CENTRAL AFRICA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,919	1	5,231	- 2,313
Stroke	2	2,284	5	3,284	- 1,000
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,042	3	4,684	- 2,642
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,918	7	2,900	- 981
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,181	10	1,790	- 609
Liver Disease	6	1,082	14	1,153	- 71
Diabetes Mellitus	7	841	15	1,141	- 300
Hypertension	8	825	12	1,252	- 428
Lung Disease	9	590	18	956	- 367
Malnutrition	10	588	22	691	- 103
Birth Trauma	11	549	9	2,192	- 1,643
Kidney Disease	12	515	21	710	- 196
Maternal Conditions	13	484	13	1,174	- 690
Tuberculosis	14	484	2	4,704	- 4,220
Other Injuries	15	481	23	621	- 140
Low Birth Weight	16	473	8	2,228	- 1,755
Malaria	17	389	6	3,279	- 2,890
Congenital Anomalies	18	385	19	776	- 391
Meningitis	19	360	16	1,015	- 654
Violence	20	342	17	1,009	- 666
Suicide	21	340	24	585	- 245
Asthma	22	290	20	761	- 470
Breast Cancer	23	277	26	344	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	276	33	204	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	25	274	4	3,753	- 3,479
Falls	26	150	36	181	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	131	27	317	- 186
Lymphomas	28	131	42	119	+ 12
Leukemia	29	128	47	88	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	30	118	32	230	- 112
Fires	31	117	39	142	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	32	109	30	270	- 160
Drownings	33	105	34	202	- 97
Poisonings	34	102	40	134	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	101	45	116	- 16
Pertussis	36	80	31	265	- 185
Parkinson's Disease	37	76	48	67	+ 8
Epilepsy	38	73	43	119	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	39	72	53	48	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	40	71	50	64	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	68	35	194	- 126
Schistosomiasis	42	65	37	169	- 104
Endocrine Disorders	43	63	25	423	- 360
Oral Cancer	44	63	46	91	- 28
Liver Cancer	45	62	44	117	- 55
Lung Cancers	46	55	55	47	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	47	48	38	156	- 108
Stomach Cancer	48	43	49	65	- 22
Alcohol	49	41	52	62	- 21
Skin Disease	50	40	54	48	- 8
Bladder Cancer	51	37	64	23	+ 14
Tetanus	52	33	29	280	- 247
Drug Use	53	32	57	44	- 12
Syphilis	54	31	41	120	- 89
Appendicitis	55	28	51	62	- 34
Skin Cancers	56	27	58	43	- 16
Hepatitis B	57	25	61	33	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	17	60	37	- 19
Leishmaniasis	59	17	56	46	- 29
Upper Respiratory	60	16	63	24	- 8
Uterin Cancer	61	16	65	20	- 4
Encephalitis	62	14	62	28	- 14
Measles	63	11	11	1,625	- 1,614
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	66	15	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	6	69	6	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	5	70	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	72	4	- 0
Ascariasis	68	2	71	5	- 3
Otitis Media	69	2	68	6	- 5
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
War	71	0	28	314	- 313
Diphtheria	72	0	67	11	- 10
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Eritrea

Central Africa

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.