CAMEROON VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	15,994	1	19,694	- 3,700
Stroke	2	12,515	5	11,199	+ 1,316
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	11,188	3	11,849	- 661
Coronary Heart Disease	4	10,513	6	10,695	- 182
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,473	9	7,810	- 1,337
Liver Disease	6	5,929	14	4,531	+ 1,398
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,610	11	5,468	- 858
Hypertension	8	4,518	22	2,035	+ 2,483
Lung Disease	9	3,231	20	2,310	+ 920
Malnutrition	10	3,220	28	1,218	+ 2,002
Birth Trauma	11	3,008	7	8,243	- 5,235
Kidney Disease	12	2,820	13	5,140	- 2,320
Maternal Conditions	13	2,653	17	2,615	+ 38
Tuberculosis	14	2,653	10	7,414	- 4,762
Other Injuries	15	2,636	16	3,289	- 653
Low Birth Weight	16	2,592	8	7,950	- 5,358
Malaria	17	2,133	4	11,233	- 9,100
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,109	12	5,258	- 3,149
Meningitis	19	1,974	15	3,441	- 1,467
Violence	20	1,876	24	1,666	+ 209
Suicide	21	1,863	19	2,333	- 470
Asthma	22	1,592	25	1,619	- 28
Breast Cancer	23	1,520	23	1,874	- 354
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,512	31	1,157	+ 355
HIV/AIDS	25	1,501	2	13,888	- 12,387
Falls	26	820	27	1,235	- 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	718	40	754	- 36
Lymphomas	28	716	44	489	+ 227
Leukemia	29	703	54	275	+ 428
Cervical Cancer	30	647	26	1,582	- 936
Fires	31	644	36	908	- 265
Inflammatory/Heart	32	600	33	986	- 386
Drownings	33	574	29	1,178	- 604
Poisonings	34	557	41	666	- 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	552	43	569	- 17
Pertussis	36	437	21	2,288	- 1,850
Parkinson's Disease	37	414	46	449	- 36
Epilepsy	38	398	38	867	- 469
Oesophagus Cancer	39	395	59	135	+ 260
Ovary Cancer	40	388	50	303	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	374	49	323	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	42	355	53	288	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	43	348	18	2,474	- 2,126
Oral Cancer	44	347	39	845	- 499
Liver Cancer	45	338	37	875	- 538
Lung Cancers	46	301	51	301	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	47	264	34	940	- 676
Stomach Cancer	48	236	45	458	- 222
Alcohol	49	222	57	198	+ 24
Skin Disease	50	218	48	324	- 106
Bladder Cancer	51	205	62	65	+ 140
Tetanus	52	183	55	223	- 40
Drug Use	53	177	35	928	- 751
Syphilis	54	170	30	1,170	- 1,000
Appendicitis	55	153	61	72	+ 81
Skin Cancers	56	145	56	204	- 59
Hepatitis B	57	135	47	336	- 201
Pancreas Cancer	58	95	52	290	- 194
Leishmaniasis	59	93	69	20	+ 73
Upper Respiratory	60	87	70	19	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	61	85	60	75	+ 11
Encephalitis	62	76	58	187	- 111
Measles	63	62	32	1,028	- 966
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	58	68	26	+ 33
Hepatitis C	65	31	66	27	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	30	63	49	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	67	18	64	41	- 22
Ascariasis	68	9	65	30	- 21
Otitis Media	69	9	74	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	70	5	72	4	+ 1
War	71	2	42	643	- 641
Diphtheria	72	2	67	26	- 25
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Eritrea

Cameroon

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.