CHILE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,640	6	3,920	+ 5,720
Stroke	2	7,544	2	9,731	- 2,188
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	6,744	39	334	+ 6,409
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,337	1	10,685	- 4,348
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,902	12	2,826	+ 1,075
Liver Disease	6	3,574	13	2,647	+ 927
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,779	10	3,177	- 398
Hypertension	8	2,723	7	3,817	- 1,093
Lung Disease	9	1,947	4	4,062	- 2,115
Malnutrition	10	1,941	37	420	+ 1,521
Birth Trauma	11	1,813	54	87	+ 1,726
Kidney Disease	12	1,700	3	4,065	- 2,365
Maternal Conditions	13	1,599	63	24	+ 1,576
Tuberculosis	14	1,599	38	410	+ 1,189
Other Injuries	15	1,589	21	1,310	+ 279
Low Birth Weight	16	1,562	36	437	+ 1,125
Malaria	17	1,286	82	0	+ 1,286
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,271	25	858	+ 413
Meningitis	19	1,190	53	95	+ 1,095
Violence	20	1,130	29	744	+ 387
Suicide	21	1,123	15	1,700	- 577
Asthma	22	959	42	295	+ 665
Breast Cancer	23	916	16	1,689	- 772
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	911	5	4,000	- 3,089
HIV/AIDS	25	905	33	539	+ 365
Falls	26	495	23	904	- 410
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	433	46	223	+ 209
Lymphomas	28	432	18	1,394	- 962
Leukemia	29	424	24	879	- 455
Cervical Cancer	30	390	27	780	- 390
Fires	31	388	41	295	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	32	361	31	709	- 348
Drownings	33	346	44	283	+ 63
Poisonings	34	336	57	68	+ 268
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	333	11	3,022	- 2,690
Pertussis	36	264	68	3	+ 261
Parkinson's Disease	37	249	26	790	- 541
Epilepsy	38	240	43	294	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	39	238	30	722	- 484
Ovary Cancer	40	234	35	514	- 281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	226	52	104	+ 121
Schistosomiasis	42	214	84	0	+ 214
Endocrine Disorders	43	210	22	1,286	- 1,077
Oral Cancer	44	209	40	307	- 98
Liver Cancer	45	204	19	1,369	- 1,165
Lung Cancers	46	181	9	3,452	- 3,271
Prostate Cancer	47	159	14	2,435	- 2,276
Stomach Cancer	48	142	8	3,631	- 3,488
Alcohol	49	134	47	207	- 73
Skin Disease	50	131	28	763	- 632
Bladder Cancer	51	123	32	641	- 518
Tetanus	52	110	69	2	+ 109
Drug Use	53	106	50	149	- 42
Syphilis	54	102	66	5	+ 97
Appendicitis	55	92	59	37	+ 55
Skin Cancers	56	88	34	526	- 438
Hepatitis B	57	81	60	30	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	58	58	17	1,567	- 1,509
Leishmaniasis	59	56	81	0	+ 56
Upper Respiratory	60	53	67	4	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	61	51	45	275	- 223
Encephalitis	62	46	70	2	+ 44
Measles	63	37	75	0	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	35	48	187	- 152
Hepatitis C	65	19	61	27	- 8
Other Neoplasms	66	18	20	1,358	- 1,340
Multiple Sclerosis	67	11	62	27	- 15
Ascariasis	68	5	72	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	69	5	71	2	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	3	80	0	+ 3
War	71	1	64	14	- 12
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	79	- 79
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	38	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	131	- 131
Oral conditions	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Eritrea

Chile

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.