
Drownings	37	64	33	118	- 54
Encephalitis	38	60	62	16	+ 44
Skin Cancers	39	58	56	30	+ 28
Hepatitis B	40	56	57	28	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	41	54	39	81	- 27
Pertussis	42	52	36	90	- 38
Meningitis	43	47	19	404	- 357
Maternal Conditions	44	45	13	544	- 498
Oral Cancer	45	45	44	71	- 26
Malnutrition	46	43	10	660	- 616
War	47	41	71	0	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	48	36	30	132	- 97
Tetanus	49	31	52	37	- 7
Epilepsy	50	26	38	81	- 56
Tuberculosis	51	25	14	543	- 519
Uterin Cancer	52	24	61	18	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	53	23	25	308	- 285
Schistosomiasis	54	13	42	73	- 60
Skin Disease	55	13	50	45	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	56	12	67	4	+ 8
Poisonings	57	11	34	114	- 103
Syphilis	58	9	54	35	- 26
Appendicitis	59	8	55	31	- 23
Alcohol	60	8	49	45	- 37
Other Neoplasms	61	7	66	6	+ 1
Drug Use	62	7	53	36	- 30
Hepatitis C	63	6	65	6	- 1
Measles	64	2	63	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	64	12	- 10
Leishmaniasis	66	1	59	19	- 18
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	18	- 18
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Egypt

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.