BELIZE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	215	7	97	+ 118
Stroke	2	168	4	127	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	150	34	9	+ 142
Coronary Heart Disease	4	141	1	192	- 51
Road Traffic Accidents	5	87	8	88	- 1
Liver Disease	6	80	9	58	+ 22
Diabetes Mellitus	7	62	3	141	- 79
Hypertension	8	61	12	46	+ 15
Lung Disease	9	43	11	46	- 3
Malnutrition	10	43	29	10	+ 33
Birth Trauma	11	40	32	9	+ 31
Kidney Disease	12	38	6	102	- 64
Maternal Conditions	13	36	42	2	+ 33
Tuberculosis	14	36	33	9	+ 27
Other Injuries	15	35	14	36	- 0
Low Birth Weight	16	35	25	20	+ 15
Malaria	17	29	76	0	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	18	28	21	23	+ 5
Meningitis	19	27	46	1	+ 25
Violence	20	25	2	146	- 121
Suicide	21	25	16	28	- 3
Asthma	22	21	35	8	+ 14
Breast Cancer	23	20	23	22	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	20	13	45	- 24
HIV/AIDS	25	20	5	119	- 99
Falls	26	11	27	13	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	10	38	5	+ 4
Lymphomas	28	10	50	1	+ 9
Leukemia	29	9	39	4	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	30	9	17	28	- 19
Fires	31	9	40	4	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	32	8	26	18	- 10
Drownings	33	8	18	24	- 16
Poisonings	34	7	45	1	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	7	24	20	- 13
Pertussis	36	6	63	0	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	37	6	28	11	- 5
Epilepsy	38	5	36	8	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	39	5	43	2	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	40	5	52	1	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	5	41	3	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	42	5	78	0	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	43	5	22	23	- 18
Oral Cancer	44	5	67	0	+ 5
Liver Cancer	45	5	19	24	- 19
Lung Cancers	46	4	15	30	- 26
Prostate Cancer	47	4	10	47	- 44
Stomach Cancer	48	3	20	23	- 20
Alcohol	49	3	30	10	- 7
Skin Disease	50	3	37	5	- 3
Bladder Cancer	51	3	81	0	+ 3
Tetanus	52	2	59	0	+ 2
Drug Use	53	2	47	1	+ 1
Syphilis	54	2	62	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	55	2	44	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	56	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	2	56	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	1	31	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	59	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	58	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	61	1	51	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	1	48	1	- 0
Measles	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	49	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	0	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	54	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
War	71	0	60	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	57	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	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 BELIZE

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.