CROATIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ERITREA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,144	10	1,021	+ 1,122
Stroke	2	1,677	2	6,275	- 4,598
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,499	39	82	+ 1,417
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,409	1	12,307	- 10,898
Road Traffic Accidents	5	868	27	328	+ 539
Liver Disease	6	795	13	924	- 130
Diabetes Mellitus	7	618	6	1,963	- 1,345
Hypertension	8	606	8	1,102	- 496
Lung Disease	9	433	5	2,111	- 1,678
Malnutrition	10	432	70	0	+ 431
Birth Trauma	11	403	55	11	+ 392
Kidney Disease	12	378	7	1,392	- 1,014
Maternal Conditions	13	356	61	2	+ 353
Tuberculosis	14	356	44	61	+ 294
Other Injuries	15	353	23	428	- 74
Low Birth Weight	16	347	56	10	+ 337
Malaria	17	286	77	0	+ 286
Congenital Anomalies	18	283	37	94	+ 188
Meningitis	19	265	52	16	+ 248
Violence	20	251	48	45	+ 207
Suicide	21	250	17	676	- 426
Asthma	22	213	41	74	+ 140
Breast Cancer	23	204	11	1,019	- 815
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	203	9	1,066	- 864
HIV/AIDS	25	201	59	8	+ 194
Falls	26	110	12	974	- 865
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	96	31	207	- 111
Lymphomas	28	96	18	556	- 460
Leukemia	29	94	22	435	- 341
Cervical Cancer	30	87	34	156	- 69
Fires	31	86	50	34	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	32	80	21	457	- 376
Drownings	33	77	38	86	- 9
Poisonings	34	75	54	16	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	74	4	2,189	- 2,115
Pertussis	36	59	69	0	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	37	55	24	423	- 368
Epilepsy	38	53	36	94	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	39	53	33	189	- 136
Ovary Cancer	40	52	28	308	- 256
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	35	137	- 86
Schistosomiasis	42	48	75	0	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	43	47	42	72	- 26
Oral Cancer	44	46	25	338	- 291
Liver Cancer	45	45	19	501	- 456
Lung Cancers	46	40	3	2,842	- 2,802
Prostate Cancer	47	35	14	852	- 817
Stomach Cancer	48	32	15	786	- 755
Alcohol	49	30	30	219	- 189
Skin Disease	50	29	58	8	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	51	27	20	499	- 472
Tetanus	52	25	68	0	+ 24
Drug Use	53	24	43	70	- 47
Syphilis	54	23	71	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	55	21	57	9	+ 12
Skin Cancers	56	19	26	332	- 312
Hepatitis B	57	18	51	17	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	16	754	- 741
Leishmaniasis	59	12	66	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	12	63	2	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	61	11	32	199	- 188
Encephalitis	62	10	65	1	+ 9
Measles	63	8	73	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	46	47	- 39
Hepatitis C	65	4	47	45	- 40
Other Neoplasms	66	4	29	283	- 279
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	45	55	- 52
Ascariasis	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	60	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	40	79	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Eritrea

Croatia

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.