CANADA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	20,038	7	7,431	+ 12,606
Stroke	2	15,680	5	14,159	+ 1,521
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	14,017	36	840	+ 13,176
Coronary Heart Disease	4	13,171	1	40,063	- 26,893
Road Traffic Accidents	5	8,110	28	1,998	+ 6,112
Liver Disease	6	7,428	17	3,624	+ 3,805
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,775	9	5,718	+ 58
Hypertension	8	5,661	22	2,563	+ 3,098
Lung Disease	9	4,047	4	14,212	- 10,165
Malnutrition	10	4,034	51	192	+ 3,842
Birth Trauma	11	3,769	50	193	+ 3,576
Kidney Disease	12	3,533	14	4,578	- 1,045
Maternal Conditions	13	3,324	64	45	+ 3,279
Tuberculosis	14	3,323	58	97	+ 3,226
Other Injuries	15	3,302	24	2,392	+ 910
Low Birth Weight	16	3,248	42	553	+ 2,694
Malaria	17	2,672	76	0	+ 2,672
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,642	35	1,081	+ 1,561
Meningitis	19	2,473	59	68	+ 2,405
Violence	20	2,350	40	605	+ 1,745
Suicide	21	2,334	15	4,417	- 2,082
Asthma	22	1,994	49	262	+ 1,732
Breast Cancer	23	1,905	8	5,910	- 4,006
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,894	2	30,970	- 29,075
HIV/AIDS	25	1,881	53	163	+ 1,718
Falls	26	1,028	12	4,829	- 3,801
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	899	43	442	+ 457
Lymphomas	28	898	10	5,146	- 4,249
Leukemia	29	881	21	3,098	- 2,217
Cervical Cancer	30	810	41	578	+ 232
Fires	31	806	52	192	+ 614
Inflammatory/Heart	32	751	27	2,060	- 1,308
Drownings	33	720	48	283	+ 437
Poisonings	34	698	56	121	+ 577
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	691	6	9,651	- 8,959
Pertussis	36	548	69	1	+ 547
Parkinson's Disease	37	518	18	3,359	- 2,840
Epilepsy	38	498	44	384	+ 114
Oesophagus Cancer	39	495	25	2,230	- 1,734
Ovary Cancer	40	486	29	1,902	- 1,416
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	469	39	636	- 167
Schistosomiasis	42	445	78	0	+ 445
Endocrine Disorders	43	436	19	3,233	- 2,797
Oral Cancer	44	434	32	1,592	- 1,158
Liver Cancer	45	423	20	3,113	- 2,690
Lung Cancers	46	377	3	20,937	- 20,560
Prostate Cancer	47	331	13	4,711	- 4,380
Stomach Cancer	48	295	26	2,177	- 1,882
Alcohol	49	278	33	1,491	- 1,213
Skin Disease	50	273	38	679	- 406
Bladder Cancer	51	257	23	2,521	- 2,264
Tetanus	52	229	71	0	+ 229
Drug Use	53	221	16	3,686	- 3,465
Syphilis	54	213	67	5	+ 208
Appendicitis	55	192	62	49	+ 142
Skin Cancers	56	182	30	1,756	- 1,574
Hepatitis B	57	169	60	66	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	58	120	11	5,057	- 4,938
Leishmaniasis	59	116	77	0	+ 116
Upper Respiratory	60	109	63	47	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	61	107	34	1,183	- 1,076
Encephalitis	62	95	68	3	+ 92
Measles	63	77	74	0	+ 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	73	47	322	- 250
Hepatitis C	65	39	45	363	- 324
Other Neoplasms	66	37	31	1,679	- 1,641
Multiple Sclerosis	67	23	37	692	- 669
Ascariasis	68	11	82	0	+ 11
Otitis Media	69	11	66	8	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	6	83	0	+ 6
War	71	3	65	21	- 18
Diphtheria	72	2	73	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	118	- 118
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	85	0	55	139	- 139
Oral conditions	86	0	61	51	- 51
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Eritrea

Canada

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.