BRUNEI VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Eritrea ERITREA BRUNEI Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia 1 254 9 69 + 185
Stroke 2 199 2 240 - 41
Diarrhoeal diseases 3 178 41 4 + 174
Coronary Heart Disease 4 167 1 295 - 128
Road Traffic Accidents 5 103 15 32 + 71
Liver Disease 6 94 36 9 + 85
Diabetes Mellitus 7 73 3 179 - 106
Hypertension 8 72 11 46 + 26
Lung Disease 9 51 10 61 - 10
Malnutrition 10 51 55 1 + 50
Birth Trauma 11 48 43 4 + 44
Kidney Disease 12 45 4 105 - 60
Maternal Conditions 13 42 50 3 + 40
Tuberculosis 14 42 21 21 + 22
Other Injuries 15 42 17 29 + 13
Low Birth Weight 16 41 29 15 + 27
Malaria 17 34 75 0 + 34
Congenital Anomalies 18 33 14 37 - 4
Meningitis 19 31 58 1 + 31
Violence 20 30 46 3 + 27
Suicide 21 30 32 12 + 18
Asthma 22 25 30 14 + 11
Breast Cancer 23 24 12 39 - 15
Alzheimers & Dementia 24 24 6 73 - 49
HIV/AIDS 25 24 81 0 + 24
Falls 26 13 22 20 - 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease 27 11 39 6 + 6
Lymphomas 28 11 16 32 - 21
Leukemia 29 11 24 19 - 8
Cervical Cancer 30 10 28 18 - 7
Fires 31 10 49 3 + 7
Inflammatory/Heart 32 10 19 25 - 16
Drownings 33 9 35 9 + 0
Poisonings 34 9 64 0 + 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers 35 9 8 69 - 60
Pertussis 36 7 61 0 + 7
Parkinson's Disease 37 7 27 18 - 12
Epilepsy 38 6 44 4 + 3
Oesophagus Cancer 39 6 45 3 + 3
Ovary Cancer 40 6 33 11 - 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease 41 6 42 4 + 2
Schistosomiasis 42 6 78 0 + 6
Endocrine Disorders 43 6 5 86 - 81
Oral Cancer 44 6 20 22 - 16
Liver Cancer 45 5 13 38 - 32
Lung Cancers 46 5 7 73 - 68
Prostate Cancer 47 4 26 19 - 14
Stomach Cancer 48 4 18 25 - 22
Alcohol 49 4 56 1 + 2
Skin Disease 50 3 23 20 - 17
Bladder Cancer 51 3 40 4 - 1
Tetanus 52 3 70 0 + 3
Drug Use 53 3 47 3 - 0
Syphilis 54 3 60 0 + 2
Appendicitis 55 2 63 0 + 2
Skin Cancers 56 2 52 2 + 1
Hepatitis B 57 2 37 7 - 5
Pancreas Cancer 58 2 31 13 - 11
Leishmaniasis 59 1 76 0 + 1
Upper Respiratory 60 1 65 0 + 1
Uterin Cancer 61 1 34 11 - 9
Encephalitis 62 1 82 0 + 1
Measles 63 1 71 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 64 1 53 1 - 1
Hepatitis C 65 0 38 6 - 6
Other Neoplasms 66 0 25 19 - 18
Multiple Sclerosis 67 0 85 0 + 0
Ascariasis 68 0 68 0 + 0
Otitis Media 69 0 59 1 - 0
Chlamydia 70 0 80 0 + 0
War 71 0 62 0 - 0
Diphtheria 72 0 72 0 + 0
Dengue 73 0 66 0 + 0
Hookworm Disease 74 0 69 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 75 0 67 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 76 0 77 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 74 0 - 0
Leprosy 78 0 79 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 73 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 86 0 - 0
Anemia 81 0 54 1 - 1
Vitamin A Deficiency 82 0 84 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 51 2 - 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy 84 0 48 3 - 3
Osteoarthritis 85 0 83 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 57 1 - 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRUNEI

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020