CUBA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,664	3	8,564	- 2,900
Stroke	2	4,432	2	10,725	- 6,293
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,962	43	206	+ 3,756
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,723	1	22,079	- 18,356
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,292	19	1,007	+ 1,285
Liver Disease	6	2,100	11	1,873	+ 226
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,633	13	1,791	- 158
Hypertension	8	1,600	7	3,469	- 1,869
Lung Disease	9	1,144	6	5,492	- 4,348
Malnutrition	10	1,140	55	64	+ 1,077
Birth Trauma	11	1,065	59	49	+ 1,017
Kidney Disease	12	999	14	1,700	- 702
Maternal Conditions	13	940	61	43	+ 896
Tuberculosis	14	939	60	45	+ 895
Other Injuries	15	933	12	1,869	- 936
Low Birth Weight	16	918	48	98	+ 820
Malaria	17	755	82	0	+ 755
Congenital Anomalies	18	747	37	368	+ 379
Meningitis	19	699	50	83	+ 616
Violence	20	664	32	584	+ 81
Suicide	21	660	16	1,638	- 978
Asthma	22	564	40	301	+ 262
Breast Cancer	23	538	15	1,673	- 1,134
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	535	5	5,841	- 5,306
HIV/AIDS	25	532	34	471	+ 60
Falls	26	291	10	2,810	- 2,519
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	254	35	420	- 166
Lymphomas	28	254	18	1,089	- 836
Leukemia	29	249	30	633	- 384
Cervical Cancer	30	229	29	666	- 437
Fires	31	228	58	55	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	32	212	17	1,156	- 944
Drownings	33	203	42	231	- 27
Poisonings	34	197	62	17	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	195	9	2,958	- 2,762
Pertussis	36	155	73	0	+ 155
Parkinson's Disease	37	147	27	691	- 544
Epilepsy	38	141	46	108	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	39	140	22	879	- 739
Ovary Cancer	40	137	39	323	- 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	133	44	162	- 29
Schistosomiasis	42	126	81	0	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	43	123	36	412	- 289
Oral Cancer	44	123	23	876	- 754
Liver Cancer	45	120	24	815	- 696
Lung Cancers	46	107	4	5,985	- 5,878
Prostate Cancer	47	94	8	3,365	- 3,272
Stomach Cancer	48	83	20	991	- 907
Alcohol	49	79	28	675	- 597
Skin Disease	50	77	41	258	- 181
Bladder Cancer	51	73	26	734	- 662
Tetanus	52	65	71	1	+ 64
Drug Use	53	63	51	82	- 19
Syphilis	54	60	69	1	+ 59
Appendicitis	55	54	47	104	- 50
Skin Cancers	56	52	33	514	- 462
Hepatitis B	57	48	56	59	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	58	34	21	905	- 871
Leishmaniasis	59	33	83	0	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	60	31	65	6	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	61	30	31	602	- 572
Encephalitis	62	27	66	6	+ 21
Measles	63	22	76	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	21	49	87	- 66
Hepatitis C	65	11	45	112	- 101
Other Neoplasms	66	11	25	769	- 758
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	57	55	- 49
Ascariasis	68	3	70	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	3	63	11	- 8
Chlamydia	70	2	84	0	+ 2
War	71	1	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	85	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Eritrea

Cuba

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.