BELARUS VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,908	15	1,086	+ 3,821
Stroke	2	3,840	2	16,393	- 12,553
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,433	57	13	+ 3,420
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,226	1	53,186	- 49,960
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,986	19	722	+ 1,264
Liver Disease	6	1,819	8	2,078	- 258
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,414	30	373	+ 1,042
Hypertension	8	1,386	31	367	+ 1,019
Lung Disease	9	991	7	2,208	- 1,217
Malnutrition	10	988	53	22	+ 966
Birth Trauma	11	923	52	25	+ 898
Kidney Disease	12	865	26	480	+ 385
Maternal Conditions	13	814	60	2	+ 812
Tuberculosis	14	814	37	269	+ 545
Other Injuries	15	809	14	1,099	- 290
Low Birth Weight	16	795	47	64	+ 731
Malaria	17	655	76	0	+ 655
Congenital Anomalies	18	647	41	202	+ 445
Meningitis	19	606	50	36	+ 569
Violence	20	575	38	255	+ 320
Suicide	21	572	9	2,004	- 1,432
Asthma	22	488	44	122	+ 367
Breast Cancer	23	466	12	1,230	- 764
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	464	3	3,530	- 3,066
HIV/AIDS	25	461	42	167	+ 294
Falls	26	252	16	952	- 700
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	220	40	235	- 15
Lymphomas	28	220	20	672	- 452
Leukemia	29	216	23	554	- 338
Cervical Cancer	30	198	34	303	- 105
Fires	31	197	22	620	- 423
Inflammatory/Heart	32	184	11	1,361	- 1,177
Drownings	33	176	24	543	- 367
Poisonings	34	171	33	311	- 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	169	5	2,886	- 2,717
Pertussis	36	134	65	0	+ 134
Parkinson's Disease	37	127	21	621	- 494
Epilepsy	38	122	45	116	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	39	121	25	493	- 372
Ovary Cancer	40	119	27	429	- 310
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	115	39	239	- 124
Schistosomiasis	42	109	74	0	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	43	107	43	141	- 34
Oral Cancer	44	106	18	901	- 795
Liver Cancer	45	104	32	363	- 259
Lung Cancers	46	92	4	2,950	- 2,857
Prostate Cancer	47	81	17	936	- 855
Stomach Cancer	48	72	10	1,690	- 1,618
Alcohol	49	68	6	2,761	- 2,693
Skin Disease	50	67	51	31	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	51	63	35	295	- 233
Tetanus	52	56	64	0	+ 56
Drug Use	53	54	29	389	- 335
Syphilis	54	52	63	1	+ 52
Appendicitis	55	47	54	20	+ 27
Skin Cancers	56	45	36	272	- 227
Hepatitis B	57	41	56	14	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	58	29	13	1,171	- 1,141
Leishmaniasis	59	28	78	0	+ 28
Upper Respiratory	60	27	58	5	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	61	26	28	391	- 364
Encephalitis	62	23	46	93	- 70
Measles	63	19	68	0	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	18	55	15	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	10	62	1	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	66	9	48	52	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	49	42	- 36
Ascariasis	68	3	70	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	3	66	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	2	61	1	+ 0
War	71	1	59	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Eritrea

Belarus

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.