CONGO VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,149	3	2,576	+ 573
Stroke	2	2,464	5	2,267	+ 198
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,203	8	1,304	+ 899
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,070	4	2,494	- 424
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,275	7	1,598	- 324
Liver Disease	6	1,168	13	931	+ 237
Diabetes Mellitus	7	908	10	1,050	- 142
Hypertension	8	890	12	933	- 43
Lung Disease	9	636	17	541	+ 95
Malnutrition	10	634	24	272	+ 362
Birth Trauma	11	592	11	997	- 405
Kidney Disease	12	555	15	613	- 58
Maternal Conditions	13	522	16	578	- 55
Tuberculosis	14	522	2	2,781	- 2,259
Other Injuries	15	519	20	333	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	16	510	9	1,283	- 773
Malaria	17	420	6	1,977	- 1,557
Congenital Anomalies	18	415	14	729	- 314
Meningitis	19	389	22	299	+ 90
Violence	20	369	18	539	- 169
Suicide	21	367	19	349	+ 18
Asthma	22	313	23	291	+ 23
Breast Cancer	23	299	32	159	+ 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	298	25	230	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	25	296	1	4,509	- 4,214
Falls	26	162	33	149	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	141	35	105	+ 36
Lymphomas	28	141	45	61	+ 80
Leukemia	29	138	46	57	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	30	127	29	196	- 69
Fires	31	127	37	90	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	32	118	26	220	- 101
Drownings	33	113	36	104	+ 9
Poisonings	34	110	41	71	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	109	38	89	+ 20
Pertussis	36	86	21	329	- 243
Parkinson's Disease	37	81	42	69	+ 12
Epilepsy	38	78	40	76	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	39	78	57	19	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	40	76	48	49	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	74	43	67	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	42	70	51	45	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	43	68	27	208	- 139
Oral Cancer	44	68	54	33	+ 36
Liver Cancer	45	67	30	169	- 103
Lung Cancers	46	59	47	54	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	47	52	28	198	- 146
Stomach Cancer	48	46	39	88	- 42
Alcohol	49	44	49	46	- 2
Skin Disease	50	43	50	46	- 3
Bladder Cancer	51	40	61	15	+ 26
Tetanus	52	36	55	23	+ 13
Drug Use	53	35	44	65	- 31
Syphilis	54	33	34	107	- 73
Appendicitis	55	30	58	18	+ 12
Skin Cancers	56	29	53	36	- 7
Hepatitis B	57	26	62	14	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	58	19	52	42	- 23
Leishmaniasis	59	18	78	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	17	64	7	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	61	17	60	15	+ 2
Encephalitis	62	15	56	20	- 5
Measles	63	12	31	159	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	59	15	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	6	67	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	6	63	8	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	66	4	- 0
Ascariasis	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	2	71	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
War	71	0	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Eritrea

Congo

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.