AUSTRALIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	13,826	8	4,446	+ 9,380
Stroke	2	10,819	3	10,331	+ 488
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	9,672	40	296	+ 9,376
Coronary Heart Disease	4	9,088	1	21,548	- 12,461
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,596	29	1,245	+ 4,351
Liver Disease	6	5,126	26	1,421	+ 3,704
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,985	7	4,471	- 486
Hypertension	8	3,906	23	1,631	+ 2,274
Lung Disease	9	2,793	5	8,487	- 5,695
Malnutrition	10	2,783	51	117	+ 2,667
Birth Trauma	11	2,601	50	140	+ 2,461
Kidney Disease	12	2,438	12	3,139	- 702
Maternal Conditions	13	2,294	63	20	+ 2,273
Tuberculosis	14	2,293	56	53	+ 2,241
Other Injuries	15	2,279	22	1,642	+ 636
Low Birth Weight	16	2,241	43	248	+ 1,993
Malaria	17	1,844	82	0	+ 1,844
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,823	33	711	+ 1,112
Meningitis	19	1,707	60	37	+ 1,669
Violence	20	1,621	44	243	+ 1,378
Suicide	21	1,611	11	3,150	- 1,539
Asthma	22	1,376	36	455	+ 921
Breast Cancer	23	1,314	10	3,405	- 2,091
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,307	2	15,588	- 14,281
HIV/AIDS	25	1,298	57	50	+ 1,248
Falls	26	709	14	3,116	- 2,407
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	620	42	276	+ 345
Lymphomas	28	619	15	3,039	- 2,419
Leukemia	29	608	18	2,126	- 1,518
Cervical Cancer	30	559	39	342	+ 217
Fires	31	556	55	55	+ 502
Inflammatory/Heart	32	518	24	1,571	- 1,053
Drownings	33	497	47	177	+ 319
Poisonings	34	482	61	35	+ 447
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	477	6	6,209	- 5,732
Pertussis	36	378	69	1	+ 377
Parkinson's Disease	37	358	19	2,036	- 1,678
Epilepsy	38	344	41	285	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	39	342	25	1,494	- 1,152
Ovary Cancer	40	335	31	1,003	- 667
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	324	38	379	- 55
Schistosomiasis	42	307	79	0	+ 307
Endocrine Disorders	43	301	16	2,328	- 2,028
Oral Cancer	44	300	32	972	- 673
Liver Cancer	45	292	20	2,036	- 1,744
Lung Cancers	46	260	4	8,769	- 8,508
Prostate Cancer	47	228	9	3,766	- 3,538
Stomach Cancer	48	204	27	1,288	- 1,084
Alcohol	49	192	37	380	- 188
Skin Disease	50	188	34	594	- 406
Bladder Cancer	51	177	30	1,187	- 1,010
Tetanus	52	158	70	1	+ 157
Drug Use	53	153	21	1,783	- 1,630
Syphilis	54	147	67	3	+ 144
Appendicitis	55	132	62	26	+ 106
Skin Cancers	56	126	17	2,319	- 2,193
Hepatitis B	57	116	58	41	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	58	83	13	3,118	- 3,035
Leishmaniasis	59	80	81	0	+ 80
Upper Respiratory	60	75	64	17	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	61	74	35	524	- 450
Encephalitis	62	66	68	3	+ 63
Measles	63	53	78	0	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	50	45	229	- 179
Hepatitis C	65	27	48	173	- 146
Other Neoplasms	66	26	28	1,252	- 1,227
Multiple Sclerosis	67	16	46	188	- 172
Ascariasis	68	8	75	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	69	7	66	6	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	4	77	0	+ 4
War	71	2	65	8	- 6
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	64	- 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Eritrea

Australia

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.