COMOROS VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	465	1	594	- 130
Stroke	2	364	3	356	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	325	2	363	- 38
Coronary Heart Disease	4	306	4	349	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	5	188	6	226	- 38
Liver Disease	6	172	8	160	+ 13
Diabetes Mellitus	7	134	9	136	- 2
Hypertension	8	131	12	115	+ 16
Lung Disease	9	94	17	83	+ 10
Malnutrition	10	94	15	96	- 2
Birth Trauma	11	87	7	211	- 123
Kidney Disease	12	82	14	101	- 19
Maternal Conditions	13	77	22	47	+ 30
Tuberculosis	14	77	19	79	- 2
Other Injuries	15	77	16	90	- 14
Low Birth Weight	16	75	5	328	- 253
Malaria	17	62	29	29	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	18	61	10	131	- 69
Meningitis	19	57	11	115	- 58
Violence	20	55	20	63	- 9
Suicide	21	54	24	46	+ 8
Asthma	22	46	21	49	- 3
Breast Cancer	23	44	33	23	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	44	23	46	- 2
HIV/AIDS	25	44	76	0	+ 44
Falls	26	24	32	26	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	21	34	21	- 0
Lymphomas	28	21	37	19	+ 2
Leukemia	29	20	57	3	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	30	19	13	104	- 86
Fires	31	19	30	27	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	32	17	31	26	- 9
Drownings	33	17	25	35	- 18
Poisonings	34	16	35	20	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	16	39	19	- 3
Pertussis	36	13	18	80	- 67
Parkinson's Disease	37	12	44	11	+ 1
Epilepsy	38	12	40	17	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	39	11	26	34	- 22
Ovary Cancer	40	11	56	3	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	47	10	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	42	10	75	0	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	43	10	36	19	- 9
Oral Cancer	44	10	41	15	- 5
Liver Cancer	45	10	28	29	- 19
Lung Cancers	46	9	60	1	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	47	8	27	33	- 25
Stomach Cancer	48	7	45	11	- 4
Alcohol	49	6	51	6	+ 1
Skin Disease	50	6	48	9	- 3
Bladder Cancer	51	6	46	10	- 4
Tetanus	52	5	43	12	- 7
Drug Use	53	5	49	7	- 2
Syphilis	54	5	38	19	- 14
Appendicitis	55	4	50	6	- 1
Skin Cancers	56	4	42	12	- 8
Hepatitis B	57	4	52	5	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	82	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	3	53	4	- 2
Uterin Cancer	61	2	55	3	- 1
Encephalitis	62	2	54	4	- 2
Measles	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	58	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	59	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	62	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Eritrea

Comoros

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.